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ILAE e-Forum Series 2025

Registration is open for the ILAE e-Forum: Diagnosis and classification of Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies (DEE), taking place on 22 April 2025 at 13:30 UTC!
This free session features epilepsy experts Nicola Specchio (Italy), Kette Valente (Brazil), Elaine Wirrell (USA), as well as ILAE President J. Helen Cross (UK).
Registration is free and includes:
- List of preparatory papers in a peer-reviewed medical journal(s)
- 90-minute e-Forum featuring a number of experts examining the topic in detail and covering key learning points with live Q&A
- Access to a self-paced virtual course to consolidate your learnings after the e-Forum for attendees
Latest News

About ILAE
Epilepsia Open® Call for Interns
Epilepsia Open will provide one year internships to the editorial board, starting January 2026.
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About ILAE
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24 March, 2025

About ILAE
Epileptic Disorders Internship Program - April 2025
Epileptic Disorders™, the educational journal of the ILAE, is seeking EEG and/or epilepsy clinical fellows or adult/child neurology residents from across the globe to participate in the six-month Epileptic Disorders™ Internship Program starting in April 2025.
10 March, 2025

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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®
Assessment of antiseizure medication adherence based on postmortem toxicology and claimed prescriptions in cases of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
Marie Kroman Palsøe, Carl Johann Hansen, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Kristian Linnet, Marius Kløvgaard, Jacob Tfelt-Hansen, Jytte Banner


Epilepsia Open®
Genetic epilepsies with myoclonic seizures: Mechanisms and syndromes
Antonietta Coppola, Marica Rubino, Antonella Riva, Pasquale Striano


Epileptic Disorders®
Nucleus accumbens shell electrical lesion attenuates seizures and gliosis in chronic temporal lobe epilepsy rats
Shuaishuai Xue, Peiyao Yi, Yangqi Mao, Zhengming Zhan, Yonghua Cai, Zibin Song, Kewan Wang, Kaijun Yang, Ye Song, Xingqin Wang, Hao Long
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