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KMID : 0861120100140020135
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Korean Journal of Oriental Preventive Medicine
2010 Volume.14 No. 2 p.135 ~ p.148
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A Critical Review on the Epilepsy-related Classification Systems Delineated in the Literatures both Western and East Asian Medicine : A Suggestion to Develope a New Classification
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Son Kwang-Hyun
Kim Moon Ju
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Abstract
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The major purpose of this study is to evaluate the classification of epileptic seizure types and epilepsy described in the literatures of both Western and East Asian medicine, especially based on the two criteria- a theoretical and a practical aspect of the classification systems. Currently, the 1981 classification of epileptic seizure types, and the 1989 classification of epilepsy syndromes and epilepsies which were proposed and approved by the International League Against Epilepsy(ILAE) have been generally accepted worldwide, although a variety of modifications have been consistently suggested. A large proportion of epilepsy cases cannot be easily classified as either ’focal’ or ’generalized’ or as either ’symptomatic’ or ’idiopathic’, so they fail to be precisely fallen into any of the ILAE categories. Terms and concepts used in the East Asian medicine are also inadequate to identify epileptic seizure types and epilepsy syndromes as discrete diagnostic entities because of ambiguities in definition and use. Therefore, this article suggests an alternative approach not only more helpful in understanding mechanism of epilepsy but also more easily applicable and effective in clinical value.
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KEYWORD
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Epileptic seizures, Epilepsy syndromes, Classification, East Asian medicine
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