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Seizure

Differential Diagnosis of a Paroxysmal Neurologic Event with Brief, Full Recovery

· Syncope

Epilepsy

· Migraine

· Transient ischemic attack

· Vertigo

· Hypoglycemia

· An abnormal discharge of cortical neurons

· Episodic Event

· Involuntary

· Beginning and End

· Brief Durationfont>

· Stereotyped

· Post-Seizure Impairment

· Partial

· Begin focally

· Generalized

· Bilaterally symmetric from onset