Epigraph
Epigraph, the digital news journal of ILAE covering topics and issues on clinical care, research, and the social and personal impacts of epilepsy, is relaunching. Come back soon to see its new format.
Recent articles and back issues are available below
Epilepsy and functional/dissociative seizures: Dr. Wesley Kerr and Dr. Shruti Iyer
In this episode, Wesley Kerr joins Shruti Iyer to discuss their recently published study on categorizing the probability of epilepsy in patients already diagnosed with functional dissociative seizures. The conversation highlights how this proposed framework may help clinicians better identify patients who could have coexisting epilepsy and improve diagnostic accuracy and treatment planning. The episode also notes that functional dissociative seizures were previously, and in some settings are still, referred to as psychogenic non epileptic seizures.
Autoimmune-associated epilepsy: Dr. Claude Steriade – encore episode (2022)
What is autoimmune-associated epilepsy, and how is it different from acute seizures with an autoimmune cause? How can clinicians best diagnose and treat these conditions? Sharp Waves reporter Dr. Maryam Nabavi-Nouri spoke with Dr. Claude Steriade.
Seizure action plans as educational tools: Dr. Lucretia Long - encore episode (2024)
Seizure action plans often are aimed at a subset of people with epilepsy, particularly children. Dr. Lucretia Long discusses how these plans can be used to engage and educate people with epilepsy, their families, and the larger community.
ILAE Updated seizure classification Part 2: Prof. Eugen Trinka
This episode discusses the response to the updated classification of seizures with Prof. Eugen Trinka, including why the changes were made, how the changes are being explained and socialized, and papers published in response to the changes.
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