<sod>'''Epilepsy''' is a group of [[neurological disorder|neurological disease]]s characterized by [[epileptic seizure]]s.<ref name=NEJM2003>{{cite journal | author = Chang BS, Lowenstein DH | title =Epilepsy | year = 2003 | journal = N. Engl. J. Med. | volume = 349 | issue = 13 | pages = 1257–66 | doi = 10.1056/NEJMra022308 | pmid = 14507951}}</ref><ref name=Fisher2014>{{cite journal |last=Fisher |first=Robert S |author2=Acevedo, C; Arzimanoglou, A; Bogacz, A; Cross, JH; Elger, CE; Engel J, Jr; Forsgren, L; French, JA; Glynn, M; Hesdorffer, DC; Lee, BI; Mathern, GW; Moshé, SL; Perucca, E; Scheffer, IE; Tomson, T; Watanabe, M; Wiebe, S |title=ILAE Official Report: A practical clinical definition of epilepsy |journal=Epilepsia |date=April 2014 |volume=55 |issue=4 |pages=475–82 |pmid=24730690 |doi=10.1111/epi.12550 |url=http://www.ilae.org/Visitors/Centre/documents/Definition2014-RFisher.pdf}}</ref> Epileptic seizures are episodes that can vary from brief and nearly undetectable to long periods of vigorous shaking.<ref name=WHO2016/> These episodes can result in physical injuries including occasionally [[Bone fracture|broken bones]].<ref name=WHO2016/> In epilepsy, seizures tend to recur, and have no immediate underlying cause.<ref name=NEJM2003/> Isolated seizures that are provoked by a specific cause (e.g. poisoning) are not deemed to represent epilepsy.<ref name=Fisher2005/> People with epilepsy in some areas of the world experience [[stigma]] due to the condition.<ref name=WHO2016/><eod>
<sod>'''Epilepsy''' is a group of [[neurological disorder|neurological disease]]s characterized by [[epileptic seizure]]s.<ref name=NEJM2003>{{cite journal | author = Chang BS, Lowenstein DH | title =Epilepsy | year = 2003 | journal = N. Engl. J. Med. | volume = 349 | issue = 13 | pages = 1257–66 | doi = 10.1056/NEJMra022308 | pmid = 14507951}}</ref><ref name=Fisher2014>{{cite journal |last=Fisher |first=Robert S |author2=Acevedo, C; Arzimanoglou, A; Bogacz, A; Cross, JH; Elger, CE; Engel J, Jr; Forsgren, L; French, JA; Glynn, M; Hesdorffer, DC; Lee, BI; Mathern, GW; Moshé, SL; Perucca, E; Scheffer, IE; Tomson, T; Watanabe, M; Wiebe, S |title=ILAE Official Report: A practical clinical definition of epilepsy |journal=Epilepsia |date=April 2014 |volume=55 |issue=4 |pages=475–82 |pmid=24730690 |doi=10.1111/epi.12550 |url=http://www.ilae.org/Visitors/Centre/documents/Definition2014-RFisher.pdf}}</ref> Epileptic seizures are episodes that can vary from brief and nearly undetectable to long periods of vigorous shaking.<ref name=WHO2016/> These episodes can result in physical injuries including occasionally [[Bone fracture|broken bones]].<ref name=WHO2016/> In epilepsy, seizures tend to recur, and have no immediate underlying cause.<ref name=NEJM2003/> Isolated seizures that are provoked by a specific cause such as poisoning are not deemed to represent epilepsy.<ref name=Fisher2005/> People with epilepsy in some areas of the world experience [[stigma]] due to the condition.<ref name=WHO2016/><eod>