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

Hirsch, Édouard; A. French, Jacqueline; E. Scheffer, Ingrid; Bogacz, Alicia; Alsaadi, Taoufik; R. Sperling, Michael; Abdulla, Fatema; M. Zuberi, Sameer; Trinka, Eugen; Specchio, Nicola; Somerville, Ernest; Samia, Pauline; Riney, Kate; Nabbout, Rima; Jain, Satish; M. Wilmshurst, Jo; Auvin, Stéphane; Wiebe, Samuel; Perucca, Emilio; L. Moshé, Solomon; Tinuper, Paolo; Wirrell, Elaine

doi:10.1111/epi.17236

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

Published in Epilepsia • May 3, 2022

Authors:

Édouard Hirsch

Jacqueline A. French

Ingrid E. Scheffer

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 childhoo...

Subject

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Nosology

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