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Epilepsy
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EPILEPSY, med. jur. A disease of the brain, which occurs in paroxysms, with uncertain intervals between them.
     2. These paroxysms are characterized by the loss of sensation, and convulsive motions of the muscles. When long continued and violent, this disease is very apt to end in dementia. (q.v.) It gradually destroys the memory, and impairs the intellect, and is one of the causes of an unsound mind. 8 Ves. 87. Vide Dig. 50, 16, 123; Id. 21, 1, 4, 5.


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There was no evidence of epileptiform activity on EEG throughout the 24 hours.
10) Hemispherectomy may be indicated when an individual has a seizure disorder uncontrolled by medical intervention, a hemiparesis contralateral to the hemisphere with seizure activity, and the absence of epileptiform discharges ipsilateral to the hemiparesis.
magnesium deficiency triggers or exacerbates epileptiform seizures; migraine in some respects is similar to epilepsy, suggesting therefore that magnesium deficiency may trigger or exacerbate migraine attacks).
 
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