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The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Task Force on Nosology and Definitions proposes a classification and definition of epilepsy syndromes in the neonate and infant with seizure onset up to 2 years of age. The incidence of epilepsy is high in
S. Zuberi+19 more
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The 2017 International League Against Epilepsy classification has defined a three‐tier system with epilepsy syndrome identification at the third level. Although a syndrome cannot be determined in all children with epilepsy, identification of a specific ...
N. Specchio+18 more
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In 2017, the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Classification of Epilepsies described the “genetic generalized epilepsies” (GGEs), which contained the “idiopathic generalized epilepsies” (IGEs).
E. Hirsch+21 more
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The goal of this paper is to provide updated diagnostic criteria for the epilepsy syndromes that have a variable age of onset, based on expert consensus of the International League Against Epilepsy Nosology and Definitions Taskforce (2017–2021).
Kate Riney+19 more
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Epilepsy syndromes have been recognized for >50 years, as distinct electroclinical phenotypes with therapeutic and prognostic implications. Nonetheless, no formally accepted International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) classification of epilepsy ...
E. Wirrell+21 more
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Cognitive Impairment in People with Epilepsy
People with epilepsy frequently have cognitive impairment. The majority of cognitive problems is influenced by a variety of interlinked factors, including the early onset of epilepsy and the frequency, intensity and duration of seizures, along with the ...
Ajda Novak, Karmen Vizjak, M. Rakuša
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Our cognitive abilities emerge from the coordinated activity of neurons in the brain. The average human brain contains 86 billion neurons that are richly interconnected through synapses, contact points for electrochemical communication. Patterns of synaptic connectivity create functional ensembles of neurons, called neural circuits, which mediate ...
Rao, Vikram R., Lowenstein, Daniel H.
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Epilepsy is a chronic neurologic disorder that affects over 70 million people worldwide. Despite the availability of over 20 antiseizure drugs (ASDs) for symptomatic treatment of epileptic seizures, about one-third of patients with epilepsy have seizures
W. Löscher+3 more
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Demonstration project on epilepsy in Brazil - WHO/ILAE/IBE Global Campaign Against Epilepsy - A foreword [PDF]
In 2002, ASPE (Assistência à Saúde de Pacientes com Epilepsia)* initiated an Epilepsy Demonstration Project (DP) in Brazil as part of the Global Campaign Against Epilepsy "Epilepsy out of the Shadows", led by the World Health Organization (WHO), the ...
de Boer, HM+4 more
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Early identification of refractory epilepsy.
BACKGROUND More than 30 percent of patients with epilepsy have inadequate control of seizures with drug therapy, but why this happens and whether it can be predicted are unknown.
Patrick S L Kwan, M. Brodie, M. Brodie
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