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Increasingly, epilepsy is being considered in a “new” conceptual framework based on the vague yet obvious idea that neural networks are involved. Part of the focus of this movement is the breakdown of the long-used dichotomy classification of epilepsies as either generalized or partial (focal, localization-related) and either idiopathic or symptomatic.
This prospective study was designed to address some limitations in other studies suggesting that patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsies (IGE) can have auras and other signs and symptoms of epilepsy characterized by partial-onset seizures. Researchers recruited patients from a cohort rigorously diagnosed with IGE as part of another study on prognosis. They used standardized open- and c…