Epilepsy syndromes: classification

Idiopathic generalized epilepsy syndromes

• Juvenile absence epilepsy (JAE)
• Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME)
• Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE)
• Epilepsy with generalized tonic–clonic seizures alone (GTCA)

Epilepsy syndromes with onset at a variable age

Epilepsy syndromes with onset in childhood

Epilepsy syndromes with onset in neonates

References

1. Wirrell EC, Nabbout R, Scheffer IE, et al. Methodology for classification and definition of epilepsy syndromes with list of syndromes: Report of the ILAE Task Force on Nosology and Definitions. Epilepsia 2022; 63:1333-1348. 
2. Riney K, Bogacz A, Somerville E, et al. International League Against Epilepsy classification and definition of epilepsy syndromes with onset at a variable age: position statement by the ILAE Task Force on Nosology and Definitions. Epilepsia 2022; 63:1443-1474.
3. Lacey AS, Jones CB, Ryoo SG, Stephen J, Weir CJ, Pickrell WO, Chin RF. Epidemiology of self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (SeLECTS): A population study using primary care records. Seizure 2024; 122:52-57.
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