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Preface; 1. Scope and implications of MRI-negative refractory focal epilepsy Elson L. So and Philippe Ryvlin; 2. Seizure semiology and scalp EEG in MRI-negative refractory focal epilepsy Soheyl Noachtar and Elisabeth Hartl; 3. Clinical and advanced techniques for optimizing MRI in refractory focal epilepsy Neda Bernasconi and Andrea Bernasconi; 4. PET in MRI-negative refractory focal epilepsy Alexander Hammers; 5. Advanced SPECT image-processing in MRI-negative refractory focal epilepsy Elson L. So, Terence J. O'Brien and Benjamin H. Brinkmann; 6. MEG and magnetic source imaging in MRI-negative refractory focal epilepsy Koji Iida, Akira Hashizume and Hiroshi Otsubo; 7. Electric source imaging in MRI-negative refractory focal epilepsy Christoph M. Michel and Margitta Seeck; 8. Functional MRI in MRI-negative refractory focal epilepsy Friederike Möller and Stephan Ulmer; 9. Multimodality image co-registration for MRI-negative epilepsy surgery Benjamin H. Brinkmann and Vlastimil Sulc; 10. Subdural electrode implantation and recording in MRI-negative epilepsy surgery Michael R. Sperling and Christopher T. Skidmore; 11. Depth electrode and stereoelectroencephalography in MRI-negative epilepsy Philippe Ryvlin, Alexandra Montavont, Karine Ostrowsky-Coste and Marc Guénot; 12. Ultraslow and high-frequency recordings in MRI-negative refractory focal epilepsy Vlastimil Sulc and Gregory A. Worrell; 13. Cortical mapping in MRI-negative epilepsy surgery Gonzalo Alarcón and Antonio Valentín; 14. Localization and surgery for MRI-negative temporal lobe and temporal-plus epilepsies Sang Kun Lee and Hyejin Moon; 15. Localization and surgery in MRI-negative frontal lobe epilepsies Chathurbhuj Rathore and Kurapath Radhakrishnan; 16. Localization and surgery in MRI-negative posterior cortical epilepsies Christoph Baumgartner and Susanne Pirker; 17. MRI-negative refractory focal epilepsy in childhood Prasanna Jayakar and Michael Duchowny; 18. Surgical approaches and techniques in MRI-negative focal epilepsy Sumeet Vadera and William Bingaman; 19. Histopathology findings in MRI-negative focal epilepsy Ingmar Blümcke and Roland Coras; 20. Neuropsychological issues in MRI-negative focal epilepsy surgery: evaluation and outcomes Rosana Esteller, Daniel L. Drane, Kimford J. Meador and David W. Loring; 21. Conclusion Philippe Ryvlin and Elson L. So; Index.
About the author
Elson L. So is Professor of Neurology, Epilepsy and EEG, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.Philippe Ryvlin is Head of the Department of Functional Neurology and Epileptology, Neurological Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France.
