Common Seizure Disorders (=Epilepsy)

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Common seizure disorders (=epilepsy)
General remarks about epilepsy: Introduction Causes of epilepsy Diagnostic tests Status epilepticus	Childhood epilepsy:
	Absence seizures
	Atonic seizures
	Febrile seizures
Adult epilepsy:	Infantile spasms
Complex partial seizures	Myoclonic seizures
Generalized tonic-clonic seizures	Sydenham's chorea (St. Vitus'Dance)
Simple partial seizures

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