Seizures

"Seizures" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Clinical or subclinical disturbances of cortical function due to a sudden, abnormal, excessive, and disorganized discharge of brain cells. Clinical manifestations include abnormal motor, sensory and psychic phenomena. Recurrent seizures are usually referred to as EPILEPSY or "seizure disorder."

Descriptor ID	D012640
MeSH Number(s)	C10.228.140.490.631 C10.597.742 C23.888.592.742
Concept/Terms	Seizures Seizures Seizure Seizures, Visual Seizures, Visual Seizure, Visual Visual Seizure Visual Seizures Convulsive Seizures Convulsive Seizures Convulsive Seizure Seizure, Convulsive Seizures, Motor Motor Seizure Motor Seizures Seizure, Motor Seizures, Convulsive Jacksonian Seizure Jacksonian Seizure Seizure, Jacksonian Seizures, Auditory Seizures, Auditory Auditory Seizure Auditory Seizures Seizure, Auditory Seizures, Clonic Seizures, Clonic Clonic Seizure Clonic Seizures Seizure, Clonic Seizures, Focal Seizures, Focal Focal Seizure Focal Seizures Seizure, Focal Seizures, Generalized Seizures, Generalized Generalized Seizure Generalized Seizures Seizure, Generalized Seizures, Gustatory Seizures, Gustatory Gustatory Seizure Gustatory Seizures Seizure, Gustatory Seizures, Olfactory Seizures, Olfactory Olfactory Seizure Olfactory Seizures Seizure, Olfactory Convulsion, Non-Epileptic Convulsion, Non-Epileptic Convulsion, Non Epileptic Convulsions, Non-Epileptic Non-Epileptic Convulsion Non-Epileptic Convulsions Seizures, Somatosensory Seizures, Somatosensory Seizure, Somatosensory Somatosensory Seizure Somatosensory Seizures Seizures, Tonic Seizures, Tonic Seizure, Tonic Tonic Seizure Tonic Seizures Seizures, Tonic-Clonic Seizures, Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Tonic-Clonic Seizures, Tonic Clonic Tonic-Clonic Seizure Tonic-Clonic Seizures Seizures, Vertiginous Seizures, Vertiginous Seizure, Vertiginous Vertiginous Seizure Vertiginous Seizures Seizures, Vestibular Seizure, Vestibular Vestibular Seizure Vestibular Seizures Seizures, Sensory Seizures, Sensory Seizure, Sensory Sensory Seizure Sensory Seizures Convulsions Convulsions Convulsion

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Seizures".

Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
Epilepsy [C10.228.140.490]
Seizures [C10.228.140.490.631]
Neurologic Manifestations [C10.597]
Seizures [C10.597.742]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Signs and Symptoms [C23.888]
Neurologic Manifestations [C23.888.592]
Seizures [C23.888.592.742]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Seizures".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Seizures" by people in this website by year, and whether "Seizures" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 59 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	1	0	1
1995	1	0	1
1997	0	1	1
1998	0	2	2
1999	2	0	2
2000	0	1	1
2002	1	0	1
2003	1	1	2
2005	2	0	2
2006	0	1	1
2007	2	0	2
2008	1	2	3
2009	3	0	3
2010	3	0	3
2011	2	2	4
2012	1	2	3
2013	0	1	1
2014	0	1	1
2015	2	0	2
2016	0	1	1
2017	1	1	2
2018	6	1	7
2019	1	1	2
2020	4	0	4
2021	0	1	1
2022	0	3	3
2023	0	3	3

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