Welcome to the International League Against Epilepsy

The World's preeminent association of health care professionals and scientists working toward a world where no person's life is limited by epilepsy

World Epilepsy Community

118 National Chapters, 6 regions, and congresses worldwide.

Epilepsy Care

Setting the standards of care with definition of epilepsy and treatment guidelines.

Resources

Journals, courses, congresses, diagnostic manual, books, Virtual Epilepsy Academy, and videos.

NEW Neonatal Seizure Classification

The ILAE Task Force on Neonatal Seizures has created a classification for seizures in the neonate, which is intended to become the ILAE position on the classification for seizures in this age group. As part of the approval and adoption process, the League asks its members to review and comment on the proposed classification prior to October 15.

Review & comment here

Latest News

Schweizerische Epilepsie-Liga: Swiss League Against Epilepsy

About ILAE

Three awards for epilepsy research open to bidding

The Swiss League Against Epilepsy is helping to increase knowledge about epilepsy with its annual research grant of CHF 25,000. This year, applications are invited for two further awards: the Alfred Hauptmann Award and the Prize for Best Dissertation in the field of epileptology. The application deadline for all awards is 31 December 2018.

11 October, 2018

Clinical Research

Antiepileptic drug treatment after an unprovoked first seizure: A decision analysis

Our model determined that immediate AED treatment is preferable to deferred treatment in adult first-seizure patients over a wide and clinically relevant range of variables. Furthermore, our analysis suggests that the 10-year seizure recurrence rate that justifies AED treatment (38.0%) is substantially lower than the 60% threshold used in the current definition of epilepsy.

9 October, 2018

About ILAE

Marco Medina awarded Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur

On September 3rd, 2018 the French President, Emmanuel Macron, nominated Marco Medina as Chevalier de la Légion d´Honneur, the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits.

8 October, 2018

World News

Nina, the Little Bulldozer

In just over 4 minutes you will see epilepsy in a new light. This one of a kind short film simulates a seizure in an animated, artistic and compassionate manner suitable for people of all ages. It portrays the courage and hope of a little girl that in spite of her illness never gives up and keeps going.

1 October, 2018

Clinical Research

Antiepileptic drug clearances during pregnancy and clinical implications for women with epilepsy

Primary objective was to characterize the magnitude and time course of pregnancy-related clearance changes for different antiepileptic drugs (AEDs): levetiracetam, oxcarbazepine, topiramate, phenytoin, and valproate.

25 September, 2018

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Our Publications

The International League Against Epilepsy disseminates research findings and breakthroughs in the cure for epilepsy and related seizure disorders through its official publications in original peer-reviewed articles that communicate the latest in epilepsy research.