If no cause of the seizure can be identified, the condition is diagnosed as
primary idiopathic epilepsy (epilepsy of no known cause).
Not exact matches
When most people think of «
epilepsy,» they are usually thinking of
Idiopathic Epilepsy («
primary epilepsy»), a condition that likely has a genetic / hereditary cause and is common in humans, dogs, and cats.
If no other cause can be found, the disease is called
primary, or
idiopathic epilepsy.
The most commonly diagnosed form of
epilepsy is referred to as
Primary (
Idiopathic)
Epilepsy.
However, grand mal seizures advanced to cluster seizures in 29 (19.9 %) of the affected Irish wolfhounds, which is a large number considering that only 27 % of all dogs referred for the treatment of cluster seizures suffer from (
primary)
idiopathic epilepsy 29.
Canine
idiopathic epilepsy, also known as
primary epilepsy, is
epilepsy (seizures) that has no known cause.
Primary (sometimes called
idiopathic)
epilepsy is easy to misdiagnose.
Also known as
primary epilepsy,
idiopathic (or spontaneous)
epilepsy (IE) is diagnosed in about five percent of dogs.
Primary epilepsy is also known as
idiopathic, genetic, inherited or true
epilepsy.