RT Book, Section
A1 Cross, J. Helen
A2 Duchowny, Michael
A2 Cross, J. Helen
A2 Arzimanoglou, Alexis
SR Print(0)
ID 1138409744
T1 Focal Seizures in Infancy
T2 Pediatric Epilepsy
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071496216
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1138409744
RD 2024/04/16
AB Focal  seizures  are  the  most  common  seizure  type  presenting  in  childhood.  They  may  present  as  the  occurrence  of  a  single  seizure  type,  or  as  part  of  a  wider  spectrum  of  seizure  types  integral  to  an  epilepsy  syndrome.  By  definition  and  implication,  such  seizures  arise  from  one  area  of  the  brain.  The  most  recent  proposal  by  the  ILAE  (The  International  League  Against  Epilepsy)  defined  a  focal  seizure  "as  one  that  originates  within  networks  limited  to  one  hemisphere.  They  may  be  discretely  localised  or  more  widely  distributed  and  may  also  arise  in  subcortical  structures.  For  each  seizure  type,  ictal  onset  is  consistent  from  one  seizure  to  another,  with  preferential  propagation  patterns  that  can  involve  the  contralateral  hemisphere.  In  some  cases  however  there  is  more  than  one  network,  and  more  than  one  seizure  type,  but  each  individual  seizure  type  has  a  consistent  site  of  onset."1