Seizure onset presentations
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Seizure onset presentations. Automatisms, Atonic, Clonic, Epileptic spasms, Hyperkinetic, Myoclonic, Tonic. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Focal motor-onset aware seizures
- Automatisms
- Atonic
- Clonic
- Epileptic spasms
- Hyperkinetic
- Myoclonic
- Tonic
- Focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures
Focal motor-onset impaired awareness seizures
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Generalized motor-onset seizures
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Generalized non-motor onset (absence) seizures
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Other seizure onset types
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References
- Chang RS, Leung CYW, Ho CCA, Yung A. Classifications of seizures and epilepsies, where are we? A brief historical review and update. J Formos Med Assoc 2017; pii: S0929-6646(17)30147-X (Epub ahead of print).
- Fisher RS, Cross JH, D'Souza C, et al. Instruction manual for the ILAE 2017 operational classification of seizure types. Epilepsia 2017; 58:531-542.
- Chang RS, Leung CYW, Ho CCA, Yung A. Classifications of seizures and epilepsies, where are we? - A brief historical review and update. J Formos Med Assoc 2017; 116:736-741.
- Beniczky S, Rubboli G, Covanis A, Sperling MR. Absence-to-bilateral-tonic-clonic seizure: a generalized seizure type. Neurology 2020; 95:e2009-e2015.
