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I would like to know if absence seizures is all over the brain there must be epilepsy tissue on one side?
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Absence seizures: Normally, with absence seizures, there is no focal epilepsy tissue. But with complex partial seizures, which look like absence seizures, there is. Hope that helps!
Answered 5/22/2016
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