Category Interictal EEG Inheritance/
Family History
Examples Prognosis Example of EEG presentation
Familial
epilepsy
(most rare)
Normal BG
+
No or rare focal
epileptic activity
Single gene-
inherited,
Strong family
history (AD)
NFLE (Nocturnal Frontal
Lobe Epilepsy)
Great
Least cognitive
impact
can be controlled
effectively with
medication in
most cases.
Genetic
epilepsy
(most
common)
Normal BG or
IRDA
+
Generalized
stereotype
spike-and-waves
Multi-gene
weak family
history
Absence of Epilepsy
(CAE, JAE),
Juvenile Myoclonic
Epilepsy (JME),
Myoclonic-Astatic
Epilepsy (Doose
Syndrome)
Good
Less Cognitive
Impact.
Seizures typically
remit with
treatment
Self-limited
epilepsy
Normal BG or
IRDA
+
Focal
stereotyped
spike and waves
Multi-gene
weak family
history
Panayiotopoulos
SELECTS (formerly
BECTS)
CSCW/LKN (some
classified epileptogenic
encephalopathy)
Good
Less Cognitive
Impact.
Seizures typically
remit with
growth to
adolescence
