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Synonyms

• Convulsions
• Seizures

Disorder Subdivisions

• Grand Mal Epilepsy
• Major Epilepsy
• Status Epilepticus
• Jacksonian Epilepsy
• Focal Epilepsy
• Myoclonic Progressice Familial Epilepsy
• Unverricht Syndrome
• Lundborg-Unverricht Disease
• Unverricht-Lundborg-Laf Disease
• Petit Mal Epilepsy
• Minor Epilepsy
• Pyknoepilepsy
• Akinetic Seizure
• Myoclonic Seizure
• Myoclonic Astatic Petit Mal Epilepsy
• Petit Mal Variant
• Febrile Seizures
• Psychomotor Epilepsy
• Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
• Psychomotor Equivalent Epilepsy
• Psychomotor Convulsion
• Epilepsia Procursiva
• Abdominal Epilepsy

General Discussion

Epilepsy is a group of disorders of the central nervous system characterized by repeated convulsive (paroxysomal) electrical disturbances in the brain. The major symptoms may include loss of consciousness, convulsions, spasms, sensory confusion and disturbances in the nerves that control involuntary body functions (autonomic nervous system). Episodes of these symptoms are frequently preceded by an "aura." An aura is described as a feeling of uneasiness or sensory discomfort that precedes the onset of a seizure.

Epilepsy may take several different forms including: Grand Mal Epilepsy (Major Epilepsy, Status Epilepticus); Jacksonian Epilepsy (Focal Epilepsy); Myoclonic Progressive Familial Epilepsy (Unverricht Syndrome, Lundborg- Unverricht Disease, Unverricht-Lundborg-Laf Disease); Petit Mal Epilepsy (Minor Epilepsy, Pyknoepilepsy, Akinetic Seizure, Myoclonic seizure); Myoclonic Astatic Petit Mal Epilepsy (Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, Petit Mal Variant); Febrile Seizures; and Psychomotor Epilepsy (Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Psychomotor Equivalent, Psychomotor Convulsion with Epilepsia Procursiva, Abdominal Epilepsy).
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Resources

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
1275 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
Tel: (914)428-7100
Fax: (914)997-4763
Tel: (888)663-4637
Email: Askus@marchofdimes.com
Internet: http://www.marchofdimes.com

Epilepsy Foundation
4351 Garden City Drive
Landover, MD 20785
Tel: (301)459-3700
Fax: (301)577-2684
Tel: (800)332-1000
TDD: (800)332-2070
Email: postmaster@efa.org
Internet: http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
31 Center Drive
8A07
Bethesda, MD 20892-2540
Tel: (301)496-5751
Fax: (301)402-2186
Tel: (800)352-9424
Email: braininfo@ninds.nih.gov
Internet: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/

AED Pregnancy Registry
149 CNY-MGH East
Room 10010
Charlestown, MA 02129-2000
Tel: (617)726-7739
Fax: (617)724-1911
Tel: (888)233-2334
Email: aedregistry@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
Internet: http://www.aedpregnancyregistry.org

American Epilepsy Society
342 North Main Street
West Hartford, CT 06117-2507
Tel: (860)586-7505
Fax: (860)586-7550
Email: info@AESnet.org
Internet: http://www.AESnet.org

Epilepsy Canada
1470 Peel Street
Suite 745
Montreal
Quebec, H3A 1T1
Canada
Tel: 5148457855
Fax: 5148457866
Tel: 8777340873
Email: epilepsy@epilepsy.ca
Internet: http://www.epilepsy.ca

Organization For Anti-Convulsant Syndrome
PO Box 772
Pilling
Preston, Intl PR3 6WW
UK
Tel: 01253 790000
Fax: 01253 790000
Email: Janet.oacs@btinternet.com
Internet: http://www.oacs-uk.co.uk/

MUMS (Mothers United for Moral Support, Inc) National Parent-to-Parent Network
150 Custer Court
Green Bay, WI 54301-1243
USA
Tel: (920)336-5333
Fax: (920)339-0995
Tel: (877)336-5333
Email: mums@netnet.net
Internet: http://www.netnet.net/mums/

New Horizons Un-Limited, Inc.
811 East Wisconsin Ave
Suite 937
Milwaukee, WI 53202
USA
Tel: (414)299-0124
Fax: (414)347-1977
Email: horizons@new-horizons.org
Internet: http://www.new-horizons.org

American Association of Neurological Surgeons
5550 Meadowbrook Drive
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008-3852
Tel: (847)378-0500
Fax: (847)378-0600
Tel: (888)566-2267
Email: info@aans.org
Internet: http://www.NeurosurgeryToday.org and http://www.AANS.org

IDEA League
PO Box 803338 #18880
Chicago, IL 60680-3338
USA
Tel: (312)821-9020
Fax: (312)821-9020
Tel: (888)402-4332
Email: info@idea-league.org
Internet: http://www.idea-league.org

LGS Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 326
East Setauket, NY 11733
Tel: (631)509-0206
Email: christina@lgsfoundation.org
Internet: http://www.lgsfoundation.org

Matthew's Friends
P.O. Box 191
Oxted
Surrey, RH8 0WL
UK
Tel: 0788-4054811
Email: enq@matthewsfriends.org
Internet: http://www.matthewsfriends.org