Neonatal Seizures
Neonatal Seizures Robert R. Clancy Eli M. Mizrahi Neonatal seizures are a classic and ominous neurologic sign that can arise in any newborn infant. Their significance lies in their high…
Less Common Epilepsy Syndromes and Epilepsy Associated with Chromosomal Abnormalities
Less Common Epilepsy Syndromes and Epilepsy Associated with Chromosomal Abnormalities Sophia Varadkar J. Helen Cross The past 10 years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of described epilepsy…
Epilepsy with Reflex Seizures
Epilepsy with Reflex Seizures Benjamin G. Zifkin Frederick Andermann DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION The seizures of reflex epilepsy are reliably precipitated by some identifiable factor (1). The International League Against Epilepsy…
Continuous Spike Wave of Slow Sleep and Landau-Kleffner Syndrome
Continuous Spike Wave of Slow Sleep and Landau-Kleffner Syndrome Brian Neville J. Helen Cross Epileptic encephalopathies are disturbances of cognition, behavior and motor control that occur with epileptic seizures and…
Rasmussen’s Encephalitis (Chronic Focal Encephalitis)
Rasmussen’s Encephalitis (Chronic Focal Encephalitis) François Dubeau Rasmussen encephalitis is a progressive disorder of childhood, associated with hemispheric atrophy, severe focal epilepsy, intellectual decline, and hemiparesis. Neuropathologic features described in…
Encephalopathic Generalized Epilepsy and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
Encephalopathic Generalized Epilepsy and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Kevin Farrell William O. Tatum IV Some generalized epilepsies are associated with cognitive dysfunction and encephalopathy. The clinical features of the seizures commonly observed…
The Myoclonic Epilepsies
The Myoclonic Epilepsies Renzo Guerrini Paolo Bonanni Carla Marini Lucio Parmeggiani The term myoclonic has traditionally designated a large group of epilepsies characterized by repeated brief jerks, often responsible for…
Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy Syndromes of Childhood and Adolescence
Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy Syndromes of Childhood and Adolescence Tobias Loddenkemper Selim R. Benbadis Jose M. Serratosa Samuel F. Berkovic TERMINOLOGY The term idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) was defined in the…
Idiopathic and Benign Partial Epilepsies of Childhood
Idiopathic and Benign Partial Epilepsies of Childhood Elaine C. Wirrell Carol S. Camfield Peter R. Camfield The benign and idiopathic partial epilepsies (IPEs) of childhood account for approximately one-fifth of…
Symptomatic Focal Epilepsies
Symptomatic Focal Epilepsies Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer Certain epileptic disorders are characterized by clusters of signs and symptoms that are considered epileptic syndromes. Because most of these syndromes have numerous etiologic factors,…
