Neurology · UKMLA & AKT
Epilepsy
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test. Below are the key points to recognise epilepsy — the full SA Note notes add investigations, management, complications and 10 practice questions.
Key high-yield points
- Focal - originate within one hemisphere; may secondarily generalise
- Generalised - engage bilaterally distributed networks from onset
- Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) - triad of early-morning myoclonic jerks, absence seizures, and generalised tonic-clonic seizures; precipitated by sleep deprivation and alcohol; lifelong in most cases
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