title: [Classification and definition of epileptic syndromes].
abstract: Epileptic syndromes are classified in order to supply the clinician with a useful terminology. A description of individual types of seizure is not relevant in practice since identical seizures occur in patients with very different outcomes. An epileptic syndrome is an epileptic disorder characterized by a cluster of signs and symptoms. It has therapeutic and prognostic implications. Our proposal for classification of epileptic syndromes is a compromise between scientific classification and practical arrangement.
authors.affiliation: Service de clinique neurologique, centre hospitalo-universitaire de Bordeaux, hôpital Pellegrin.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Loiseau
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Duché
mesh_terms: D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000209:etiology; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000145:classification* / Q000209:etiology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000145:classification* / Q000209:etiology; D004832:Epilepsy, Absence / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: Classification et définition des syndromes épileptiques.