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Examples
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The whip-its apparently caused Moore, 49, to go into semi-consciousness and experience seizure-like symptoms, according to TMZ.
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At home, Meneses endured periodic spells of extreme dizziness, loss of consciousness, and seizure-like symptoms.
Shirley Sagawa: Celebrate Veterans Day With Civilian Service Shirley Sagawa 2010
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New Orleans Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey was hospitalized after suffering what was described as "seizure-like symptoms" in the weight room following a practice Thursday, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Saints' Jeremy Shockey hospitalized after apparent seizure 2010
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The culprits were members of "roller pigeon clubs" -- enthusiasts of domestic pigeons specially bred for their seizure-like ability to do rapid backward somersaults while flying.
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She gets severe seizure-like attacks that can last 11 hours from an undiagnosed neuro-developmental disorder.
Marian Wright Edelman: Insurance CEOs Get Rich While Denying Health Coverage to Children 2009
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(The precise diagnosis has not been reported, but a reader who is a neurologist comments, based on the news reports, that the incident "sounds a bit seizure-like" and "could even be just a hypotensive episode.")
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And at one particular point, she slipped into what I call a seizure-like state, and I had to help her to the bathroom and pick her up and take her and put her -- put her ...
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And at one particular point, she slipped into what I would call a seizure-like state, and I had to help her to the bathroom and pick her up and take her and put her ...
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They're seizure-like episodes, technically, since they don't generate the EEG traces that define "seizures" in clinical terms, but the fact that you need an EEG to tell me apart from an epileptic should say something.
And the sign said... 2006
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After living with this for more than two decades, I know how to manage it pretty well, but nonetheless, a few times a year, I have a seizure-like episode while away from home and need to get help.
And the sign said... 2006
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