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Conditions characterized by recurrent paroxysmal neuronal discharges which arise from a focal region of the brain. Partial seizures are divided into simple and complex, depending on whether consciousness is unaltered (simple partial seizure) or disturbed (complex partial seizure). Both types may feature a wide variety of motor, sensory, and autonomic symptoms. Partial seizures may be classified by associated clinical features or anatomic location of the seizure focus. A secondary generalized seizure refers to a partial seizure that spreads to involve the brain diffusely. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp317)
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- Epilepsies, Partial
- Epilepsy, Focal
- Epilepsy, Localization-Related
- Epilepsy, Partial
- Focal Seizure Disorder
- Partial Epilepsy
- Partial Seizure Disorder
- Seizure Disorder, Focal
- Seizure Disorder, Partial
- Disorders, Focal Seizure
- Disorders, Partial Seizure
- Epilepsies, Focal
- Epilepsies, Localization-Related
- Focal Epilepsies
- Focal Epilepsy
- Focal Seizure Disorders
- Localization-Related Epilepsies
- Localization-Related Epilepsy
- Partial Seizure Disorders
- Seizure Disorders, Focal
- Seizure Disorders, Partial
- Abdominal Epilepsy
- Amygdalo-Hippocampal Epilepsy
- Benign Focal Epilepsy, Childhood
- Benign Occipital Epilepsy
- Benign Occipital Epilepsy, Childhood
- Childhood Benign Focal Epilepsy
- Childhood Benign Occipital Epilepsy
- Digestive Epilepsy
- Epilepsy, Benign Occipital
- Epilepsy, Simple Partial
- Gelastic Epilepsy
- Occipital Lobe Epilepsy
- Panayiotopoulos Syndrome
- Partial Seizures, Simple, Consciousness Preserved
- Rhinencephalic Epilepsy
- Simple Partial Seizures
- Subclinical Seizure
- Uncinate Seizures
- Abdominal Epilepsies
- Amygdalo-Hippocampal Epilepsies
- Benign Occipital Epilepsies
- Digestive Epilepsies
- Epilepsies, Abdominal
- Epilepsies, Amygdalo-Hippocampal
- Epilepsies, Benign Occipital
- Epilepsies, Digestive
- Epilepsies, Gelastic
- Epilepsies, Occipital Lobe
- Epilepsies, Rhinencephalic
- Epilepsies, Simple Partial
- Epilepsy, Abdominal
- Gelastic Epilepsies
- Lobe Epilepsy, Occipital
- Occipital Epilepsies, Benign
- Occipital Epilepsy, Benign
- Occipital Lobe Epilepsies
- Partial Epilepsies, Simple
- Partial Seizures, Simple
- Rhinencephalic Epilepsies
- Seizure, Subclinical
- Seizure, Uncinate
- Seizures, Simple Partial
- Seizures, Subclinical
- Seizures, Uncinate
- Simple Partial Epilepsies
- Subclinical Seizures
- Uncinate Seizure
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2000 (1966); for PANAYIOTOPOULOS SYNDROME use MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE 2018; for EPILEPSY, ABDOMINAL use EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE 1975-1999
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- Jacksonian Seizure (1966-1976)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Partial Epilepsies. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004828. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004828
- Partial Epilepsies. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_seizure
- Partial Epilepsies. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7140388