Seizures

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."

Also Known As:

Seizure; Convulsions; Convulsion; Tonic-Clonic Seizure; Focal Seizures; Jacksonian Seizure; Clonic Seizure; Tonic Seizure; Tonic-Clonic Seizures; Convulsion, Non-Epileptic; Seizures, Auditory; Seizures, Clonic; Seizures, Gustatory; Seizures, Olfactory; Seizures, Somatosensory; Seizures, Tonic; Seizures, Tonic-Clonic; Seizures, Vertiginous; Seizures, Vestibular; Seizures, Visual; Auditory Seizure; Auditory Seizures; Clonic Seizures; Convulsion, Non Epileptic; Convulsions, Non-Epileptic; Convulsive Seizure; Focal Seizure; Generalized Seizure; Generalized Seizures; Gustatory Seizure; Gustatory Seizures; Motor Seizure; Motor Seizures; Non-Epileptic Convulsion; Non-Epileptic Convulsions; Olfactory Seizure; Olfactory Seizures; Seizure, Auditory; Seizure, Clonic; Seizure, Convulsive; Seizure, Focal; Seizure, Generalized; Seizure, Gustatory; Seizure, Jacksonian; Seizure, Motor; Seizure, Olfactory; Seizure, Sensory; Seizure, Somatosensory; Seizure, Tonic; Seizure, Tonic-Clonic; Seizure, Vertiginous; Seizure, Vestibular; Seizure, Visual; Seizures, Tonic Clonic; Sensory Seizure; Sensory Seizures; Somatosensory Seizure; Somatosensory Seizures; Tonic Seizures; Vertiginous Seizure; Vertiginous Seizures; Vestibular Seizure; Vestibular Seizures; Visual Seizure; Visual Seizures; Convulsive Seizures; Seizures, Convulsive; Seizures, Focal; Seizures, Generalized; Seizures, Motor; Seizures, Sensory

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Nervous System Diseases: 3452

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Neurologic Manifestations: 2893

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Seizures: 28038

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Central Nervous System Diseases: 935

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Brain Diseases: 1129

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Epilepsy: 13989

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Seizures: 28038

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Signs and Symptoms Pathological Conditions

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Signs and Symptoms

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Neurologic Manifestations: 2893

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Seizures: 28038

Authors	D L DAVIES, A LEWIS
Journal	Lancet (Lancet) Vol. 1 Issue 6558 Pg. 775-7 (May 7 1949) ISSN: 0140-6736 Not Available
PMID	18126202 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Effects of decamethonium iodide (CIO) on respiration and on induced convulsions in man.