Incidence Study of Epilepsy using the ILAE 2017 Classification of Epilepsies in a Cohort of School Children Accessing Education in Government Primary Schools in South India.

Background: Recently, the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) has proposed new classification schemes for seizures and epilepsy. The applicability of these classification schemes has not been studied in resource-poor countries.

Aim: To determine the incidences of epilepsies in a cohort of school children using the ILAE 2017 classification of epilepsies.