TY - JOUR
T1 - A new epileptic seizure classification based exclusively on ictal semiology
AU - Lüders, H.
AU - Acharya, J.
AU - Baumgartner, C.
AU - Benbadis, S.
AU - Bleasel, A.
AU - Burgess, R.
AU - Dinner, D. S.
AU - Ebner, A.
AU - Foldvary, N.
AU - Geller, E.
AU - Hamer, H.
AU - Holthausen, H.
AU - Kotagal, P.
AU - Morris, H.
AU - Meencke, H. J.
AU - Noachtar, S.
AU - Rosenow, F.
AU - Sakamoto, A.
AU - Steinhoff, B. J.
AU - Tuxhorn, I.
AU - Wyllie, E.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Historically, seizure semiology was the main feature in the differential diagnosis of epileptic syndromes. With the development of clinical EEG, the definition of electroclinical complexes became an essential tool to define epileptic syndromes, particularly focal epileptic syndromes. Modern advances in diagnostic technology, particularly in neuroimaging and molecular biology, now permit better definitions of epileptic syndromes. At the same time detailed studies showed that there does not necessarily exist a one-to-one relationship between epileptic seizures or electroclinical complexes and epileptic syndromes. These developments call for the reintroduction of an epileptic seizure classification based exclusively on clinical semiology, similar to the seizure classifications which were used by neurologists before the introduction of the modern diagnostic methods. This classification of epileptic seizures should always be complemented by an epileptic syndrome classification based on all the available clinical information (clinical history, neurological exam, ictal semiology, EEG, anatomical and functional neuroimaging, etc.). Such an approach is more consistent with mainstream clinical neurology and would avoid the current confusion between the classification of epileptic seizures (which in the International Seizure Classification is actually a classification of electroclinical complexes) and the classification of epileptic syndromes.
AB - Historically, seizure semiology was the main feature in the differential diagnosis of epileptic syndromes. With the development of clinical EEG, the definition of electroclinical complexes became an essential tool to define epileptic syndromes, particularly focal epileptic syndromes. Modern advances in diagnostic technology, particularly in neuroimaging and molecular biology, now permit better definitions of epileptic syndromes. At the same time detailed studies showed that there does not necessarily exist a one-to-one relationship between epileptic seizures or electroclinical complexes and epileptic syndromes. These developments call for the reintroduction of an epileptic seizure classification based exclusively on clinical semiology, similar to the seizure classifications which were used by neurologists before the introduction of the modern diagnostic methods. This classification of epileptic seizures should always be complemented by an epileptic syndrome classification based on all the available clinical information (clinical history, neurological exam, ictal semiology, EEG, anatomical and functional neuroimaging, etc.). Such an approach is more consistent with mainstream clinical neurology and would avoid the current confusion between the classification of epileptic seizures (which in the International Seizure Classification is actually a classification of electroclinical complexes) and the classification of epileptic syndromes.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1999.tb07334.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1999.tb07334.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 10100955
AN - SCOPUS:0033064422
SN - 0001-6314
VL - 99
SP - 137
EP - 141
JO - Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
JF - Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
IS - 3
ER -