Tonic-clonic seizures are the type of epileptic seizure most people recognise. In the past they were called grand-mal seizures. Tonic-clonic seizures can have a generalised onset, meaning they affect ...

Telephone (910)-716-5281; fax: (910)-716-9489; email: wbell{at}bgsm.edu Two patients in whom consciousness and memory were retained during bilateral clonic or tonic-clonic seizures are reported on, ...

It is common for a person to have withdrawal seizures, also known as “rum fits,” during the abrupt end of alcohol intake after a long period of heavy drinking. Tonic-clonic seizures are very common ...

From these patients, 6,530 hours of data were recorded over 272 days, including 40 generalised tonic-clonic seizures, also known as 'grand mal' the most serious seizures. Embrace's algorithm was ...

Most children with this type of epilepsy have no other seizures during childhood, but about one-third of them will develop generalized tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizures later, often in adolescence.

Furthermore, the length of the attack was an important clue that the attack was psychogenic and not epileptic; most psychogenic attacks are longer than 5 minutes while most complex partial or ...

Results Significant factors in the multivariable model for time to 12-month remission were having a relative with epilepsy, neurological insult, total number of tonic-clonic seizures before ...

Tonic seizures can be generalised onset, meaning they affect both sides of the brain from the start. Or they can be focal onset, meaning they start in just one side of the brain. If a tonic seizure ...

This article looks at the symptoms of anoxic seizures. It also examines their causes, prevalence, treatment, and the outlook for people who experience them. Anoxic seizures may occur in response ...