Operational classification of seizure types by the International League Against Epilepsy: Position Paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology

The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) presents a revised operational classification of seizure types. The purpose of such a revision is to recognize that some seizure types can have either a focal or generalized onset, to allow classification when the onset is unobserved, to include some missing seizure types, and to adopt more transparent names. Because current knowledge is insufficient to form a scientifically based classification, the 2017 Classification is operational (practical) and based on the 1981 Classification, extended in 2010. Changes include the following: (1) "partial" becomes "focal"; (2) awareness is used as a classifier of focal seizures; (3) the terms dyscognitive, simple partial,…

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  National Science Foundation
• UD
  U.S. Department of Defense
• CU
  Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy
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  Pfizer
• M
  Medtronic
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  Elsevier Foundation
• DS
  Dravet Syndrome Foundation
• DS
  Dravet Syndrome UK
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  Epilepsy Research UK
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  Eisai
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  Universidade Católica de Brasília
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  Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity
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  National Institutes of Health

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  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke