Absence Status Epilepticus
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
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
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
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
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
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…
