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  1. Epilepsy (National Library of Medicine)  
    Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes people to have recurring seizures. The seizures happen when clusters of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain send out ...
  2. Seizures (National Library of Medicine)  
    Seizures are symptoms of a brain problem. They happen because of sudden, abnormal electrical activity in the brain. When people think of seizures, they often ...
  3. ... weak muscle tone (atonic seizures), involuntary muscle twitches (myoclonic seizures), or more pronounced movements called epileptic spasms. Some individuals have seizure patterns that resemble those ...
  4. ... muscle contractions that occur before age 1 (infantile spasms), partial or complete loss of consciousness (absence seizures), involuntary muscle twitches (myoclonic seizures), or loss of consciousness with muscle rigidity ...
  5. Myoclonus From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)  
    Movement Disorders/Specifics ... Movement Disorders ... Multiple Sclerosis/Related Issues ... Multiple Sclerosis ... National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  6. Epilepsy and Seizures From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)  
    Seizures/Start Here ... Seizures ... Epilepsy/Start Here ... Epilepsy ... Epilepsy is a chronic brain disorder in which groups of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain sometimes ...
  7. Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)  
    Encephalitis/Specifics ... Encephalitis ... Measles/Related Issues ... Measles ... National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ... From the National Institutes of ...
  8. ... a variety of seizure types, including persisting infantile spasms, short periods of loss of consciousness (absence seizures); sudden episodes of weak muscle tone (drop attacks); rapid, uncontrolled muscle jerks (myoclonic seizures); and episodes of muscle rigidity, convulsions, and ...
  9. ... vary in type. Recurrent muscle contractions called infantile spasms are ... myoclonic seizures, which involve rapid, uncontrolled muscle jerks; or ...
  10. ... most common seizures in this condition are infantile spasms, which occur before age 1 and consist of involuntary muscle contractions. Other seizure types that can occur in people with this condition include uncontrolled muscle twitches (myoclonic seizures), sudden episodes of weak muscle tone (atonic ...
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