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Epilepsy is a common [[chronic (medicine)|chronic]] [[neurological disorder]] that is characterized by recurrent unprovoked [[seizure]]s.<ref name="PMID8330566">{{cite journal | |||
| author = Commission on Epidemiology and Prognosis, International League Against Epilepsy | |||
| title = Guidelines for epidemiologic studies on epilepsy. Commission on Epidemiology and Prognosis, International League Against Epilepsy. | |||
| journal = Epilepsia | |||
| volume = 34 | |||
| issue = 4 | |||
| pages = 592-6 | |||
| year = 1993 | |||
| id = PMID 8330566 | |||
| url = http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1528-1157.1993.tb00433.x | |||
}}</ref><ref name="PMID11580774">{{cite journal | |||
| author = Blume W, Lüders H, Mizrahi E, Tassinari C, van Emde Boas W, Engel J | |||
| title = Glossary of descriptive terminology for ictal semiology: report of the ILAE task force on classification and terminology. | |||
| journal = Epilepsia | |||
| volume = 42 | |||
| issue = 9 | |||
| pages = 1212-8 | |||
| year = 2001 | |||
| id = PMID 11580774 | |||
| url = http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.22001.x | |||
}}</ref> These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal, excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain.<ref name="Fisher2005">{{cite journal | |||
| author = Fisher R, van Emde Boas W, Blume W, Elger C, Genton P, Lee P, Engel J | |||
| title = Epileptic seizures and epilepsy: definitions proposed by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE). | |||
| journal = Epilepsia | |||
| volume = 46 | |||
| issue = 4 | |||
| pages = 470-2 | |||
| year = 2005 | |||
| id = PMID 15816939 | |||
| url = http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.0013-9580.2005.66104.x | |||
| doi = 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2005.66104.x | |||
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About 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy at any one time.<ref name="World Health Organization">{{cite web | url=http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs165/en/ | title = Epilepsy: aetiogy <nowiki>[</nowiki>''sic''<nowiki>]</nowiki>, epidemiology and prognosis | month = February | year = 2001 | accessdate = 2007-06-14 | publisher = [[World Health Organization]]}}</ref> Epilepsy is usually controlled, but not cured, with medication, although [[surgery]] may be considered in difficult cases. Not all epilepsy syndromes are lifelong – some forms are confined to particular stages of childhood. Epilepsy should not be understood as a single disorder, but rather as a group of syndromes with vastly divergent symptoms but all involving episodic abnormal electrical activity in the brain. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist|2}} | {{reflist|2}} | ||
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Overview
Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder that is characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures.[1][2] These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal, excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain.[3] About 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy at any one time.[4] Epilepsy is usually controlled, but not cured, with medication, although surgery may be considered in difficult cases. Not all epilepsy syndromes are lifelong – some forms are confined to particular stages of childhood. Epilepsy should not be understood as a single disorder, but rather as a group of syndromes with vastly divergent symptoms but all involving episodic abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
References
- ↑ Commission on Epidemiology and Prognosis, International League Against Epilepsy (1993). "Guidelines for epidemiologic studies on epilepsy. Commission on Epidemiology and Prognosis, International League Against Epilepsy". Epilepsia. 34 (4): 592–6. PMID 8330566.
- ↑ Blume W, Lüders H, Mizrahi E, Tassinari C, van Emde Boas W, Engel J (2001). "Glossary of descriptive terminology for ictal semiology: report of the ILAE task force on classification and terminology". Epilepsia. 42 (9): 1212–8. PMID 11580774.
- ↑ Fisher R, van Emde Boas W, Blume W, Elger C, Genton P, Lee P, Engel J (2005). "Epileptic seizures and epilepsy: definitions proposed by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE)". Epilepsia. 46 (4): 470–2. doi:10.1111/j.0013-9580.2005.66104.x. PMID 15816939.
- ↑ "Epilepsy: aetiogy [sic], epidemiology and prognosis". World Health Organization. 2001. Retrieved 2007-06-14. Unknown parameter
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