Epileptic seizures and epilepsy: Definitions proposed by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE)

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 470-472

  Fisher, Robert S ^a   Van Emde Boas, Walter ^b   Blume, Warren ^c   Elger, Christian ^d   Genton, Pierre ^e   Lee, Phillip ^f   Engel Jr , Jerome ^g  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e CENTRE SAINT PAUL   (France)

^f British Epilepsy Association   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Definition; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; International League Against Epilepsy; Seizure

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONSENSUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM;

BRAIN; CONSENSUS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 16344387731     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2005.66104.x     Document Type: Review

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2. Hauser WA, Annegers JF, Kurland LT. Prevalence of epilepsy in Rochester, Minnesota: 1940-1980. Epilepsia 1991;32:429-45.