Epileptic Spasms
Epileptic Spasms Gregory L. Holmes Olivier Dulac Federico Vigevano Introduction On January 26, 1841, Dr. W. J. West of Tunbridge, England, wrote a letter to the Lancet in which he…
Seizure Semiology in Infants with Localization-Related Epilepsy
Seizure Semiology in Infants with Localization-Related Epilepsy Douglas R. Nordli Jr. Elaine Wyllie Introduction The clinical manifestations of seizures in infants differ from those in older children and adults.11,16 These…
Gelastic Seizures
Gelastic Seizures Jeremy L. Freeman Orvar Eeg-Olofsson Introduction It has long been recognized that laughter may be an epileptic phenomenon. Authors have cited different examples of the first mention of…
Generalized Tonic Seizures
Generalized Tonic Seizures Lucia Fusco Nicola Specchio Kazuichi Yagi Masakazu Seino Federico Vigevano Introduction Generalized tonic seizures are convulsive events in which the tonic component is predominant and not followed…
Atonic and Myoclonic–Atonic Seizures
Atonic and Myoclonic–Atonic Seizures Carlo Alberto Tassinari Roberto Michelucci Hideo Shigematsu Masakazu Seino Introduction Atonic and myoclonic–atonic seizures represent specific seizure types whose definition implies a characteristic physiopathologic mechanism and…
Generalized Myoclonic Seizures and Negative Myoclonus
Generalized Myoclonic Seizures and Negative Myoclonus Yushi Inoue Kiyohito Terada Olivier Dulac Guido Rubboli Carlo Alberto Tassinari Signa epilepsiae remotoria sunt jactatio et cetera. (Heberden, 1804) Introduction “The term and…
Typical and Atypical Absence Seizures, Myoclonic Absences, and Eyelid Myoclonia
Typical and Atypical Absence Seizures, Myoclonic Absences, and Eyelid Myoclonia Hermann Stefan O. Carter Snead III Orvar Eeg-Olofsson Introduction The first clinical description of generalized absence seizures was by Poupart,…
Generalized Clonic and Hemiclonic Seizures
Generalized Clonic and Hemiclonic Seizures Charlotte Dravet Masakazu Seino Introduction The generalized convulsive seizure has been known since antiquity, and the earliest descriptions appear in Egyptian hieroglyphics before 700 BC.48…
Generalized Tonic–Clonic Seizures
Generalized Tonic–Clonic Seizures Benjamin G. Zifkin Charlotte Dravet Introduction The generalized tonic–clonic seizure (GTCS) has been known since antiquity. The earliest descriptions appear in Egyptian hieroglyphics before 700 B.C.99 From…
Limbic Seizures
Limbic Seizures Jerome Engel Jr. Peter D. Williamson Introduction In 1970, after a 4-year effort, the Commission on Classification and Terminology of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) presented a…
