Preferred Name

Partial Seizure
Synonyms
Definitions

A transitory alteration in movement, sensation or autonomic nerve function due to abnormal electric activity in a localized area of the cerebral cortex, usually without change in awareness or alertness. Symptoms vary with different lesion locations and may include but not limited to the motor (e.g. rhythmic muscle contractions in one area of the body), somatosensory and sensory alterations manifested by abnormal numbness, paresthesias or other hallucinations, including several types of aura; autonomic and psychic symptoms, e.g. with changes in speech, thought, personality, mood, sensation of deja vu or hallucinations.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C50689

ALT_DEFINITION

A seizure originating in a circumscribed area of the brain.

code

C50689

Contributing_Source

FDA

MedDRA

NICHD

definition

A transitory alteration in movement, sensation or autonomic nerve function due to abnormal electric activity in a localized area of the cerebral cortex, usually without change in awareness or alertness. Symptoms vary with different lesion locations and may include but not limited to the motor (e.g. rhythmic muscle contractions in one area of the body), somatosensory and sensory alterations manifested by abnormal numbness, paresthesias or other hallucinations, including several types of aura; autonomic and psychic symptoms, e.g. with changes in speech, thought, personality, mood, sensation of deja vu or hallucinations.

FDA_Table

Patient Code (Appendix B)

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C90259

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C118464

label

Partial Seizure

Legacy Concept Name

Partial_Seizure

Maps_To

Focal seizures

Preferred_Name

Partial Seizure

prefixIRI

NCIT:C50689

prefLabel

Partial Seizure

Semantic_Type

Finding

UMLS_CUI

C0751495

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C2962

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