Epilepsy in Adults

7th Latin American Summer School on Epilepsy - LASSE VII

São Paulo - Brazil

The seventh edition of the Latin American Summer School on Epilepsy (LASSE) was Epilepsy (LASSE), held in Guarulhos between February 17 and 26, 2013 February 17-26, 2013, addressed a topic that is genuinely ours in epileptology: the acute symptomatic seizures and symptomatic focal epilepsies epilepsies related to tropical diseases. The text included in this issue deals with Epilepsy in the Adult.

Elza Márcia T. Yacubian
CRM-SP: 27.653

7th Latin American Summer School in Epilepsy

São Paulo, Brazil, from February 17 to 26, 2013
Santa Monica Convention Center

General coordination:
Prof. Dr. Esper A. Cavalheiro

Latin American Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE):
Prof. Dr. Manuel Campos

International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Latin American Epilepsy Academy:
Prof. Dr. Elza Márcia Yacubian – Universidade Federal São Paulo (Unifesp).
Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp)

President of the Brazilian League of Epilepsy (LBE):
Dr. Luciano de Paola – Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba.

President of the ILAE:
Prof. Dr. Solomon Moshé – Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York.

Organizing Committee:
Elza Márcia Yacubian – Unifesp
Esper A. Cavalheiro – Unifesp
Fernando Cendes – State University of
Campinas (Unicamp)
Fulvio Alexandre Scorza – Unifesp
Jaime Carrizosa – University of Antioquia