epilepsy: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	convulsive disorder • cerebral seizure

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partial-onset seizure psychomotor seizure generalized tonic-clonic seizure primary generalized seizure jacksonian epilepsy clonic phase aura Brain lorazepam nervous system disease Alzheimer disease concussion traumatic brain injury cephalic disorder stroke misophonia Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease split-brain syndrome encephalitis cerebral palsy

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