If a patient experiences a partial seizure, jerking movements will be restricted to an isolated region of the body.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
Partial seizures involve only one hemisphere of the brain, so a person may experience a jerking movement of only one part of the body, such as a leg or arm, rather than convulsive movements of the entire body.
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