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Classifying Seizures Distinguishing factors Generalized seizures - Absence - Myoclonic - Clonic - Tonic - Tonic-clonic - Atonic Nonepileptic seizures - Causes - Diagnosis   -- Clues from the history   -- Clues from the event   -- Video-EEG monitoring - Talking to the patient - Treatment and outlook - Readings References Status epilepticus - Convulsive SE   -- Complications and prognosis   -- Symptoms and causes - Less obvious SE - Diagnosing SE - Managing status epilepticus   -- Phenytoin and Fosphenytoin   -- Valproic Acid   -- Phenobarbital   -- Diazepam   -- Lorazepam   -- Midazolam and clonazepam   -- Continuous anesthesia for refractory SE   -- Medical treatment of other forms of SE   -- Troubleshooting - Readings Overview of Epilepsy Syndromes Benign familial neonatal seizures Benign neonatal convulsions Benign rolandic CEOP Childhood absence (pyknolepsy) Early myoclonic encephalopathy Grand mal seizures on awakening Infant benign myoclonic Infant severe myoclonic Infantile spasms Juvenile absence Juvenile myoclonic Landau-Kleffner syndrome Lennox-Gastaut syndrome Myoclonic absences Myoclonic-astatic seizures References Slow sleep spikes and waves Unverricht-Lundborg Disease Ring Chromosome 20 Syndrome Ring Chromosome 20 Symptom List Neonatal Epileptic Seizures and Syndromes Benign familial neonatal seizures Benign neonatal seizures (non-familial) Early myoclonic encephalopathy Ohtahara syndrome

Idiopathic Epileptic Seizures and Syndromes in Infancy Benign familial and non-familial infantile seizures (Watanabe-Vigevano syndrome) Benign myoclonic epilepsy in infancy Febrile seizures Generalized epilepsies with febrile seizures plus (GEFS ; Autosomal dominant epilepsy with febrile seizures plus) Epileptic Encephalopathies in Infancy and Childhood Dravet syndrome (Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy) Epilepsy with continuous spikes and waves during slow-wave sleep (Epilepsy with electrical status epilepticus during slow-wave sleep) Hypothalamic (gelastic) epilepsy Landau-Kleffner syndrome (Acquired epileptic aphasia) Lennox-Gastaut syndrome Myoclonic status in non-progressive encephalopathies West syndrome (Infantile spasms) Severe Neocortical Epileptic Syndromes in Infancy and Childhood Epilepsia partialis continua of Kozhevnikov Hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia epilepsy syndrome Kozhevnikov-Rasmussen syndrome Migrating focal seizures of infancy Benign Childhood Focal Seizures Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (Rolandic seizures) Gastaut-type idiopathic childhood occipital epilepsy Panayiotopoulos syndrome Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsies Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) Epilepsy with myoclonic absences Epilepsy with myoclonic-astatic seizures (Doose syndrome) Idiopathic generalized epilepsy with generalized tonic clonic seizures only Idiopathic generalized epilepsy with phantom absences Juvenile absence epilepsy Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME; Janz syndrome) Perioral myoclonia with absences Familial (autosomal dominant) Focal Epilepsies Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE) Familial autosomal dominant lateral temporal lobe epilepsy (Autosomal dominant focal epilepsy with auditory features) Familial focal epilepsy with variable foci Familial mesial temporal lobe epilepsy Symptomatic and Probably Symptomatic Focal Epilepsies Common frontal lobe seizures depending on localization Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis Lateral temporal lobe epilepsy Frontal lobe epilepsies Occipital lobe epilepsies Parietal lobe epilepsies Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) Reflex Seizures and Related Epileptic Syndromes Idiopathic photosensitive occipital lobe epilepsy Idiopathic reading epilepsy Jeavons syndrome (Eyelid myoclonia with absences) Photosensitive epilepsy Self-induced seizures Startle epilepsy (Startle-induced seizures) Television epilepsy Video game-induced seizures (VGS) Hormones and Epilepsy Catamenial epilepsy - Patterns and causes - Evaluation - Treatment Effects on other hormones Female reproductive endocrine function - Evaluating reproductive dysfunction Female sexuality/ reproduction and AEDs Male reproductive endocrine function Male sexuality/ reproduction and AEDs Menarche Menopause and perimenopause Other hormonal systems and AEDs Postictal prolactin testing References Reproductive issues - Contraception - Fertility - Obstetrical risks - Seizures during pregnancy - AED management during pregnancy - Teratogenicity - Monitoring pregnancy in women with epilepsy - Breast-feeding Psychiatric and Behavioral Aspects Effects of treatment Evaluating psychiatric symptoms Influence of seizure types Interictal behaviors of TLE Psychiatric predispositions Psychiatric symptoms - Depression - Psychosis - Forced normalization - Aggression - Other psychiatric symptoms Readings Treatment of psychiatric complications

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