EpilepsyGene

About epilepsy	Epilepsy classification	Seizure type	Phenotype & abbreviation

Partial seizure

• Also knwon as focal seizure.

• Starts in and affects part of the brain.

• Simple partial seizure: temporal lobe, frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe.

• Complex partial seizure affects a bigger part of the brain than a simple partial seizure, mainly temporal or frontal lobe.

• Complex partial seizures in the parietal or occipital lobes are less common than in the temporal or frontal lobes.

• For example:

Secondarily generalized seizure

• Starts as a partial seizure, and then becomes generalized.

• Usually tonic-clonic seizure.

Generalized seizure

• Affects both side of the brain from the the begining.

• It mainly includes absences, atonic seizures, tonic seizures, clonic seizures, myoclonic seizures and tonic-clonic seizures.

• For example:

References: