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What is status epilepticus?
  1. Repeated tonic/clonic convulsions with a gap between them
  2. Does not regain consciousness between the seizure attacks
  3. The weakness for a few hours of the affected limb after a motor seizure
  4. Feeling of unfamiliarity
Explanation
Answer: B -Does not regain consciousness between the seizures is known as status epilepticus.

Repeated tonic/clonic convulsions with a gap between them are called serial epilepsy.

After a motor seizure, weakness for a few hours of the affected limb is known as Todd’s paralysis.

The feeling of unfamiliarity is known as ‘jamaisvu.’ This memory disturbance occurs in complex partial seizures.
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