The father of a 7-year-old boy reports to the nurse that two
or three times over the past weeks he has observed his son seemingly staring into space and rubbing his hands. The behavior lasts for a minute or so, followed by an inability of the child to understand what's being said to him. When the nurse asks the child about his experience, he says he doesn't know what his father is talking about. What do these symptoms suggest to the nurse?
A) Simple partial sensory seizures
B) Simple partial motor seizures
C) Complex partial seizures
D) Absence seizures
Ans: C
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