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. 2020 Oct 21;21(20):7784. doi: 10.3390/ijms21207784

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Classification of epilepsy based on its prevalence. Classification of epilepsy based on prevalence of the disease in the global population, into common and rare epilepsies. Common epilepsy is more prevalent in people with epilepsy (~95%) and around ~5% people with epilepsy suffer from rare epilepsy syndromes. According to the latest International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) classification in 2017, epilepsy is classified based on etiology into genetic, structural, infectious, metabolic, immune and unknown. Different types of are represented under each of these sub-categories. GGE: Genetic generalized epilepsy, CAE: Childhood absence epilepsy, JAE: Juvenile absence epilepsy, JME: Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, TLE: Temporal lobe epilepsy.