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Idiopathic generalised epilepsies with 3 Hz and faster spike wave discharges: A population-based study with evaluation and long-term follow-up in 71 patients Volume 4, numéro 3, September 2002

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Erasme Hospital, Department of Neurology, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium.
  • Page(s) : 209-16
  • Année de parution : 2002

The revised 1989 Classification of Epilepsies and Epileptic syndromes of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) [1] defines an epileptic syndrome as a disorder characterised by a cluster of signs and symptoms customarily occurring together. In contradistinction to a disease, a syndrome does not necessarily have a common aetiology and prognosis. Idiopathic, primary generalised epilepsy syndromes (IGE) such as childhood absence [...]