A seizure is an intermittent abnormality of nervous system physiology characterized by a transient occurrence of signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15816939 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199 ]
Synonyms: Epileptic seizure Seizures
Term information
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A type of electrographic seizure has been proposed in neonates which does not have a clinical correlate, it is electrographic only. The term epilepsy is not used to describe recurrent febrile seizures. Epilepsy presumably reflects an abnormally reduced seizure threshold.
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