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  2. Reflex seizure - Wikipedia

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    In 2015 epilepsy was present in about 1.3% of the population of the United States, approximately 3 million adults and 470,000 children. [13] Reflex epilepsy is found in approximately 5% of people who have epilepsy. [3] Photosensitive epilepsy is the most common type of reflex epilepsy, accounting for 75-80% of cases. [3]

  3. Reflex asystolic syncope - Wikipedia

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    Reflex anoxic seizures are a particular type of anoxic seizure, most commonly seen in young children in whom an anoxic seizure or syncope is provoked or precipitated by a noxious stimulus (hence "reflex"). Various precipitants have been identified, but the most common is an unexpected bump to the head.

  4. Benign infantile epilepsy - Wikipedia

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    Benign infantile epilepsy (BIE), also known as benign infantile seizures (BIS), is an epilepsy syndrome of which several forms have been described. The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) classify two main forms of the syndrome (familial and nonfamilial) [ 1 ] though several other forms have been described in the academic literature.

  5. Epilepsy in children - Wikipedia

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    The epileptic seizure in the vast majority of pediatric epilepsy patients is ephemeral, and symptoms typically subside on their own after the seizure comes to an end, but some children experience what is known as a “seizure cluster," in which the first seizure is followed by a second episode approximately six hours later.

  6. Epilepsy syndromes - Wikipedia

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    Syndromes are characterized into 4 groups based on epilepsy type: [1] a. Generalized onset epilepsy syndromes. These epilepsy syndromes have only generalized-onset seizures and include both the idiopathic generalized epilepsies (specifically childhood absence epilepsy, juvenile absence epilepsy, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and epilepsy with generalized tonic- clonic seizures alone), as well as ...

  7. Neonatal seizure - Wikipedia

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    Seizures in the neonatal population can be mainly categorized into acute symptomatic seizures and neonatal epilepsy that is related to genetic or structural factors. [8] Brain injury due to hypo-ischemic encephalopathy , ischemic stroke , intracranial hemorrhage or infection, inborn errors of metabolism , transient metabolic and brain ...

  8. Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS) previously known as West syndrome needs the inclusion of epileptic spasms for diagnosis. [1] Epileptic spasms (also known as infantile spasms) may also occur outside of a syndrome (that is, in the absence of hypsarrhythmia and cognitive regression) - notably in association with severe brain disorders (e.g. lissencephaly).

  9. Primitive reflexes - Wikipedia

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    Primitive reflexes are reflex actions originating in the central nervous system that are exhibited by normal infants, but not neurologically intact adults, in response to particular stimuli. These reflexes are suppressed by the development of the frontal lobes as a child transitions normally into child development . [ 1 ]