title: Proposal: different types of alteration and loss of consciousness in epilepsy.
abstract: There are at least five types of alterations of consciousness that occur during epileptic seizures: auras with illusions or hallucinations, dyscognitive seizures, epileptic delirium, dialeptic seizures, and epileptic coma. Each of these types of alterations of consciousness has a specific semiology and a distinct pathophysiologic mechanism. In this proposal we emphasize the need to clearly define each of these alterations/loss of consciousness and to apply this terminology in semiologic descriptions and classifications of epileptic seizures. The proposal is a consensus opinion of experienced epileptologists, and it is hoped that it will lead to systematic studies that will allow a scientific characterization of the different types of alterations/loss of consciousness described in this article.
authors: Neurology, Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
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mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014474:Unconsciousness / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: Consciousness in epilepsy; Dialepsis; Dyscognitive seizures