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It is her teenage son, in the throes of a violent seizure, which leads to a diagnosis of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2022

Brown’s winsome air and even keel can make him hard to read, though he has a distinctive tell—a kind of sudden myoclonic twitch of his head that he refers to as “my nod.”

From The New Yorker • Sep. 30, 2019

Sarah’s pediatrician referred her to a specialist in Memphis, where she was diagnosed with severe myoclonic epileptic seizures—transient, shocklike muscle spasms caused by disturbances in the electrical activity of Sarah’s brain.

From Slate • Sep. 16, 2015

Nearly three-fourths of PVE cases have been attributed to Dravet syndrome, formerly referred to as severe myoclonic epilepsy.

From Slate • Sep. 16, 2015

Occurrence.—This condition is a myoclonic affection of the hind leg which is discussed in works on theory and practice under the head of neuroses, but the cause or causes have not been established.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor