Handbook of epilepsy

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Browne, Thomas R. (Author), Holmes, Gregory L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins , c2008
Edition:4th ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Epilepsy: definitions and background
  • 2. Types of seizures
  • 3. Epilepsies with onset at all ages: symptomatic and probably symptomatic focal epilepsies
  • 4. Epilepsies with neonatal onset (birth to 2 months): focal and generalized epilepsies
  • 5. Epilepsies with onset during infancy (2 to 12 months)
  • 6. Epilepsies with childhood onset (1 to 12 years)
  • 7. Epilepsies with juvenile and adult onset (12 years and older)
  • 8. Seizures not necessarily requiring a diagnosis of epilepsy
  • 9. Diagnosis and differential diagnosis
  • 10. Management
  • 12. Antiepileptic drugs
  • 13. Status epilepticus
  • 14. Special considerations in women and the elderly
  • 15. Comorbities
  • 16. Counseling