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A subtype of this condition initially presents with symptoms triggered by a high fever before one year of age and is known as Dravet syndrome. A symptom of this condition may begin in a small area before spreading outward in a “Jacksonian march” and is associated with spike-and-wave discharges. Patients with this condition can enter a postictal (10[1])state, including those who experience a symptom classified as tonic–clonic. (10[2])Like with migraines, the major symptom of this condition may be preceded by unusual sensory perceptions known as (10[1])auras. This disease is characterized by instances of an event caused by bursts of electrical activity in the brain, which (10[1])can lead (10[1])to uncontrollable convulsions. (10[1])For 10 points, name this condition in which patients have recurring seizures. ■END■

ANSWER: epilepsy [accept Dravet syndrome until read; accept severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy or SMEI; accept epileptic seizures; prompt on seizures or focal seizures or tonic–clonic seizures until “seizures” is read]
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Vishal KanigicherlaPenn AColumbia A5610
Patrick Rivas-GiorgiColumbia BRowan A6610
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Derrick LiuJohns Hopkins BHaverford A8410
Robert WangPenn State BPrinceton A10410
Alex WongRutgers ALehigh A10610
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