Condition

Childhood Epilepsy & Seizures

Specialty

Program

Epilepsy is two or more seizures that occur without a specific cause. Seizures are altered behavior that occurs when part(s) of the brain receives a burst of abnormal electrical signals that temporarily interrupts normal electrical brain function.

Different kinds of epilepsy are classified according to:

Signs and symptoms
The child's age when they begin to occur
The child’s EEG pattern
Neurologic findings on examination
Special kinds of imaging tests, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computerized tomography (CT) scans

Lurie Children's specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of children's epilepsy.

Tests & Treatments

Video EEG Services

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