A clonic seizure is a type of motor seizure characterized by sustained rhythmic jerking, that is regularly repetitive. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11580774 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1735-8178 ]
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This term describes the initial semiology of the seizure without specifying whether the onset is focal or generalized. Thus it can be used for coding clonic seizures when the onset is not known.