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Episode 17 - Seizure Classification and Diagnosis

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The Different Types of Focal Seizures

Focal seizures really fall into three different categories and you know I find it easier to chunk things I'm definitely a splitter and not a clumper. The focal onset seizures include focal aware seizures that is focal seizures wear awareness that meaningful interaction with the environment is maintained. Then there can be focal seizures with a non-motor-onset and those can include seizures with autonomic manifestations. Those are sort of semi-purposeful automatic but meaningless motor movements like lip smacking, picking, pulling, things like that so those are types of motor-onset focal seizures.

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