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Absence
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Seizure type most
often seen in children. Shows itself by momentary unconsciousness,
possibly with twitching of the face, upward eye rolling and loss
of grasp. |
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Allergy
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An oversensitive
reaction to medicine or other substances. Most commonly seen as
a rash. |
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Anamnesis
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Case history. |
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Astatic seizure
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Seizure which causes
sudden loss of muscle tension, at which the person falls down and
often injures himself. The same as drop attacks. |
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Atonic seizure
|
see astatic seizure |
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Aura
|
Short warning that
a generalized seizure is on the way. An aura is a simple partial
seizure, which gives various different sensory phenomena. |
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Automatism
|
Things one does
during a seizure in a state of diminished consciousness, often pulling
at one's own clothes. |
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Blind trial
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Trial where neither
patient nor doctor knows which treatment is being given, drug or
placebo. |
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Callosotomy
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Operation for epilepsy
where the connection between the two halves of the brain is cut
through. |
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CT-scan
|
X-ray examination which, with the
help of computer technique, produces slice-shaped cross-sections
of the organ being examined.
|
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Dementia
|
Acquired reduction
of mental abilities |
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Deja vu
|
Unknown things or situations seem
suddenly familiar
|
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Diagnostic treatment
|
Trial treatment
with antiepileptic drugs of a person when it is has not been possible
to ascertain for certain if the person suffers from epilepsy. |
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EEG
|
Registration of
the electrical activity of the brain with the help of electrodes
placed on the scalp. |
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Enzyme
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A substance that
stimulates chemical processes. |
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Enzyme induction
|
Stimulating of the liver's enzyme
systems, so that medicine and other substances are broken down
faster than normally.
|
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Epileptic focus
|
Area in the brain
which triggers the epileptic activity. |
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Epileptic syndrome
|
Age-linked epilepsy
in which a group of different symptoms make up the picture of the
illness. |
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GABA
|
Gamma-amino-butyric
acid, an inhibitory neurotransmitter. |
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Photosensitive epilepsy
|
Form of epilepsy where seizures can
be provoked by blinking light
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