Epilepsy Syndromes

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Mary Ann Werz, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa; Co-Director Iowa Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Ignacio Pita, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Department of Neurology, HIMA, San Pablo Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico

Drs. Mary Ann Werz and Ignacio L. Pita present Epilepsy Syndromes, a unique book with companion DVD that guides you through the difficult diagnostic challenges associated with this disorder. It is organized by epilepsy syndromes for easy reference, and the DVD shows patient videos running concurrently with their EEG tracings. Its the perfect tool for evaluating patients with seizures.

Audience
Neurologists and residents

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Hardbound, 232 Pages

Published: April 2011

Imprint: Saunders

ISBN: 978-1-4160-4833-6

Section I: Introduction 1
1 Epilepsy Seizures and Syndromes: Clinical Cases and Video-EEGs Mary Ann Werz 3
2 How To Use This Book Mary Ann Werz 5
Section II: Generalized Idiopathic Seizures 11
3 Childhood Absence Epilepsy Rabon Allen 13
4 Juvenile Absence Epilepsy Jeffrey L. Sponsler 17
5 Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy Mary Ann Werz 21
Section III: Generalized Symptomatic Epilepsy 25
6 Infantile Spasms/West Syndrome Arie Weinstock and Michelle Hartley McAndrew 27
7 Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Jennifer R. Avery 33
8 Myoclonic Astatic Epilepsy Chaiyos Khongkhatithum 43
Section IV: Undetermined Epilepsy Syndromes 47
9 Neonatal Seizures Mark Scher 49
10 Landau-Kleffner Syndrome (Acquired Epileptic Aphasia) and Continuous Spike and Waves during Slow Wave Sleep Syndrome Ignacio L. Pita 59
Section V: Idiopathic Localization-Related Epilepsies 65
11 Benign Focal Epilepsy of Childhood with Centrotemporal Spikes Tobias Loddenkemper 67
Section VI: Localization-Related Epilepsies 71
12 Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Mary Ann Werz 73
13 Frontal Lobe Epilepsy Ignacio L. Pita 91
14 Parietal Lobe Epilepsy Ignacio L. Pita 103
15 Occipital Lobe Epilepsy Mary Ann Werz 109
16 Gelastic Seizures Shahram Amina 117
Section VII: Presurgical Evaluation, Surgical Procedures, and Pathology 121
17 Evaluation for Epilepsy Surgery by the Epilepsy Team Pamela A. Lang 123
18 MRI and Epilepsy Barbara A. Bangert 127
19 Nuclear Imaging and Epilepsy Peter F. Faulhaber 133
20 Neuropsychology in Epilepsy Michael R. Schoenberg 141
21 Intracarotid Sodium Amobarbital Procedure (the Wada Test) Michael R. Schoenberg 145
22 The Electrocorticogram Mohamad Z. Koubeissi 147
23 Functional Mapping Tanvir U. Syed 159
24 Surgical Treatment of Medically Intractable Epilepsy Robert J. Maciunas 161
25 Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Shenandoah Robinson 167
26 Surgical Pathology of Epilepsy Mark L. Cohen 171
Section VIII: Nonepileptic Events 175
27 Psychogenic Nonepileptic Events Ignacio L. Pita 177
28 Benign Neonatal Sleep Myoclonus and Benign Myoclonus of Early Infancy Asim Shahid 185
29 Self-Gratification Disorder in Children Kathy Maxwell 187
30 Reflex Infantile Syncopes (Breath Holding Spells) Monisha Goyal 189
31 Discriminating Between Panic Disorder and Epilepsy Philipp L. Dines 193
32 Seizure versus Syncope Adriana C. Bermeo, Richard C. Burgess, and Stephan U. Schuele 197
33 Sleep Behaviors versus Epilepsy Mustafa Kahriman 203
Index 211

Epilepsy Syndromes

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