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What Causes Absence Seizures?
Posted on
Fri, 23 May 2014
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Fri, 23 May 2014
Answered on
Wed, 18 Jun 2014
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Question : Hi,Do absence seizures come from the temporal lobe.
Brief Answer:
Absence seizures are generalised seizures.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
Absence seizures are generalised seizures, and hence, abnormal epileptiform discharges are seen to arise from all the lobes of brain, including temporal lobes.
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Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) XXXXXXX Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
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Absence seizures are generalised seizures.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
Absence seizures are generalised seizures, and hence, abnormal epileptiform discharges are seen to arise from all the lobes of brain, including temporal lobes.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) XXXXXXX Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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