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A 28-year-old book editor comes to your clinic, complaining of strange episodes. He statesthat about once a week for the last 3 months his left hand and arm will stiffen and then start jerking. He says that after a few seconds his whole left arm and then his left leg will also start to jerk. He denies any loss of consciousness or loss of bowel or bladder control. When the symptoms resolve, his arm and leg feel tired but otherwise he feels fine. His past medical history is significant for a cyst in his brain that was removed 6 months ago. He is married and has two children. His parents are both healthy. On examination you see a scar over the right side of hishead but otherwise his neurologic examination is unremarkable. What type of seizure disorder is he most likely to have?A) Generalized tonic-clonic seizureB) Generalized absence seizureC) Simple partial seizure (Jacksonian)D) Complex partial seizure

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