Word Finder - seizures

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The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.

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The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.

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A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).

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He fell to the floor and convulsed when the epileptic seizure occurred.

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A sudden onset of pain or emotion.

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He felt the sudden seizure of pain as the heart attack began.

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That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.

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Retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership.

Nervous phenomena, such as chorea and epileptic seizures, have been attributed to the presence of the tapeworm.

Very rarely, seizures have occurred with high doses of interferon alpha.

Very low birthweight infants with clinical seizures have a higher incidence of impairment than preterm infants without seizures 34.

Symptoms of listerial meningitis occur about four days after the flu-like symptoms and include fever, personality change, uncoordinated muscle movement, tremors, muscle contractions, seizures, and slipping in and out of consciousness.

This can only take place, however, if the area of the brain that triggers the seizures can be identified with pinpoint accuracy.

At the end of the study, average seizure frequency had fallen to forty seizures per week.

Seizures and focal neurological deficits were the main clinical features observed in patients with intracranial cavernous angiomas.

Dogs cats and rabbits suffered from effects including ataxia, hypotension and seizures.

The results indicate that there is no time during the first four post-operative weeks when seizures could be considered benign.

Generalized epileptic seizures involve both cerebral hemispheres from the onset of the seizure, and consequently any motor manifestations are bilateral.

It was anticipated that their seizures would mostly be generalized tonic clonic.

Coca cultivation and coca cultivation and cocaine production were broadly stable while seizures of cocaine rose to new highs.

Half of the seizures end with hemi or generalized convulsions.

Focal cortical dysplasia may result in refractory partial seizures.

For example, if the person has an air embolism in the arteries carrying blood to the brain, it may cause seizures.

Similarly, a wide range of outcome measures is used, including neonatal encephalopathy, cranial ultrasound findings, seizures and cerebral palsy.

Dr. Frances Jensen and her team investigated a condition called hypoxic encephalopathy, the most common cause of seizures in newborns.

If they are non epileptic they can be exactly the same as epileptic seizures so the tongue biting happens in both forms of seizure.

In April 2003, our house bunny Flower gave us a terrible fright, he began having seizures.

At times his friends experience overwhelming guilt, over-protectiveness toward Matt, and fears of incompetence in the event of seizures.

Research has shown that repeated temporal lobe seizures can cause a brain structure called the hippocampus to shrink over time.

Mr E's seizures appear to have been very infrequent.

Of the mice given methamphetamine, nearly 40% had seizures, but this was doubled if methamphetamine was combined with loud music.

Early surgery may therefore reduce the morbidity associated with frequent seizures through the teenage years.

In fact, there are many types of seizures so these terms are now considered outdated.

Obviously, crucial to the prevention of post-ictal psychosis is better control of the seizures.

This efficacy was demonstrated in a group of epileptic patients with long-standing, highly refractory seizures despite many trials of medication.

Surgery to remove the source of seizures in the hippocampus can cure temporal lobe epilepsy in patients with hippocampal sclerosis.

There are several different kinds of generalized seizures which may look very different.

People who have generalized seizures usually fall to the ground and lose consciousness.

Will the new medicine help prevent, or could it induce seizures?

Tonic-clonic seizures Basic guidelines From behind, hold the person's head above water.

They are mainly clonic, sometimes with apnoeic spells; tonic seizures have rarely been described.

This may also be considered in children with Sturge-Weber syndrome with early onset seizures.

Lengthy seizures do not appear to result in residual deficits or have adverse prognostic significance.

Usually it is possible to distinguish such attacks from the history, but occasionally seizures of temporal lobe origin may have similar symptomatology.

Investigation of the neuronal aggregate generating seizures in the rat tetanus toxin model of epilepsy.

Using the tetanus toxin model we have identified some aspects of the seizures.

A number of alcohol seizures were made over the weekend, and individuals are likely to be charged with supplying drink to underage youngsters.

The maximum time any animal will be allowed to have self-sustaining seizures is 3 hours.

This is primarily due to the stereotypical semiology of seizures arising from the temporal lobe, and in particular the mesial temporal structures.

The dose should be titrated slowly at the risk of unmasking arrhythmias or seizures in certain patients.

Recurrent partial seizures are often misdiagnosed as transient cerebral ischaemia if the stereotypical nature of the epileptic symptoms is not recognized.

People who experience psychogenic seizures usually do so because they are psychologically or emotionally troubled in some way.

The median reduction of seizures from vagal nerve stimulation is 45% at 1 year.

From the vagus nerve the signals travel up into the areas of the brain thought to be involved in causing seizures.

Changing anti-epileptic drugs How long it will take to gain control of the seizures varies from person to person.

Ensure that close attention is paid to body temperature as extreme fever can quickly lead to seizures particularly in infants and young children.

Other reasons homes get foreclosed on include IRS tax seizures, property abandonment, and real estate tax nonpayment.

Tonight, he had a half hour of convulsions, and foaming at mouth (after a couple seizures) and then died.