Epilepsy (definition)

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Definition: A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge. Epilepsy classification systems are generally based upon: (1) clinical features of the seizure episodes (e.g., motor seizure), (2) etiology (e.g., post-traumatic), (3) anatomic site of seizure origin (e.g., frontal lobe seizure), (4) tendency to spread to other structures in the brain, and (5) temporal patterns (e.g., nocturnal epilepsy). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p313)

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See Also Seizures
Examples Epilepsies, Myoclonic; Epilepsies, Partial; Epilepsy, Benign Neonatal; Epilepsy, Generalized; Epilepsy, Post-Traumatic; Epilepsy, Reflex; Landau-Kleffner Syndrome; Seizures; Seizures, Febrile; Status Epilepticus

Other names Seizure Disorder; Epileptic Seizures; Awakening Epilepsy; Aura; Single Seizures; Seizures, Single; Seizure, Single; Seizure, Epileptic; Seizure Disorders; Epileptic Seizure; Epilepsy, Awakening; Epilepsies, Cryptogenic; Epilepsies; Cryptogenic Epilepsy; Cryptogenic Epilepsies; Single Seizure; Seizures, Epileptic; Epilepsy, Cryptogenic; Auras

Substance	CAS Registry & name	Categories	Source
Kuzniecky syndrome	0	Epilepsy Intellectual Disability *Lissencephaly.
Boudhina Yedes Khiari syndrome	0	Epilepsy Growth Disorders Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Intellectual Disability Microcephaly Skin Diseases.
Kifafa seizure disorder	0	*Epilepsy.
Battaglia Neri syndrome	0	Bone Diseases, Developmental Epilepsy Intellectual Disability Microcephaly Face/abnormalities.
Gurrieri Sammito Bellussi syndrome	0	Bone Diseases, Developmental Epilepsy *Intellectual Disability.
MEHMO syndrome	0	Epilepsy Hypogonadism Microcephaly Obesity *Mental Retardation, X-Linked Genitalia/abnormalities.
Arthrogryposis epileptic seizures migrational brain disorder	0	Abnormalities, Multiple Arthrogryposis *Epilepsy.
Sandhaus Ben-Ami syndrome	0	Epilepsy Abnormalities, Multiple *Foot Deformities, Congenital Patella/abnormalities.
Kohlschutter Tonz syndrome	0	Amelogenesis Imperfecta Dementia *Epilepsy.
Alopecia, epilepsy, pyorrhea, mental subnormality	0	Alopecia/congenital Epilepsy Intellectual Disability Craniofacial Abnormalities.
Alopecia epilepsy oligophrenia syndrome of Moynahan	0	Alopecia Epilepsy *Intellectual Disability.
Wittwer syndrome	0	Epilepsy Growth Disorders Mental Retardation, X-Linked Deaf-Blind Disorders.
Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome	0	Epilepsy Growth Disorders Hypogonadism Obesity *Mental Retardation, X-Linked Face/abnormalities Fingers/abnormalities.
Coffin syndrome 1	0	Epilepsy Growth Disorders Kyphosis Intellectual Disability *Scoliosis.
Pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy	0	*Epilepsy.
Rud Syndrome	0	Epilepsy Hypogonadism Ichthyosis Intellectual Disability.
Epilepsy telangiectasia	0	Dysgammaglobulinemia Epilepsy Intellectual Disability Telangiectasis.
Epilepsy occipital calcifications	0	Calcinosis Epilepsy.
Ramon Syndrome	0	Cherubism Epilepsy Fibromatosis, Gingival Growth Disorders Hypertrichosis Intellectual Disability.
Lgi1 protein, rat	0	*Proteins Epilepsy.	Science 2006 Sep 22;313(5794):1792-5
LGI3 protein, human	0	*Proteins Epilepsy.	FEBS Lett 2002 May 22;519(1-3):71-6
LGI2 protein, human	0	*Proteins Epilepsy.	FEBS Lett 2002 May 22;519(1-3):71-6
licvorin	0	*Tissue Extracts Cerebrospinal Fluid Anticonvulsants Epilepsy/drug therapy.	Fiziol Zh 2000;46(5):71-6
LGI1 protein, human	0	*Proteins Epilepsy Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid.	Oncogene 1998 Dec 3;17(22):2873-81
anti-epilepsy peptide, Buthrus martensii	0	*Scorpion Venoms Epilepsy/drug therapy.	Biochem J 1989;257(2):509
Globin-N	0	Immunoglobulin A Immunoglobulin G Epilepsy/drug therapy.	Yakubutsu Seishin Kodo 1984;4(2):6163
dimethylglycine	1118-68-9 glycine, N,N-dimethyl	Sarcosine/*analogs & derivatives Epilepsy/drug therapy.	Proc Exp Biol Med 1980;164(1):9

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