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The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) has updated the clinical definition of epilepsy, bringing the term “in concordance with common use.” In 2005, the condition was defined as two unprovoked seizures occurring more than 24 hours apart. With this update the definition now includes two additional circumstances in which epilepsy may be diagnosed: one unprovoked seizure plus a 60% or higher likelihood of additional seizures in the next 10 years (e.g., a patient who experiences a single seizure a month after having a stroke has a 60% or higher risk), or the presence of an epilepsy syndrome (e.g., a 13-year-old patient presenting with a first convulsive seizure who has an electroencephalogram consistent with juvenile myoclonic epileps…