Grand mal seizure
(generalised tonic clonic seizure which lasts approx. 2 minutes)
1. tonic phase (stiffening of the body)
2. clonic phase (the body jerks)
post-convulsive phase (exhaustion)
from: Krämer, G. (ed.): Farbatlanten der Medizin, Bd. 6, Thieme 1989
Deutsches Epilepsiemuseum Kork
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