ILAE announces new definition for seizures and epilepsy Epilepsy has been defined as having two unprovoked seizures >24 h apart for a long time. The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) considered special circumstances that do not meet the two unprovoked seizures criteria and developed a task force to examine the issue. They concluded that epilepsy is a disease of the brain defined by any of the following conditions: (1) At least two unprovoked (or reflex) seizures occurring >24 h apart; (2) one unprovoked (or reflex) seizure and a probability of further seizures similar to the general recurrence risk (at least 60%) after two unprovoked seizures, occurring over the next 10 years; (3) diagnosis of an epilepsy syndrome. How would your epilepsy meet these criteria? #Epilepsy #Seizure
Posted on: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:09:15 +0000