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Neonatal seizures
Neonatal seizures is a clinical finding in newborns that, unlike older infants, are rarely generalized grand mal, tonic clonic seizures. Seizures are more subtle and may manifest as jerking of the eyes, lip smacking, or posturing of the limb.
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