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Table 181-1

Classification of Seizures

  1. Focal seizures

    (Can be further described as having motor, sensory, autonomic, cognitive, or other features)

  2. Generalized seizures
    1. Absence

      Typical

      Atypical

    2. Tonic clonic
    3. Clonic
    4. Tonic
    5. Atonic
    6. Myoclonic
  3. May be focal, generalized, or unclear

    Epileptic spasms