Medical Definition of Automatic epilepsy
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Seizures with elaborate and multiple sensory, motor, and/or psychic components.
A common feature is the clouding of consciousness and amnesia for the event. Some clinical manifestations may include more complex behaviours like burst of anger, emotional outbursts, fear or automatisms. The EEG often reveals spike discharges in the temporal lobe during sleep.
(02 Jan 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Automatic Epilepsy
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