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Descriptor English:   Seizures 
Descriptor Spanish:   Convulsiones 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Convulsões 
Synonyms English:   Convulsions
Convulsive Seizures
Jacksonian Seizure
Seizures, Convulsive
Seizures, Focal
Seizures, Generalized
Seizures, Motor
Seizures, Sensory  
Tree Number:   C10.228.140.490.631
C10.597.742
C23.888.592.742
Definition English:   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." 
Indexing Annotation English:   note other specific seizure terms in MeSH; audiogenic or acoustic seizures = REFLEX EPILEPSY, AUDIOGENIC
See Related English:   Anticonvulsants
Convulsants
Eclampsia
Epilepsy
Kindling, Neurologic
 
History Note English:   1979; for CONVULSIVE SEIZURES & SEIZURES, CONVULSIVE use CONVULSIONS 1998-1999; for JACKSONIAN SEIZURE use EPILEPSY, PARTIAL 1992-1999 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   13024 
Unique Identifier:   D012640 

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