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Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Epilepsy > Epilepsy, Generalized

Preferred term

Epilepsy, Generalized  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Generalized Seizure Disorder
  • Generalized Seizure Disorders
  • Seizure Disorder, Generalized
  • Seizure Disorders, Generalized

Note

  • "generalized" as opposed to "focal" or partial ( = EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL); prefer specific indentions; note entry term EPILEPSY, TONIC: do not confuse with EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC

Scope note

  • Recurrent conditions characterized by epileptic seizures which arise diffusely and simultaneously from both hemispheres of the brain. Classification is generally based upon motor manifestations of the seizure (e.g., convulsive, nonconvulsive, akinetic, atonic, etc.) or etiology (e.g., idiopathic, cryptogenic, and symptomatic). (From Mayo Clin Proc, 1996 Apr;71(4):405-14)

History note

  • 1992; was EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED (NON MESH) 1977-1991

In other languages

  • yleistynyt epilepsia

    Finnish

  • epilepsia generalisata
  • GM
  • GMl
  • grand mal
  • grand mal -epilepsia
  • malum magnum epilepticum non specificatum cum sive sine ictibus mali parvi
  • määrittämätön grand mal ja mahdolliset petit mal -kohtaukset
  • ospecificerat grand mal-anfall med eller utan absenser
  • yleistynyt epileptinen kohtaus
  • yleistynyt kohtaus
  • Epilepsi, generaliserad

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004829

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