Are epilepsy classifications based on epileptic syndromes and seizure types outdated?

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-85

  Luders H O ^a   Acharya, J ^b   Alexopoulos, A ^a   Baumgartner, C ^c   Bautista, J ^a   Burgess, R ^a   Carreno M ^d   Diehl, B ^a   Dinner, D ^a   Ebner, A ^e   Foldvary, N ^a   Godoy, J ^f   Hamer, H ^g   Ikeda, A ^h   Kallen K ⁱ   Kellinghaus, C ^j   Kotagal, P ^a   Lachhwani, D ^a   Loddenkemper, T ^a   Mani, J ^k   Matsumoto, R ^h   Moddel G ^j   Nair, D ^a   Noachtar, S ^l   O'Donovan, C A ^m   Rona, S ⁿ   Rosenow, F ^o   Schuele, S ^a   Szabo, C A ^p   Tandon, N ^q   Tanner, A ^a   Widdess Walsh, P ^a   more..

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^e EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^f PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^g PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^k University of Munich ^*

^l UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^m WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^p Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33645775723     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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