TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Complex Partial Seizures of Temporal Lobe Origin A1 - Mintzer, Scott A1 - Skidmore, Christopher T. A2 - Sirven, Joseph I. A2 - Stern, John M. PY - 2011 T2 - Atlas of Video-EEG Monitoring AB - Reading no further than the title of this chapter has already presented you with a conundrum: how exactly does one define “complex partial seizures of temporal lobe origin”? It's actually two difficult questions rolled into one seemingly innocuous phrase. First, a complex partial seizure (CPS) is defined as a seizure of focal onset accompanied by some impairment of awareness. Although this construction has a fair deal of practical value, particularly vis-à-vis driving safety, impairment of awareness can be very difficult to ascertain clinically. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1103048991 ER -