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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Neurologic Manifestations > Seizures
Nervous System Diseases > Neurologic Manifestations > Seizures

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Seizures  

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  • Seizure

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  • specific seizure terms are also available

Scope note

  • Clinical or subclinical disturbances of cortical function due to a sudden, abnormal, excessive, and disorganized discharge of brain cells. Clinical manifestations include abnormal motor, sensory and psychic phenomena. Recurrent seizures are usually referred to as EPILEPSY or "seizure disorder."

History note

  • 1979; for CONVULSIVE SEIZURES & SEIZURES, CONVULSIVE use CONVULSIONS 1998-1999; for JACKSONIAN SEIZURE use EPILEPSY, PARTIAL 1992-1999; for SINGLE SEIZURE use EPILEPSY 2000-2017; for EPILEPTIC SEIZURES use EPILEPSY 1998-2017; for ABSENCE SEIZURES use EPILEPSY, ABSENCE 1992-2017

In other languages

  • kohtaukset

    Finnish

  • ictus
  • kohtaus
  • kohtausoire
  • kohtausoireet
  • raptus
  • Anfall

    Swedish

  • Atoniska anfall
  • Epileptiska anfall
  • Icke-epileptiska anfall
  • Kloniska anfall
  • Konvulsioner
  • Konvulsiva anfall
  • Kramper
  • Motoriska anfall
  • Myokloniska anfall
  • Sensoriska anfall
  • Tonisk–kloniska anfall
  • Toniska anfall
  • Vsuella anfall

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012640

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