Experience with the International League Against Epilepsy Proposals for Classification of Epileptic Seizures and the Epilepsies and Epileptic Syndromes in a Pediatric Outpatient Epilepsy Clinic

EpilepsiaPublished 1 February 1989

Jorge Eslava‐Cobos, Daniel Naririo

DOI10.1111/j.1528-1157.1989.tb05291.x

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The International League Against Epilepsy proposals for classification of epileptic seizures and of the epilepsies and epileptic syndromes have been used in daily practice in a pediatric epilepsy clinic in Bogota, Colombia.

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Summary: The International League Against Epilepsy proposals for classification of epileptic seizures (1981) and of the epilepsies and epileptic syndromes (1985) have been used in daily practice in a pediatric epilepsy clinic in Bogota, Colombia. Most patients can be classified by these schemes, and the classifications are useful in everyday diagnosis and management. However, there are some drawbacks and difficulties with the classifications. Some syndromes are unnecessarily separated as different entities, artificially contributing to the complexity of the Classification. RÉSUMÉ Les propositions de Classification des crises (1981) et des épilepsies et syndromes épileptiques (1985) de la Ligue Internationale Contre Epilepsie ont été utilisées en pratique quotidienne dans le cadre consultation épileptologie infantile à Bogota (Colombie). La majorité des patients peut être classée selon ces recommandations et les classifications sont utiles dans la pratique quotidienne du diagnostic et du traitement. Cependant, les auteurs ont constaté existence de carences et de difficultés. Certains syndromes sont tronçonnés de façon inutile en différentes entités, et ceci contribue artificiellement à rendre complexes ces classifications.

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