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The Comprehensive Evaluation and Treatment of Epilepsy
A Practical Guide
1st Edition - April 22, 1997
Editors: Steven C. Schachter, Donald L. Schomer
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780126213553
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eBook ISBN:9780080529462
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Epilepsy is, after headache, the second most common neurological disorder. This book clarifies the many courses of action to take in treating patients with epilepsy. It presents cu…Read more
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Epilepsy is, after headache, the second most common neurological disorder. This book clarifies the many courses of action to take in treating patients with epilepsy. It presents current knowledge about seizures and epilepsy in a comprehensive, socially conscious, and clear manner. The editors have provided this information in a comprehensive, easy-to-use, and practical form.
This short, simple pedagogical guide to the diagnosis and management of epilepsy is an important reference work for all medical schools, hospitals, clinics, and primary care centers.
This book integrates the latest research into essential reviews on:
Initial management of patients with seizures
Neuroradiological evaluation of epilepsy
Psychosocial aspects of epilepsy
Neuropsychologic problems associated with epilepsy
Psychiatric disorders
Diagnosis and treatment of status epilepticus
Nonepileptic seizures
Ambulatory EEG monitoring
Epilepsy surgery
Endocrine aspects of partial seizures
Epilepsy in the elderly
Neurologists and neurogically-oriented primary care physicians and nurse practitioners; professionals in the pharmaceutical industry; some surgery clinicians; medical school libraries and book stores
S.C. Schachter and D.L. Schomer, Preface.G.L. Holmes, Classification of Seizures and the Epilepsies.G. Schlaug, Radiographic Assessment of Patients with Epilepsy.S.C. Schachter, Treatment of Seizures.O. Devinsky, Definition and Overview of Intractable Epilepsy.P.O. Shafer and E. Salmanson, Psychosocial Aspects of Epilepsy.P. Hayashi and M. OConnor, Neuropsychologic Assessment and Application to Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.J. Holzerand D. Bear, Psychiatric Considerations in Patients with Epilepsy.F. Drislane, Status Epilepticus.A.J. Rowan, Diagnosis and Management of Nonepileptic Seizures.J. Ives, Ambulatory EEG Monitoring: Technology and Uses. H. Blume, Epilepsy Surgery-Cortical Excisions and Callosal Sections.P. Klein and A.G. Herzog, Endocrine Aspects of Partial Seizures.E.B. Broomfield, Epilepsy and the Elderly.D.L. Schomer, Guide to Epilepsy Centers.
No. of pages: 268
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: April 22, 1997
Imprint: Academic Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780126213553
eBook ISBN: 9780080529462
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Steven C. Schachter
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Chief Academic Officer, CIMIT
DS
Donald L. Schomer
Affiliations and expertise
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
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