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Recognizing and Classifying Epileptic Seizures and Epileptic Syndromes
Neurologic Clinics, 1986The appropriate diagnosis of the patient with epilepsy is first dependent on a determination of the type of seizure. When the type of seizure has been determined, consideration must be given to the nature of the epileptic syndrome, including concerns regarding the etiology of the attacks.
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Epileptic syndromes in infancy and childhood
Current Opinion in Neurology, 2008The aim of this article is to review new epilepsy syndromes, acquire a new understanding of older ones and emphasize the impact of this concept on basic research regarding aetiology and treatment.In addition to those included in the classification of the International League Against Epilepsy, new epilepsy syndromes comprise febrile seizures plus ...
Olivier Dulac, Rima Nabbout
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The Classification of Epileptic Seizures and Epileptic Syndromes [PDF]
, 1987 The epilepsies are a heterogeneous group of symptom complexes, mostly empirically determined, whose common feature is the recurrence of seizures caused by abnormal neuronal discharge, usually arising from the cortex of the brain. The disorders are, of course, paroxysmal and often unpredictable; clear definition of even the seizures themselves has not ...
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Drop Attacks and Epileptic Syndromes
Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 19931. In addition to 4 types of drop attacks previously described by Ikeno et al., we could ascertain the falls of the myoclonic-tonic type in genuine drop attacks. The genuine drop attacks were seen in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, epilepsy with myoclonic-astatic seizures and other symptomatic generalized epilepsies, and never in partial epilepsies. 2.
Masakazu Seino +3 more
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Epileptic Syndromes and Their Classification
2017The recognition of epileptic syndromes is the most important milestone in modern epileptology because it allows accurate diagnosis and management of epilepsy. An epileptic syndrome, is a complex of clinical features, signs, and symptoms that together define a distinctive, recognizable clinical disorder. There are many types of epileptic syndromes which
Thalia Valeta, Thalia Valeta
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Seizure Types and Epileptic Syndromes
European Neurology, 1994The main epileptic syndromes occurring during brain maturation, i.e. during the neonatal period, infancy, childhood and adolescence, are reviewed. The concept of epileptic syndromes is of pragmatic significance and helps the physician to select appropriate modes of investigation, to predict the outcome and to choose the treatment of first choice.
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Delineation of epileptic syndromes
Current Paediatrics, 1992The diagnosis and management of epilepsy in childhood have been enhanced by improved classification systems, by modern methods of neuroimaging and by more rational use of antiepileptic drugs.’ Uniform classifications of any disease are necessary for its proper understanding, to promote better communication and exchange of scientific information, and in
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Idiopathic epileptic syndromes and cognition
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2006Epilepsy is frequently associated with cognitive impairments which result from various interacting factors. The present paper deals with the contribution of neuropsychology to the characterization of the type of epilepsy and the possible mechanisms underlying idiopathic epileptic syndromes.
Bertrand de Toffol +3 more
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Perioral myoclonia with absence seizures: a rare epileptic syndrome.
Epileptic disorders, 2001We present the clinical and video-EEG data on an epileptic boy whose absence seizures with marked perioral movements had started at the age of 1.5 years.
B. Bilgiç +3 more
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Smell and Taste Acuity in Epileptic Syndromes
European Neurology, 1978Taste and smell acuity were determined in 50 normal subjects and 48 epileptic patients by means of Henkin's method. Smell detection thresholds are greatly reduced in epileptic patients, mainly those suffering from partial seizures with complex symptomatology. Epileptic patients show also a reduced threshold for sweet and bitter taste.
G. Campanella +2 more
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