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:

Absence Seizure; Focal Seizures; Tonic-Clonic Seizures; Seizure, Absence; Atonic Absence Seizures; Atonic Seizures; Clonic Seizures; Complex Partial Seizures; Convulsion, Non-Epileptic; Generalized Absence Seizures; Myoclonic Seizures; Non-Epileptic Seizures; Nonepileptic Seizures; Partial Seizures; Petit Mal Convulsion; Seizures, Auditory; Seizures, Clonic; Seizures, Epileptic; Seizures, Gustatory; Seizures, Olfactory; Seizures, Somatosensory; Seizures, Tonic; Seizures, Tonic-Clonic; Seizures, Vertiginous; Seizures, Vestibular; Seizures, Visual; Single Seizure; Tonic Seizures; Absence Seizure, Atonic; Absence Seizure, Generalized; Absence Seizures, Atonic; Absence Seizures, Generalized; Auditory Seizure; Auditory Seizures; Clonic Seizure, Tonic; Clonic Seizures, Tonic; Convulsion, Non Epileptic; Convulsion, Petit Mal; Convulsions, Non-Epileptic; Focal Seizure; Generalized Seizure; Generalized Seizures; Generalized Tonic Clonic Seizures; Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure; Gustatory Seizure; Gustatory Seizures; Motor Seizure; Motor Seizures; Non Epileptic Seizure; Non Epileptic Seizures; Non-Epileptic Convulsion; Non-Epileptic Convulsions; Olfactory Seizure; Olfactory Seizures; Partial Seizure, Complex; Partial Seizures, Complex; Seizure, Atonic; Seizure, Atonic Absence; Seizure, Auditory; Seizure, Clonic; Seizure, Complex Partial; Seizure, Convulsive; Seizure, Epileptic; Seizure, Focal; Seizure, Generalized; Seizure, Generalized Absence; Seizure, Generalized Tonic-Clonic; Seizure, Gustatory; Seizure, Jacksonian; Seizure, Motor; Seizure, Myoclonic; Seizure, Non-Epileptic; Seizure, Nonepileptic; Seizure, Olfactory; Seizure, Partial; Seizure, Sensory; Seizure, Single; Seizure, Somatosensory; Seizure, Tonic; Seizure, Tonic Clonic; Seizure, Tonic-Clonic; Seizure, Vertiginous; Seizure, Vestibular; Seizure, Visual; Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic; Seizures, Nonepileptic; Sensory Seizure; Sensory Seizures; Single Seizures; Somatosensory Seizure; Somatosensory Seizures; Tonic Clonic Seizures; Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Generalized; Tonic-Clonic Seizures, Generalized; Vertiginous Seizure; Vertiginous Seizures; Vestibular Seizure; Vestibular Seizures; Visual Seizure; Visual Seizures

Nervous System Diseases: 14737
- Neurologic Manifestations: 7223
  - Seizures: 42466
Signs and Symptoms Pathological Conditions
- Signs and Symptoms
  - Neurologic Manifestations: 7223
    - Seizures: 42466

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