Epilepsy is not a disease: proposal for a new approch in the international classification of diseases (ICD)

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Marco Aurélio Smith Filgueiras¹ 

[1] ,Federal University of Paraiba Medical School Department of SurgeryJoão Pessoa ,Brazil

关键词: epilepsy;    disease;    symptom;    syndrome;    psychoses;    new classification;    epilepsia;    doença;    sintoma;    síndrome;    psicoses;    nova classificação;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X1994000200025

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

What is epilepsy? a disease? a symptom? a syndrome? is it important to define it? Basing his study on an extensive bibliography, the author shows that epilepsy is not a disease. He emphasizes the significance of that definition and suggest a new approach in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).

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