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Causes

• Secondary seizure

  • Hypoxia
  • Metabolic abnormalities
  • Infection
  • Cerebrovascular etiologies
  • Drug effects, withdrawal, intoxication
  • Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
  • Febrile seizures in children
  • Structural lesions
  • Inborn errors of metabolism

• Nonepileptic seizure

  • Disorders of sugar metabolism
  • Organic acidemias
  • Glycogen storage diseases
  • Disorders of amino acid metabolism
  • Urea cycle disorders
  • Peroxisomal disorders
  • Mitochondrial disorders
  • Rasmussen's encephalitis