EEG had a profound effect on epilepsy. It was transformed into a disease based on physiological concepts rather than psychiatric or hereditarian concepts. EEG rapidly spawned new ideas about classification, new types of epilepsy and new syndromes. It stimulated surgical treatment. However, there have been drawbacks too, and the chapter ends with a balance sheet.

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The Impact of EEG on the Concept of Epilepsy

  • Simon Shorvon

摘要

EEG had a profound effect on epilepsy. It was transformed into a disease based on physiological concepts rather than psychiatric or hereditarian concepts. EEG rapidly spawned new ideas about classification, new types of epilepsy and new syndromes. It stimulated surgical treatment. However, there have been drawbacks too, and the chapter ends with a balance sheet.