title: [Paraclinical explorations in epilepsies].
abstract: Paraclinical explorations in epilepsy depend on the clinical situation of the occurrence of seizure. Epileptic seizure is first a possible symptom of a progressive cerebral disease or a systemic origin (toxic, metabolic, iatrogenic). In this situation, the aim of urgent explorations is to find the etiology of the seizure. If epileptic seizure is related to an epilepsy onset, paraclinical explorations are aimed to characterize an epileptic syndrome (idiopathic or symptomatic). Then EEG and cerebral imaging are imperative, eventually completed by specialized investigations (genetics, metabolic, functional imaging).
authors.affiliation: Neurophysiologie clinique, centre hospitalier régional universitaire de Lille, 59037 Lille cedex, France. philippe.derambure@chru-lille.fr
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Derambure
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004351:Drug Resistance; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000187:drug effects; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D004829:Epilepsy, Generalized / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D065768:Lennox Gastaut Syndrome; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013036:Spasms, Infantile / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants