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Synonyms of Epilepsy
Disorder Subdivisions
- Abdominal Epilepsy
- Akinetic Seizure
- Epilepsia Procursiva
- Febrile Seizures
- Focal Epilepsy
- Grand Mal Epilepsy
- Jacksonian Epilepsy
- Lundborg-Unverricht Disease
- Major Epilepsy
- Minor Epilepsy
- Myoclonic Astatic Petit Mal Epilepsy
- Myoclonic Progressice Familial Epilepsy
- Myoclonic Seizure
- Petit Mal Epilepsy
- Petit Mal Variant
- Psychomotor Convulsion
- Psychomotor Epilepsy
- Psychomotor Equivalent Epilepsy
- Pyknoepilepsy
- Status Epilepticus
- Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
- Unverricht-Lundborg-Laf Disease
- Unverricht Syndrome
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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Organizations related to Epilepsy
- AED Pregnancy Registry Massachusetts General Hospital
121 Innerbelt Road, Room 220
Somerville MA 02143
Phone #: 617-726-7739
800 #: 888-233-2334
e-mail: holmes.lewis@mgh.harvard.edu
Home page: http://www.aedpregnancyregistry.org
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
5550 Meadowbrook Drive
Rolling Meadows IL 60008-3852
Phone #: 847-378-0500
800 #: 888-566-2267
e-mail: info@aans.org
Home page: http://www.NeurosurgeryToday.org
- American Epilepsy Society
342 North Main Street
West Hartford CT 06117-2507
Phone #: 860-586-7505
800 #: --
e-mail: jamsden@aesnet.org
Home page: http://www.AESnet.org
- CURE: Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy
730 N. Franklin Street
Suite 404
Chicago IL 60654
Phone #: 312-255-1801
800 #: 800-765-7118
e-mail: info@CUREepilepsy.org
Home page: http://www.CUREepilepsy.org
- Child Neurology Foundation
2000 West 98th Street
Bloomington MN 55431
Phone #: 952-641-6100
800 #: 800-263-5430
e-mail: jstone@childneurologyfoundation.org
Home page: http://www.childneurologyfoundation.org
- Epilepsy Canada
2255B Queen St E, Suite 336
Toronto
Ontario None M4E 1G3
Phone #: (87-7) -734-0873
800 #: 877-734-0873
e-mail: epilepsy@epilepsy.ca
Home page: http://www.epilepsy.ca
- Epilepsy Foundation
8301 Professional Place
Landover MD 20785
Phone #: 301-459-3700
800 #: 800-332-1000
e-mail: info@efa.org
Home page: http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org
- Genetic and Rare Diseases (GARD) Information Center
PO Box 8126
Gaithersburg MD 20898-8126
Phone #: 301-251-4925
800 #: 888-205-2311
e-mail: ordr@od.nih.gov
Home page: http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/Default.aspx
- IDEA (International Dravet Syndrome Epilepsy Action) League
P.O. Box 797
Deale MD 20751
Phone #: 443-607-8267
800 #: N/A
e-mail: Baker@IDEA-League.org
Home page: http://www.idea-league.org
- LGS Foundation, Inc.
PO Box 6948
New York NY 10150
Phone #: 718-374-3800
800 #: N/A
e-mail: christina@lgsfoundation.org
Home page: http://www.lgsfoundation.org
- MUMS (Mothers United for Moral Support, Inc) National Parent-to-Parent Network
150 Custer Court
Green Bay WI 54301-1243
Phone #: 920-336-5333
800 #: 877-336-5333
e-mail: mums@netnet.net
Home page: http://www.netnet.net/mums/
- March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
1275 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains NY 10605
Phone #: 914-997-4488
800 #: 888-663-4637
e-mail: Askus@marchofdimes.com
Home page: http://www.marchofdimes.com
- Matthew’s Friends
P.O. Box 191
Oxted
Surrey None RH8 0WL
Phone #: 078-8 4-054811
800 #: N/A
e-mail: enq@matthewsfriends.org
Home page: http://www.matthewsfriends.org
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
P.O. Box 5801
Bethesda MD 20824
Phone #: 301-496-5751
800 #: 800-352-9424
e-mail: me20t@nih.gov
Home page: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- New Horizons Un-Limited, Inc.
811 East Wisconsin Ave
Suite 937
Milwaukee WI 53202
Phone #: 414-299-0124
800 #: N/A
e-mail: horizons@new-horizons.org
Home page: http://www.new-horizons.org
- Organization For Anti-Convulsant Syndrome
PO Box 772
Pilling
Preston Intl PR3 6WW
Phone #: 012-53 - 790000
800 #: N/A
e-mail: Janet.oacs@btinternet.com
Home page: http://www.oacs-uk.co.uk/
- PHP - Parents Helping Parents, Inc.
Sobrato Center For Nonprofits-San Jose
1400 Parkmoor Avenue
Suite 100
Sant Jose CA 95126
Phone #: 408-727-5775
800 #: 866-747-4040
e-mail: info@php.com
Home page: http://www.php.com
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