articleEpilepsiaMay 3, 2022HYBRID OA

ILAE definition of the Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy Syndromes: Position statement by the ILAE Task Force on Nosology and Definitions

ÉHÉdouard HirschJAJacqueline A. FrenchIEIngrid E. SchefferABAlicia BogaczTATaoufik Alsaadi

Université de Strasbourg · NYU Langone Health · +36 more institutions

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Abstract

In 2017, the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Classification of Epilepsies described the "genetic generalized epilepsies" (GGEs), which contained the "idiopathic generalized epilepsies" (IGEs). The goal of this paper is to delineate the four syndromes comprising the IGEs, namely childhood absence epilepsy, juvenile absence epilepsy, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, and epilepsy with generalized tonic-clonic seizures alone. We provide updated diagnostic criteria for these IGE syndromes determined by the expert consensus opinion of the ILAE's Task Force on Nosology and Definitions (2017-2021) and international external experts outside our Task Force. We incorporate current knowledge from recent advances…

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  • Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
  • Idiopathic generalized epilepsy
  • Nosology
  • Epilepsy
  • Psychology
  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Childhood absence epilepsy
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