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Focal automatism seizure

HP:0032898

What it means

A focal seizure characterized at onset by coordinated motor activity. This often resembles a voluntary movement and may consist of an inappropriate continuation of preictal motor activity.

An automatism is a coordinated, repetitive motor activity, often resembling a voluntary movement, but undertaken without volition.

Part of the broader category

Focal automatism seizure

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This page uses the Human Phenotype Ontology (2026-06-23) — Human Phenotype Ontology Consortium, hpo.jax.org. Disease associations from Orphanet (INSERM), CC BY 4.0. Content is educational and is not medical advice.