Epilepsy in children /
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Imprint: | London : Arnold ; New York, NY : Distributed in the United States of America by Oxford University Press, 2004. |
| Description: | xxiii, 497 p. : ill., port. ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5163267 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Sheila Wallace--an appreciation
- Abbreviations
- 1. Definitions and classification of epileptic seizures and epilepsies
- 2. Paroxysmal nonepileptic disorders: differential diagnosis of epilepsy
- 3. Incidence and prevalence
- 4. Aspects of etiology
- 4A. Genetics
- 4B. Chromosomal syndromes associated with epilepsy
- 4C. Abnormalities of brain development
- 4D. Epilepsy following acute brain injury
- 4E. Disorders of metabolism and neurodegenerative disorders associated with epilepsy
- 4F. Infection and postinfective causes of epilepsy
- 5. Pathology of childhood epilepsies
- 6. Pathophysiology of childhood epilepsies
- 7. Seizures in the neonate
- 8. Febrile seizures
- 9. Epilepsies with onset in the first year of life
- 9A. Early epileptic encephalopathies
- 9B. West syndrome
- 9C. Partial epilepsies in infancy
- 9D. Benign myoclonic epilepsy in infancy
- 9E. Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy (Dravet syndrome)
- 10. Epileptic syndromes with onset in early childhood
- 10A. Myoclonic-astatic epilepsy
- 10B. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
- 11. Epileptic syndromes with onset in middle childhood
- 11A. Childhood absence epilepsy
- 11B. Epilepsy with myoclonic absences
- 11C. Eyelid myoclonia with absences
- 11D. Benign partial epilepsies
- 11E. Rasmussen syndrome
- 12. Epileptic syndromes with onset in late childhood or adolescence
- 12A. Idiopathic generalized epilepsy with generalized tonic-clonic seizures only
- 12B. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
- 12C. Juvenile absence epilepsy
- 12D. Benign partial seizures of adolescence
- 12E. Reflex seizures and reflex epilepsies
- 13. Cognitive and behavioral manifestations of epilepsy in children
- 14. Progressive myoclonus epilepsies
- 15. Epilepsies symptomatic of structural lesions
- 16. Epilepsy in people with intellectual disability
- 17. Status epilepticus
- 18. Neurophysiological investigations
- 19. Imaging
- 19A. Anatomical imaging
- 19B. Functional imaging
- 20. Investigation of the child with epilepsy
- 21. Pharmacology of antiepileptic drugs
- 22. Treatment of epilepsy
- 22A. Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs)
- 22B. The ketogenic diet
- 22C. Vagal nerve stimulation
- 22D. Surgery
- 22E. Behavioral therapy
- 23. Cognitive aspects
- 24. Psychiatric aspects
- 25. Social aspects
- 26. Special centers for childhood epilepsy
- 27. The adolescent with epilepsy
- Index
