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Blue Books of Neurology Series, Volume 33
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By
Simon Shorvon, MA, MD, FRCP, Professor in Clinical Neurology, Institute of Neurology, Consultant Neurologist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
and Medical Director, National Society for Epilepsy, London, UK
Timothy Pedley, MD, Professor and Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University; Director, Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, NY, USA
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Description
This title in the acclaimed Blue Books of Neurology series highlights advances in epileptology and new ways of managing seizure disorders.
Contributors from around the world?most new to this volume?lend a global perspective and provide the latest thinking on the new and controversial
issues surrounding epilepsy. You?ll find detailed discussions of difficulties in diagnosing and treating epilepsy, including the latest
pharmacologic management strategies. This book covers the entire range of issues in epilepsy from basic science research to current clinical
issues to medical and surgical therapeutics. Find all you need on critical issues in treating epilepsy and seizure disorders.
Audience
Neurology
Contents
1 Seizure Prediction: Its Evolution and Therapeutic Potential, David Krieger and Brian Litt
2 Febrile Seizures, Celine M. Dube
and Tallie Z. Baram
3 Mechanisms of Action of Levetiracetam and Newer SV2A Ligands, Henrik Klitgaard and Alain Matagne
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Long-Term Effects of Seizures on Brain Structure and Function, Howard P. Goodkin and Edward H. Bertram
5 Dipole Source Modeling
in Epilepsy: Contribution to Clinical Management, John S. Ebersole
6 EEG-correlated fMRI in Epilepsy: Current State of the Art,
Rachel Thornton and Louis Lemieux
7 Epilepsy and Sleep, Soheyl Noachtar and Jan Remi
8 Cortical Myoclonus and Epilepsy:
Overlap and Differences, Renzo Guerrini and Francesco Mari
9 The Life-Threatening Epilepsies of Childhood and Their Treatment,
Catherine Chiron
10 The Spectrum of Epilepsies Associated with Generalized Spike and Wave Patterns, Michael Koutroumanidis and
Chrysostomos P. Panayiotopoulos
11 Epilepsies due to Monogenic Disorders of Metabolism, Chantal Depondt
12 Rasmussen?s
Encephalitis, Tiziana Granata and Carlo Antozzi
13 Seizures and Epilepsy in the Elderly, Anil Mendiratta and Timothy A. Pedley
14
Psychosis of Epilepsy, Andres M. Kanner
15 Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy, Fergus J Rugg-Gunn and Lina Nashef
16 The
Management of Epilepsy in Pregnancy, Torbjorn Tomson and Dina Battino
17 Does Early Treatment Influence the Long-Term Outcome
of Epilepsy?, A.G. Marson
18 Pharmacodynamic Interactions of Antiepileptic Drugs, Gail D. Anderson and Jong M. Rho
19 The
Surgery of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy I – Historical Development, Patient Selection, and Seizure Outcome, Nicholas Moran and Simon Shorvon
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The Surgery of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy II – Surgical Complications and Long-Term Adverse Effects, Simon Shorvon and Nicholas Moran
21
Brain Stimulation in Epilepsy – An Old Technique with a New Promise?, Kristl Vonck and Paul Boon
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Hardbound, 376 pages, publication date: DEC-2008
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-6171-7
ISBN-10: 1-4160-6171-1
Imprint: SAUNDERS
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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