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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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Latest News
World News
Michael Prize: Award winners 2023
Michael Prizes are awarded every other year at the occasion of the International Epilepsy Congress, to young researchers who have not yet reached the age of 45 years. They now belong to the most highly regarded international awards for the research in epileptology.
15 March, 2023
About ILAE
International Epilepsy Day 2023 in Greece
For International Epilepsy Day 2023, the Greek League Against Epilepsy and the Greek National Association Against Epilepsy joined forces with 19 municipalities and institutions throughout Greece to light up local monuments and central buildings in purple as a way of raising awareness of epilepsy.
10 March, 2023
World News
Survey on epilepsy stereo-electroencephalography (SEEG) surgery terminology
The purpose of this survey is to assess the various opinions regarding the SEEG terminology and surgery outcome scores from the clinical community across the globe, and establish a reasonable consensus.
7 March, 2023
Clinical Research
Randomized placebo-controlled crossover trial of memantine in children with epileptic encephalopathy
Memantine is an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, approved for dementia treatment. There is limited evidence of memantine showing benefit for paediatric neurodevelopmental phenotypes, but no randomized placebo-controlled trials in children with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy.
6 March, 2023
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®
Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in refractory insular epilepsy
Odile Feys, Serge Goldman, Valentina Lolli, Chantal Depondt, Benjamin Legros, Nicolas Gaspard, Sophie Schuind, Xavier De Tiège, Estelle Rikir
Epilepsia Open™
A registry for Dravet syndrome: the Italian experience
Balestrini S, Doccini V, Giometto S, et al.
Epileptic Disorders
Common infectious and parasitic diseases as a cause of seizures: geographic distribution and contribution to the burden of epilepsy
Elza Márcia T. Yacubian, Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige, Gagandeep Singh, Arturo Carpio, Nathália V. de Figueiredo, Ricardo Lutzky Saute, Tissiana Marques de Haes
Upcoming Congresses
ILAE Endorsed
International Congress on Structural Epilepsy & Symptomatic Seizures
Gothenburg, Sweden
29 - 31 March 2023
ILAE Endorsed
EPIPED Course: Treatment strategies in pediatric epilepsies
Girona, Spain
26 - 29 April 2023
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