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The World's preeminent association of health care professionals and scientists working toward a world where no person's life is limited by epilepsy
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Clinical Research
Applications of focused ultrasound in the brain: from thermoablation to drug delivery
This article examines the potential impact of FUS (Focused ultrasound) on the landscape of brain therapies as well as the challenges facing further advancement and broader adoption of this promising minimally invasive therapeutic alternative.
7 January, 2021

World News
50 Million Steps for Epilepsy
From Monday, January 4th to International Epilepsy Day – Monday February 8th, the International Bureau for Epilepsy encourages everyone to walk to raise awareness, improve visibility, and to increase understanding of epilepsy.
4 January, 2021
Clinical Research
Impact of predictive, preventive and precision medicine strategies in epilepsy
The anti-seizure medications used to treat patients with epilepsy can improve symptoms but do not address the underlying cause of the condition. In this Review, the authors discuss the ongoing shift towards personalized treatments for specific epilepsy aetiologies.
1 December, 2020
Clinical Research
Pharmacologic treatment and SUDEP risk
These results provide support for the importance of medication adherence and intensified AED treatment for patients with poorly controlled GTCS in the effort to reduce SUDEP risk and suggest that comedication with statins may reduce risk.
4 November, 2020
Our Publications
The International League Against Epilepsy disseminates the latest original research findings and breakthroughs in the cure for epilepsy and related seizure disorders through its official peer-reviewed publications.




Epilepsia Open®
Impact of diagnostic delay on seizure outcome in newly diagnosed focal epilepsy
Parviainen et al


Epileptic Disorders
Electroencephalography: basic biophysical and technological aspects important for clinical applications
Sándor Beniczky, Donald L. Schomer
Upcoming Congresses

ILAE
11th Latin American Epilepsy Congress (LAEC)
Modalidad Presencial a Distancia | Virtual congress
27 February - 1 March 2021

ILAE Endorsed
1er Curso Latinoamericano Teórico práctico de Electrocencefalografía Clínica
Santiago, Chile
8 - 10 April 2021
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