Operational classification of seizure types by the International League Against Epilepsy: Position Paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology

Epilepsia

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 522-530

  Fisher, Robert S ^a   Cross, J Helen ^b   French, Jacqueline A ^c   Higurashi, Norimichi ^d   Hirsch, Edouard ^e   Jansen, Floor E ^f   Lagae, Lieven ^g   Moshé, Solomon L ^h   Peltola, Jukka ⁱ   Roulet Perez, Eliane ^j   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^k   Zuberi, Sameer M ^l,m  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Unite Francis Rohmer   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^j LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^l ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Classification; Epilepsy; Focal; Generalized; Seizures; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; AWARENESS; CLASSIFIER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; EPILEPSY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURES; STANDARDS;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; SEIZURES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 85014767868     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.13670     Document Type: Article

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