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内科学实习手册 CAPTER 7: Neurology System Seizures and Epilepsy 4150 A seizure is a paroxysmal event due to abnormal, excessive, hypersynchronous discharges from an aggregate of central nervous system (CNS) neurons. Epilepsy describes a condition in which a person has recurrent seizures due to a chronic, underlying process. 1. Diagnosis 1.1 Simple partial seizures Begin with motor, sensory, or autonomic phenomena, depending on the cortical region affected. Consciousness is preserved. The abnormal motor movements may begin in a very restricted region such as the fingers, the face, a limb, or the phar