Epilepsy Twin Studies by Lennox Compared to Modern Series and Syndrome Classification

Abstract

Lennox’s original files of twins with seizures from 1934 through 1958 were reviewed, and the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) classifications of seizures and epileptic syndromes were applied to 143 (71 monozygous [MZ], 72 dizygous [72]) twin pairs, in a study at the University of Melbourne, Australia; the Montreal Neurological Institute, Canada; Harvard Medical School, and Beth Israel Medical Center, Boston, USA.

Keywords

• twin studies
• lennox data
• petit mal