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Reflex Anoxic Seizures

Background

Reflex anoxic seizure is the term used to describe a particular type of fit which is neither epileptic nor due to breath-holding. It is a particular type of severe syncope or 'faint' which is the result of a temporary cutting off of the supply of oxygenated blood to the brain.

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Medical text written October 1999 by Professor J B P Stephenson, Consultant in Paediatric Neurology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, UK. Last updated October 2005 by Dr W Whitehouse, Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Neurology and Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

 

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