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How often do small seizures lead to a grand mal?

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Complex partial szs.: Focal seizures can often generalize and cause a convulsion. This is characteristic of complex partial seizures, which can start on one side of the brain and generalize. Drugs to control epilepsy will often suppress the evolution to a grand mal event.

Answered 11/7/2012

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