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Zusatztext This is an authoritative and fairly comprehensive text on epilepsy, epileptic seizures, and other neurological disorders. We commend the editors for their terrific skills in planning, compiling, and organizing the materials; and the numerous contributing chapter authors for sharing their expert knowledge by writing on their specialties. A job well done indeed, by all. Informationen zum Autor Simon Shorvon is a Professor of Neurology at the UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, and a Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.Renzo Guerrini is Professor of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, and Director of the Pediatric Neurology Unit and Laboratories at the Children's Hospital, A. Meyer-University of Florence, Italy.Mark Cook is Professor and Director of Neurology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.Samden Lhatoo is a Professor of Neurology at the Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University Hospital, Cleveland, USA. Klappentext Part of the Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Neurology (OTCN) series, this volume covers the scientific basis, clinical diagnosis, and treatment of epilepsy and epileptic seizures, and is complemented by an online edition.Includes 12 months access to the online version Zusammenfassung Part of the Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Neurology (OTCN) series, this volume covers the scientific basis, clinical diagnosis, and treatment of epilepsy and epileptic seizures, and is complemented by an online edition. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Florin Amzica: Neurophysiology of epilepsy 2: Renzo Guerrini and Elena Parrini: Neurogenetics of epilepsy 3: Edward Hogan, Lawrence Eisenman, and B. Keith Day: Neurochemistry of epilepsy 4: Ingmar Blumcke: Developmental neurobiology, neuroanatomy, and neuropathology of epilepsy 5: Shichuo Li, Ding Ding, and Jianzhong Wu: Definitions and epidemiology of epilepsy 6: Simon Shorvon: The causes of epilepsy 7: Renzo Guerrini and Carmen Barba: Classification, clinical symptoms, and syndromes 8: Kristina Malmgren, Markus Reuber, and Richard Appleton: Differential diagnosis of epilepsy 9: Stephan U. Schuele, Adriana C. Bermeo, and Samden D. Lhatoo: EEG in the investigation of epilepsy 10: Trevor T.-J. Chong and Mark Cook: Neuroimaging in the Investigation of epilepsy 11: Simon Shorvon: The biochemical, haematological, histological, immunological, and genetic investigation of epilepsy 12: Peter Wolf, Katia Lin, and Marina Nikanorova: Non-pharmacological therapy of epilepsy 13: Michael R. Johnson and John J. Craig: Reproductive aspects of epilepsy 14: Elia Pestana Knight and Ingrid E. B. Tuxhorn: Neonatal seizures and infantile onset epilepsies 15: Renzo Guerrini and Carla Marini: Epileptic encephalopathies 16: Renzo Guerrini: Principles of treatment of epilepsy in children and adolescents 17: Tom Berney and Shoumitro Deb: Epilepsy in learning disability 18: Trevor T.-J. Chong and Wendyl D'Souza: Epilepsy in the elderly 19: Marco Mula: Psychiatric co-morbidity in epilepsy 20: Gagandeep Singh, J. M. K. Murthy, and Ashalata Radhakrishnan: Epilepsy due to traumatic brain injury (TBI), cerebrovascular disease (CVD), central nervous system (CNS) infections and brain tumours 21: Aidan Neligan: Epilepsy in renal, hepatic, and other conditions 22: Zachary Grinspan and Shlomo Shinnar: Management of patients with first seizure and early epilepsy 23: Simon Shorvon: The medical treatment of chronic active epilepsy 24: Jerry J. Shih: Epilepsy in remission 25: Philip N. Patsalos: Drug interactions 26: Mark Cook and Simon Shorvon: The pharmacokinetics and clinical therapeutics of the antiepileptic drugs 27: Samden D. Lhatoo: Principles of epilepsy surgery 28: Simon V. Liubinas, Andrew P. Morokoff, and Terence J. O'Brien: Resective surgery of temporal lobe epil...
