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Informationen zum Autor Bettina Schmitz is Head of the Department of Neurology! Stroke Unit and Epilepsy Center! Vivantes Humboldt-Klinikum! Berlin! Germany! and Professor of Neurology at the Charite University Hospital Berlin. Barbara Tettenborn is Head of the Department of Neurology! Neurophysiology and Stroke Unit! Kantonsspital St. Gallen! Switzerland! and Professor of Neurology at Johannes Gutenberg University! Mainz! Germany. Donald L. Schomer is Director of the Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology! Chief of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program! and Professor of Neurology! Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center! Harvard University! Boston! Massachusetts! USA. Klappentext Compendium of the entire spectrum of paroxysmal disorders, providing practical information about differential diagnosis and therapy. Zusammenfassung This new! fully updated! English edition of a compendium of the paroxysmal disorders! originally published in German! is a practical resource for clinicians! providing invaluable help with differential diagnosis and detailed guidelines for gathering case histories. Each chapter is practice oriented! covering definitions! etiology! epidemiology! diagnosis! examination techniques and therapy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Paroxysmal attack: diagnostic gold standards and history-taking Peter Wolf; 2. Paroxysmal disorders in childhood Gerhard Kurlemann; 3. Syncope Florian Weissinger and Thomas Lempert; 4. Sudden falls Ian Mothersill, Thomas Grunwald and Günter Krämer; 5. Paroxysmal headache Hans-Cristoph Diener and Marc Andre Slomke; 6. Paroxysmal vertigo attacks Marianne Dieterich; 7. Paroxysmal visual disturbances Hans Wolfgang Kölmel and Christina Kölmel; 8. Paroxysmal paresis Barbara Tettenborn; 9. Paroxysmal dyskinesias Ludwig D. Schelosky; 10. Cramps, spasms, startles and related symptoms Hans-Michael Meinck; 11. Myoclonus Konrad J. Werhahn; 12. Paroxysmal memory loss Peter P. Urban; 13. Dissociative seizures Bettina Schmitz; 14. Anxiety Peter Henningsen; 15. Vegetative seizures Soheyl Noachtar and Jan Rémi; 16. Episodic ataxias Monika Jeub, Thomas Klockgether and Michael Strupp; Index....