title: Modern technology calls for a modern approach to classification of epileptic seizures and the epilepsies.
abstract: In the last 10-15 years the ILAE Commission on Classification and Terminology has been presenting proposals to modernize the current ILAE Classification of Epileptic Seizures and Epilepsies. These proposals were discussed extensively in a series of articles published recently in Epilepsia and Epilepsy Currents. There is almost universal consensus that the availability of new diagnostic techniques as also of a modern understanding of epilepsy calls for a complete revision of the Classification of Epileptic Seizures and Epilepsies. Unfortunately, however, the Commission is still not prepared to take a bold step ahead and completely revisit our approach to classification of epileptic seizures and epilepsies. In this manuscript we critically analyze the current proposals of the Commission and make suggestions for a classification system that reflects modern diagnostic techniques and our current understanding of epilepsy.
authors.affiliation: Epilepsy Center, Case Medical Center, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH 44022, USA. hans.luders@uhhospitals.org
authors.forename: Hans O
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mesh_terms: D004827:Epilepsy / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014481:United States