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Symptom Checker
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Tremor
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It's usually easy to tell a seizure from a tremor, but one type of seizure in particular, called partial, complex seizures, can cause movements of just one extremity, and that may have the appearance of a tremor. Examples include patting, picking, or fumbling movements (also called "manual automatisms").
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