Epilepsy classification
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Fahimeh Shojaei, M.D.
Classification
- Epilepsy may be classified according to seizure type into:
- Generalized epilepsy
- Focal epilepsy
- Generalized and focal epilepsy
- Unknown if generalized or focal epilepsy
Epilepsy classification based on type of onset
| Type of onset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Focal | Generalized | Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motor | Non-motor | Motor | Non-motor | Motor | Non-motor | Unkown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • Automatisms • Atonic • Clonic • Epileptic spasm • Hyperkinetic • Myoclonic • Tonic | • Autonomic • Behavior arrest • Cognitive • Emotional • Sensory | • Tonic-clonic • Clonic • Tonic • Myoclonic • Myoclonic-tonic-clonic • Myoclonic-atonic • Atonia • Epileptic spasm | • Typical • Atypical • Myoclonic • Eyelid myocloni | • Tonic-clonic • Epileptic • Spasm | • Behavior arrest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||