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1. Convulsions (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Convulsions are when a person's body shakes rapidly and uncontrollably. During convulsions, the person's muscles contract and relax repeatedly. The term "convulsion" is often used interchangeably with "seizure," although there are many types of seiz...• Reviewer: Jacob L. Heller, MD, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, Clinic. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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2. Health Topics -- Netwellness Homepage
Seizures related to metabolic problems can occur at any age, and may be due to: Generalized tonic-clonic seizures (also called grand mal seizures) are the type of seizure that most people associate with the term "seizure," convulsion, or.
http://netwellness.org/ency/article/000695.htm

3. Acute intermittent porphyria - Health Encyclopedia -- Health >> Medical Questions, Weight Loss, P...
Acute intermittent porphyria is due to a deficiency of the enzyme porphobilinogen deaminase (also known as hydroxymethylbilane synthase) that leads to accumulation of the heme precursors delta-aminolevulinic acid and porphobilinogen initially in...
http://www.steadyhealth.com/encyclopedia/Acute_intermittent_porphyria

4. What is MELAS?. -- Netdoctor.co.uk - The Uk
Hereditary Metabolic Diseases Of Late Onset affecting the mitochondria of the body cells. This sort of metabolic disease greatly reduces the mitochondria's efficiency and the brain's energy reserves are drained.
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/ate/neurology/205115.html

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