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ILAE Official Report: A practical clinical definition of epilepsy

Summary Epilepsy was defined conceptually in 2005 as a disorder of the brain characterized by an enduring predisposition to generate epileptic seizures. This definition is usual...

<scp>ILAE</scp> classification of the epilepsies: Position paper of the <scp>ILAE</scp> Commission for Classification and Terminology

Summary The International League Against Epilepsy ( ILAE ) Classification of the Epilepsies has been updated to reflect our gain in understanding of the epilepsies and their und...

Operational classification of seizure types by the International League Against Epilepsy: Position Paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology

Summary The International League Against Epilepsy ( ILAE ) presents a revised operational classification of seizure types. The purpose of such a revision is to recognize that so...

The immune cell landscape in kidneys of patients with lupus nephritis

Lupus nephritis is a potentially fatal autoimmune disease for which the current treatment is ineffective and often toxic. To develop mechanistic hypotheses of disease, we analyz...

Prevalence, Impact, and Predictive Value of Detecting Subclinical Coronary and Carotid Atherosclerosis in Asymptomatic Adults

Tubular cell and keratinocyte single-cell transcriptomics applied to lupus nephritis reveal type I IFN and fibrosis relevant pathways

Replacement of Liver Function in Rats by Transplantation of Microcarrier-Attached Hepatocytes

Isolated hepatocytes, harvested from normal rat livers by portal vein collagenase perfusion, can be attached to collagen-coated dextran microcarriers and transplanted by intrape...

Classification of the epilepsies: New concepts for discussion and debate—Special report of the ILAE Classification Task Force of the Commission for Classification and Terminology

Summary The ILAE Task Force on Classification presents a road map for the development of an updated, relevant classification of the epilepsies. Our objective is to explain the p...

Short-Term Triazolam Use Improves Nocturnal Sleep of Narcoleptics

This study was undertaken to determine whether the use of triazolam by narcoleptic patients leads to improvement of nighttime sleep or excessive sleepiness. Ten narcoleptic pati...