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Generalized status can preferentially manifest with tonic, clonic, absence, and/or myoclonic seizures. Hence, status can be merely a prolongation of commonly observed individual seizure types.

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A generalized seizure results from initial abnormal firing of brain nerve cells throughout both left and right hemispheres.

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