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tonic-clonic (adjective) - Describes a type of seizure that involves both the tonic (muscle stiffening) and clonic (muscle jerking) phases. This term is commonly used in medical contexts to describe a specific type of epileptic seizure

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Primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures osteoporosis.
Seizures are usually described as clonic or tonic-clonic.
They were mostly tonic-clonic fever related.
Involuntary muscle contractions common in generalized tonic-clonic seizures.
Myoclonus and tonic-clonic seizures have been reported.
Some go on to develop generalized tonic-clonic seizures.
Also a tonic-clonic is generally followed by a postictal phase.
Presented with a classic tonic-clonic seizure.
Generalized tonic-clonic seizures affect the whole brain.
It is a combination of myoclonic and tonic-clonic seizures.
Tonic-clonic seizures can also be induced deliberately with electroconvulsive therapy.
This can result in a tonic-clonic seizure.
Adjunctive treatment of partial seizures and generalised seizures, including tonic-clonic.
The child then has a tonic-clonic seizure.
In a generalized tonic-clonic seizure the whole brain is affecting from the beginning.

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A type of generalized seizure is a tonic-clonic seizure.
He presented with a generalized tonic-clonic seizure, requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation.
The classic seizure itself is called a tonic-clonic seizure.
She had suffered a tonic-clonic seizure a month before.
In the evening he had one episode of generalized tonic-clonic seizure.
After intravenous administration, tonic-clonic seizures were observed in dogs and mice.
Onset of the disease is characterized by myoclonic jerks and tonic-clonic seizures.
The seizures are of the tonic-clonic type and typically last about a minute.
Used with other drugs to treat partial or generalized tonic-clonic seizures.
Injuries are common complications of tonic-clonic seizures, also known as grand mal seizures.
A typical generalized epileptic seizure includes absence and tonic-clonic convulsions.
Let us look at Tonic-Clonic seizures, a type of generalised disturbance that affects the entire brain.
Generalized and complex partial tonic-clonic seizures are frequent.
It is efficient in controlling simple or complex partial seizures, and generalized tonic-clonic seizures.
Seizure includes seizure, generalised tonic-clonic seizures and status epilepticus.
We are building algorithms that learn muscle activity patterns typical of tonic-clonic seizures.
Besides myoclonic seizures, generalized tonic-clonic and absence seizures may also occur.
Generalized seizures are classified as absence seizure, myoclonic seizure and tonic-clonic seizure.
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, and primary generalised tonic-clonic seizures in patients with idiopathic generalised epilepsy.
We use electrodes to pass a current through your brain in order to induce a tonic-clonic seizure.
The syndrome includes myoclonic seizures and tonic-clonic seizures together with progressive neurological decline.
Four hundred background actors in a nightclub and a person has a severe generalized tonic-clonic seizure.
As muscles contract during tonic-clonic seizures they outpace oxygen supplies and go into anaerobic metabolism.
Motor seizures are described as either tonic-clonic or epileptic spasms.
She then presented tonic-clonic seizures and episodes of visual hallucinations, delirium and severe emotional lability.
It offers a good prognosis, but it may develop into generalized tonic-clonic seizures in adolescence.
Usually, tonic-clonic seizures only last for a few minutes but they can last for longer.
Neto et al . emphasized the correlation between star fruit and tonic-clonic seizures induction.
Having a tonic-clonic seizure due to a one-time trigger may not affect you in the long term.
Any type of seizure could be triggered but tonic-clonic seizures are the most common.
O Tonic-clonic movements of some or all body parts.
A healthy person your age does not just have a tonic-clonic seizure out of the blue.
Tonic-clonic seizures and Absences are examples of generalised seizures.
Her condition remained unchanged for 3 hours before she developed generalized tonic-clonic convulsions.
This differs from a generalized onset tonic-clonic seizure, which starts on both sides of the brain.

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