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Silent, subtle and unseen: How seizures happen and why they're hard to diagnose

  • Written by Jacob Pellinen, Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageApproximately 10% of people will experience at least one seizure during their lifetime.Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

The dramatic and incapacitating nature of seizures is reflected in the word itself, which derives from the Greek “to take hold” – like an invisible force suddenly grasping someone and...

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