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What is a focal motor seizure?
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See below:: A simple partial seizure with localized motor activity. There may be spasm or clonus (jerking) of one muscle or a muscle group and this may remain localized or it may subsequently spread to adjacent muscles as a jacksonian seizure.
Answered 2/9/2015
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Localized jerking: A seizure which causes movement of face, arm or leg, associated with a restricted abnormal electrical discharge in the brain. Sometimes, if prolonged, it may spread and become a generalized seizure.
Answered 11/14/2012
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