National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Study Description:\<TAB\>
This protocol is designed to serve as a screening protocol that provides standard evaluation and treatment for patients with epilepsy. Clinical data collected through this protocol will be used in other NIH epilepsy-related research to screen for eligibility in the respective protocols and may also be used for descriptive and/or correlative research through this protocol.
Objectives:
Primary Objective:
Maintain a cohort of patients who are referred to the NIH with a known or suspected diagnosis of epilepsy that can be accessed by other NIH studies to screen for eligibility to participate in ongoing epilepsy-related protocols.
Secondary Objectives:
* to follow the natural history of subjects with epilepsy and epilepsy and related disorders, and
* to allow for descriptive and/or correlational studies based on the data collected through clinical care of these patients.
Age
8–110
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Age 8 years or older
Known or suspected diagnosis of epilepsy
Ability to give informed consent or have a legally authorized representative able to give consent (for adults without consent capacity) or parent/guardian able to provide informed consent (for a child)
If unable to give informed consent, ability to give verbal assent
You may not be if
Patients with unstable medical conditions that, in the opinion of the investigators, makes participation unsafe, or who, in the opinion of the investigators may be unable to comply with the protocol
