Reeves, 22, is graduating from the University of Oregon with a degree in anthropology despite battling a form of epilepsy causing
petit mal seizures that can make concentration difficult.
The test compound has given higher protection rate against pentylenetetrazol seizure than MES, which shows that the test compound is probably more useful in the absence (
petit mal) seizures than generalized tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizure and may resemble sodium valproate in its action.
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Hosford hopes that such research lead to a more tailored therapy designed to attack the mechanism of
petit mal and perhaps treat the seizures without producing some of the more unfortunate side effects" caused by current drugs.
Generalized seizures range from simple staring spells-called absence or
petit mal seizures-to convulsions with jerking motions of the body and limbs--called tonic-clonic or grand mal seizures--to anything in between.
These terse prounouncements alternate with sudden spasms of imagery that grip the author like fits of
petit mal: "It will be good fun to .
But she may have a completely different kind of epilepsy, called
petit mal, where there is no real loss of consciousness but simply a dreamlike state, lasting between five and 30 seconds during which she is out of touch with her surroundings and cannot be roused.
The book tells how he suffered frequent grand mal and
petit mal attacks - sometimes up to nine times a day.
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Physicians who suspect a child is experiencing absence seizures--formerly known as
petit mal epilepsy--should first rule out other conditions, said Dr.
Your doctor will want to rule out a condition called
petit mal. This is a minor form of epilepsy.