title: The diagnosis of epilepsies.
abstract: Vague labels such as "epilepsy', "grand mal' or "seizures' are detrimental to patient care, and should be universally abandoned in favour of the syndromic diagnosis of epilepsies.
authors.affiliation: University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Grünewald
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Panayiotopoulos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011379:Prognosis; D013577:Syndrome