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The International League Against Epilepsy’s Classification of the Epilepsies Should Incorporate Multilobar Epilepsies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2025

Shashikant Seshia Open the ORCID record for Shashikant Seshia [Opens in a new window] ,
M. Pilar Vicuña ,
G. Bryan Young Open the ORCID record for G. Bryan Young [Opens in a new window]  and
Seyed Mirsattari
Shashikant Seshia
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
M. Pilar Vicuña
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
G. Bryan Young*
Affiliation:
Emeritus Professor, Clinical Neurological Sciences and Medicine (Critical Care), Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada Grey Bruce Health Services, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
Seyed Mirsattari
Affiliation:
Departments of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Medical Imaging, Medical Biophysics, and Psychology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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Corresponding author: G. Bryan Young; Email: gyoung@brightshores.ca
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drug-resistant epilepsyfocal cortical dysplasiamultilobar epilepsystereoelectroencephalographytemporal lobe epilepsy

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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , First View , pp. 1 - 5
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation

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