| MERRF Syndrome | Myoclonic Epilepsy & Ragged Red Fibers Syndrome |
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| BCE | basal cell epithelioma; benign childhood epilepsy; bubble chamber equipment |
| BFEC | benign focal epilepsy of childhood |
| BOE | benign occipital epilepsy |
| BPEC | benign partial epilepsy of childhood; bipolar electrocardiogram |
| posttraumatic epilepsy | A convulsive state following and causally related to head injury; with brain damage either manifested clinically or ascertained by special examinations such as computed tomography. To assume causal relationship, the individual must have had no previous epilepsy, no cerebral disease, and no other brain trauma. The attacks should have started, depending on the severity of the wounding, within 3 months to 2 years of the alleged trauma and be of a type compatible with the site of injury and the EEG abnormalities. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| procursive epilepsy | A psychomotor attack initiated by whirling or running. (05 Mar 2000) |
| psychomotor epilepsy | Attacks with elaborate and multiple sensory, motor, and/or psychic components, the common feature being a clouding or loss of consciousness and amnesia for the event; clinical manifestations may take the form of automatisms; emotional outbursts of temper, anger or show of fear; motor or psychic disturbances; or may be related to any sphere of human activity. Electroencephalographically, the attack is characterised by spike discharges in the temporal lobe, especially in sleep. See: procursive epilepsy, visceral epilepsy, uncinate epilepsy. Synonym: automatic epilepsy, psychomotor seizure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary generalised epilepsy | A group of epilepsy syndromes of diverse aetiologies with diffuse or multifocal cerebral involvement. Patients typically have a variety of generalised seizure types, including tonic, atonic, myoclonic, atypical absence, and generalised tonic-clonic seizures. Partial seizures may also occur. One classic syndrome is the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Synonym: symptomatic epilepsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensory epilepsy | Focal epilepsy initiated by a somatosensory phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensory precipitated epilepsy | Seizures which are induced by peripheral stimulation; e.g., audiogenic, laryngeal, photogenic, or other stimulation. Synonym: sensory precipitated epilepsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sleep epilepsy | Incorrect term for narcolepsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| somnambulic epilepsy | Postictal automatism in which the patient walks or runs about exhibiting natural behaviour of which he or she has no subsequent remembrance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| startle epilepsy | A form of reflex epilepsy precipitated by sudden noises. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nocturnal epilepsy | An epilepsy syndrome characterised by nocturnal seizures only. (05 Mar 2000) |
| supplementary motor area epilepsy | A localization-related epilepsy syndrome in which seizures originate from the supplementary motor area of the mesial frontal lobe. Typical seizure semiology includes sudden bilateral tonic movements, vocalization, and preservation of consciousness. Attacks are often nocturnal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| symptomatic epilepsy | A group of epilepsy syndromes of diverse aetiologies with diffuse or multifocal cerebral involvement. Patients typically have a variety of generalised seizure types, including tonic, atonic, myoclonic, atypical absence, and generalised tonic-clonic seizures. Partial seizures may also occur. One classic syndrome is the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Synonym: symptomatic epilepsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diencephalic epilepsy | Episodes of autonomic dysfunction presumably due to diencephalic irritation. Synonym: diencephalic epilepsy, vasomotor epilepsy, vasovagal epilepsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| idiopathic epilepsy | An epilepsy without evident cause; term often used to describe the genetic epilepsies. Synonym: generalised tonic-clonic seizure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intractable epilepsy | Epilepsy not adequately controlled by medication. Synonym: pharmacoresistent epilepsy. (05 Mar 2000) |