focal motor seizure

focal motor seizure
a simple partial seizure consisting of clonus or spasm of a muscle or muscle group; it may be single or in a continuous and repetitive series (see epilepsia partialis continua) or may spread to adjacent muscles (see jacksonian epilepsy).

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