Early myoclonic encephalopathy
Early myoclonic encephalopathy[1] | |
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Specialty | Neurology |
Early myoclonic encephalopathy (EME) is a rare neonatal-onset epilepsy developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) with an onset at neonatal period or during the first 3 months of life.[2] This syndrome is now included as part of the Early infantile developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (EIDEE) under the 2022 ILAE (International League Against Epilepsy) syndrome classification.[3][4]
Epidemiology
The prevalence estimates among EME are of <1 / 1 000 000.[5]