National and international expert associations and organisations
www.dgfe.info | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Epileptologie, the German expert association for epilepsy; Zeitschrift für Epileptologie (journal), only available in German |
www.izepilepsie.de | Epilepsy information pool, a web page of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Epileptologie providing numerous resources, only available in German |
www.ilae-epilepsy.org | International League against Epilepsy, international expert association; journal: Epilepsia |
www.ibe-epilepsy.org | International Bureau of Epilepsy, organisation addressing and promoting different aspects of epileptology |
Important links for professionals
www.telep.org | Telemedizinisches Netzwerk für Epilepsie in Bayern, telemedical epilepsy network in Bavaria, only available in German |
www.ag-epilepsiechirurgie.de | Arbeitsgemeinschaft für prächirurgische Diagnostik und operative Epilepsietherapie e.V., working group for preoperative diagnosis and surgical epilepsy therapy, partly available in English |
www.eurap.org | EURAP, European and International Registry of Antiepileptic Drugs in Pregnancy; contains comprehensive information and registration forms for download |
Further informative sources including support groups
www.stiftungmichael.de | Private foundation; awards the Michael prize, available in English |
www.epilepsie-vereinigung.de | Deutsche Epilepsievereinigung, German epilepsy association founded by private support groups, publishes the magazine Einfälle, only available in German |
www.epilepsiebayern.de | Landesverband Epilepsie Bayern e.V, Bavarian epilepsy association, links for consultation centres in Bavaria, publishes the magazine epikurier and other publications, only available in German |
www.epilepsie-elternverband.de | Epilepsie Bundes Elternverband e.V., association of parents, only available in German |
www.epilepsie-online.de | Website of the epilepsy support group association of North Rhine Westphalia, only available in German |
www.epilepsie-netz.de | Website set up by Prof. Dr. Hufnagel (Essen), only available in German |
www.epilepsie-arbeit.de | Netzwerk Epilepsie und Arbeit, network for epilepsy and work, only available in German |
Popular science films on YouTube
Professor D. Lowenstein - San Francisco/USA - The sacred disease (Englisch) |
Professor Robert S. Fisher – Stanford/USA - explains important aspects of epilepsy in several videos (English): |
- Understanding epilepsy |
- Types of seizures |
- Understanding partial seizures |
- Understanding generalized seizures |
- What causes epilepsy? |
- Diagnosing epilepsy |
- 10 truths about epilepsy |
- Epilepsy through the ages |
Dr. Wilder Penfield |
Dr. Herpert Jasper |