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

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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

World News

Epilepsy Awareness Day & Expo at Disneyland Resort

Join ILAE at Epilepsy Awareness Day on November 7! This event draws thousands to Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. And don’t miss the free Epilepsy Education and Awareness Expo on Nov. 5 & 6, featuring the latest research, resources and hot topics.

12 September, 2018

World News

International Epilepsy Day 2019 Video Competition

You are invited to enter the International Epilepsy Day video competition. The winning videos will be selected based on their success in telling an inspiring personal story or in using a novel means of increasing knowledge and awareness of epilepsy. In each category, there will be one 1st Prize of US$500 and five Runners’ Up prizes of US$100.

5 September, 2018

About ILAE

13th European Congress on Epilepsy

View videos and photos here from the 13th European Congress on Epileptology

27 August, 2018

World News

Solve epileptic seizure prediction!

Epilepsyecosystem.org is an online crowd-sourcing ecosystem for sharing data and algorithms to improve the performance of seizure prediction algorithms and make seizure prediction a reality for people suffering from epilepsy. Around twenty million people worldwide suffer from drug-resistant…

22 August, 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.