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    This document classifies epileptic seizures into two main categories: partial (focal) seizures and generalized seizures. Partial seizures are further divided into simple partial seizures where consciousness is not impaired and complex partial seizures where consciousness is impaired. Generalized seizures include nonconvulsive seizures, convulsive seizures such as myoclonic, clonic, tonic, and tonic-clonic seizures, and atonic seizures. The classification system is adapted from the Commission on Classification and Terminology of the International League Against Epilepsy.

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    This document classifies epileptic seizures into two main categories: partial (focal) seizures and generalized seizures. Partial seizures are further divided into simple partial seizures where consciousness is not impaired and complex partial seizures where consciousness is impaired. Generalized seizures include nonconvulsive seizures, convulsive seizures such as myoclonic, clonic, tonic, and tonic-clonic seizures, and atonic seizures. The classification system is adapted from the Commission on Classification and Terminology of the International League Against Epilepsy.

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    Classification of Epileptic Seizures

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    This document classifies epileptic seizures into two main categories: partial (focal) seizures and generalized seizures. Partial seizures are further divided into simple partial seizures where consciousness is not impaired and complex partial seizures where consciousness is impaired. Generalized seizures include nonconvulsive seizures, convulsive seizures such as myoclonic, clonic, tonic, and tonic-clonic seizures, and atonic seizures. The classification system is adapted from the Commission on Classification and Terminology of the International League Against Epilepsy.

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    1/9/2015

    Classificationofepilepticseizures

    OfficialreprintfromUpToDate
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    Internationalclassificationofepilepticseizures
    Partial(focal,local)seizures
    Simplepartialseizures(conciousnessnotimpaired)
    Withmotorsymptoms
    Focalmotorwithoutmarch
    Focalmotorwithmarch(Jacksonian)
    Versive
    Postural
    Phonatory(vocalizationorarrestofspeech)

    Withsomatosensoryorspecialsensorysymptoms
    Somatosensory
    Visual
    Auditory
    Olfactory
    Gustatory
    Vertiginous

    Withautonomicsymptomsorsigns(includingepigastric,pallor,sweating,etc)
    Withpsychicsymptoms(disturbanceofhighercerebralfunction).Usuallyoccurwithimpairmentof
    consciousnessandclassifiedascomplexpartial.
    Dysphasic
    Cognitive(eg,distortionsoftimesense)
    Dysmnesic(eg,dejavu)
    Affective(eg,fear)
    Illusions
    Hallucinations

    Complexpartial(withimpairmentofconsciousness)
    Simplepartialonsetfollowedbyimpairmentofconsciousness
    Impairmentofconsciousnessatonset
    Withimpairmentofconsciousnessonly
    Withautomatisms

    Partialseizures(simpleorcomplex)evolvingtosecondarilygeneralizedseizures

    Generalizedseizures
    Nonconvulsive(absence)
    Typical(3/secspikeandslowwavecomplexesonEEG)
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    Atypical(<3/secspikeandslowwavecomplexesonEEG)
    Convulsive
    Myoclonicseizures
    Clonicseizures
    Tonicseizures
    Tonicclonicseizures
    Atonic("dropattacks")

    Unclassifiedseizure
    Adaptedfrom:CommissiononClassificationandTerminologyoftheInternationalLeagueagainstEpilepsy,
    Epilepsia198122:489.
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