Whatever happened to the primary generalized epilepsies of childhood and adolescence?

Heterogeneity of anatomic regions by MR volumetry in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

“…Numerous other investigators have subsequently noted structural and/or functional changes in the brains of persons with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) (8). A quantitative MRI study of a mixed group of primary generalized epilepsies (PGE) including JME found larger cortical grey matter volumes, maximal in the central regions, with smaller subcortical volumes (grey + white) in PGE than in controls (9).…”