The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) has revised its classification of seizure types to improve nomenclature, add new seizure types, and give clinicians the ability to classify seizures ...

More than 3.4 million people in the United States have epilepsy, so it is a relatively common diagnosis. In fact, it is the fourth-most common neurologic condition in the world. November is National ...

Symptoms consistent with focal seizures are often reported by patients who have idiopathic generalised epilepsies (IGE) and are associated with a short duration of freedom from seizures, say ...

BOSTON — Preliminary results from a meta-analysis have shown that antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) approved for adults with primary generalized tonic-clonic (PGTC) seizures are also effective in children ...