2017 International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) classification of seizures

1. Focal onset

  1. Aware/Impaired aware
    1. Motor onset
      1. automatisms
      2. atonic
      3. clonic
      4. epileptic spasms
      5. hyperkinetic
      6. myoclonic
      7. tonic
    2. Non-motor onset
      1. autonomic
      2. behavior arrest
      3. cognitive
      4. emotional
      5. sensory
  2. focal to bilateral tonic-clonic

2. Generalized onset

  1. Motor
    1. tonic-clonic
    2. clonic
    3. tonic
    4. myoclonic
    5. Myoclonic- tonic-clonic
    6. Myoclonic-atonic
    7. atonic
    8. epileptic spasms
  2. Non-motor (absence)
    1. Typical
    2. Atypical
    3. Myoclonic
    4. eyelid myoclonia

3. Unknown onset

  1. Motor
    1. tonic-clonic
    2. epileptic spasms
  2. Non-motor
    1. behavior arrest

4. Unclassified

 

References:

1、Scheffer, I.E., et al., ILAE classification of the epilepsies: Position paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology.Epilepsia, 2017. 58(4): p. 512-521.