ILAE classification of the epilepsies: Position paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology

Epilepsia

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 512-521

  Scheffer, Ingrid E ^a,b   Berkovic, Samuel ^a   Capovilla, Giuseppe ^c   Connolly, Mary B ^d   French, Jacqueline ^e   Guilhoto, Laura ^f   Hirsch, Edouard ^g,h   Jain, Satish ⁱ   Mathern, Gary W ^j   Moshé, Solomon L ^k   Nordli, Douglas R ^l   Perucca, Emilio ^m   Tomson, Torbjörn ⁿ   Wiebe, Samuel ^o   Zhang, Yue Hua ^p   Zuberi, Sameer M ^q,r  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^h Hospices Civils de Lyon   (France)

ⁱ Indian Epilepsy Centre   (India)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

ⁿ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^p PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^q ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Classification; Epilepsy syndromes; Etiology; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLASSIFICATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 85014773832     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.13709     Document Type: Article

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