Seizures, nonfebrile (convulsions; epilepsy included)

Seizures, nonfebrile (convulsions; epilepsy included)

Resources:

American Academy of Neurology practice guideline about diagnosis and treatment
Classification:
- International League Against Epilepsy 1981 Classification of Seizure Types.
- International League Against Epilepsy 1989 Classification of Epilepsy Syndromes.
- International League Against Epilepsy 2001 A Proposed Diagnostic Schema for People with Epileptic Seizures and Epilepsy (Report of the ILAE Task Force on Classification and terminology).
- Engel J (2001) Epilepsia 42: 796-803 "ILAE Commission Report: A proposed diagnostic scheme for people with epileptic seizures and with epilepsy: Report of the ILAE Task Force on Classification and Terminology"
Association of Neurophysiological Scientists' collection of EEGs on the Web. You can manipulate the EEGs by changing montage, gain and filtering.
NIH MedlinePlus links
NINDS Epilepsy Information Page
Patient information from the American Academy of Neurology.
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities Disability Fact Sheet "Epilepsy"
US National Library of Medicine "Genes and Disease" article
Mayo Clinic patient information
eCommunities for people with epilepsy run by the Epilepsy Foundation
BrainTalk community
Toronto Hospital for Sick Children patient information
Miami Children's Brain Institute wiki page
Phytube patient education videos about medications

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