Simple Partial Status Epilepticus and Epilepsia Partialis Continua of Kozhevnikov Heinz Gregor Wieser Patrick Chauvel Introduction Literature reports of simple partial status epilepticus (SPSE) seem to be relatively rare in…
Myoclonic Status Epilepticus Shunsuke Ohtahara Yoko Ohtsuka Introduction There are as many types of status epilepticus as there are types of epileptic seizures. Myoclonic status epilepticus is defined as a…
Absence Status Epilepticus Pierre Thomas O. Carter Snead III Introduction Status epilepticus (SE) may be classified for practical purposes into convulsive SE, which must be rapidly stopped to prevent death…
Complex Partial Status Epilepticus Peter D. Williamson Introduction Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (SE) is divided into two categories: absence SE (ASE) (spike-wave stupor, petit mal status) and complex partial SE (CPSE).4,71,102,114,117…
Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus David M. Treiman Introduction Generalized convulsive status epilepticus (GCSE) is the most common and most dangerous type of SE. The earliest mention of SE in the…
Febrile Seizures Carol S. Camfield Peter R. Camfield Brian G. Neville Introduction Febrile seizures are the most common convulsive disorder through the lifecycle. In the United States and Western Europe,…
Neonatal Seizures Eli M. Mizrahi Perrine Plouin Robert R. Clancy Introduction Neonatal seizures may represent the first, and perhaps only, clinical sign of a central nervous system (CNS) disorder in…
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 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 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…
