Epilepsy in Children, 2EEpilepsy is the most common neurological disorder of childhood, occurring both in children whose physical and cognitive states are otherwise normal as well as being a facet of a more generalised and severe brain disease. There are many manifestations of epilepsy and, therefore, a diversity of factors in underlying pathology, responses to treatment |
Contents
Chapter 1 Definitions and classification of epileptic seizures and epilepsies | 1 |
differential diagnosis of epilepsy | 4 |
Chapter 3 Incidence and prevalence | 21 |
Chapter 4 Aspects of etiology | 27 |
Chapter 4A Genetics | 29 |
Chapter 4B Chromosomal syndromes associated with epilepsy | 43 |
Chapter 4C Abnormalities of brain development | 47 |
Chapter 4D Epilepsy following acute brain injury | 62 |
Chapter 12A Idiopathic generalized epilepsy with generalized tonicclonic seizures only | 227 |
Chapter 12B Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy | 231 |
Chapter 12C Juvenile absence epilepsy | 237 |
Chapter 12D Benign partial seizures of adolescence | 241 |
Chapter 12E Reflex seizures and reflex epilepsies | 243 |
Chapter 13 Cognitive and behavioral manifestations of epilepsy in children | 250 |
Chapter 14 Progressive myoclonus epilepsies | 257 |
Chapter 15 Epilepsies symptomatic of structural lesions | 268 |
Chapter 4E Disorders of metabolism and neurodegenerative disorders associated with epilepsy | 65 |
Chapter 4F Infection and postinfective causes of epilepsy | 76 |
Chapter 5 Pathology of childhood epilepsies | 81 |
Chapter 6 Pathophysiology of childhood epilepsies | 95 |
Chapter 7 Seizures in the neonate | 111 |
Chapter 8 Febrile seizures | 123 |
Chapter 9 Epilepsies with onset in the first year of life | 131 |
Chapter 9A Early epileptic encephalopathies | 133 |
Chapter 9B West syndrome | 142 |
Chapter 9C Partial epilepsies in infancy | 148 |
Chapter 9D Benign myoclonic epilepsy in infancy | 153 |
Chapter 9E Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy Dravet syndrome | 157 |
Chapter 10 Epileptic syndromes with onset in early childhood | 161 |
Chapter 10A Myoclonicastatic epilepsy | 163 |
Chapter 10B LennoxGastaut syndrome | 169 |
Chapter 11 Epileptic syndromes with onset in middle childhood | 179 |
Chapter 11A Childhood absence epilepsy | 181 |
Chapter 11B Epilepsy with myoclonic absences | 189 |
Chapter 11C Eyelid myoclonia with absences | 195 |
Chapter 11D Benign partial epilepsies | 199 |
Chapter 11E Rasmussen syndrome | 221 |
Chapter 12 Epileptic syndromes with onset in late childhood or adolescence | 225 |
Chapter 16 Epilepsy in people with intellectual disability | 281 |
Chapter 17 Status epilepticus | 290 |
Chapter 19 Neurophysiological investigations | 304 |
Chapter 19 Imaging | 329 |
Chapter 19A Anatomical imaging | 331 |
Chapter 19B Functional imaging | 342 |
Chapter 20 Investigation of the child with epilepsy | 352 |
Chapter 21 Pharmacology of antiepileptic drugs | 358 |
Chapter 22 Treatment of epilepsy | 385 |
Chapter 22A Antiepileptic drugs AEDs | 387 |
Chapter 22B The ketogenic diet | 405 |
Chapter 22C Vagal nerve stimulation | 409 |
Chapter 22D Surgery | 413 |
Chapter 22E Behavioral therapy | 430 |
Chapter 23 Cognitive aspects | 433 |
Chapter 24 Psychiatric aspects | 447 |
Chapter 25 Social aspects | 463 |
Chapter 26 Special centers for childhood epilepsy | 474 |
Chapter 27 The adolescent with epilepsy | 478 |
Color Insert | 485 |
Back Cover | 491 |
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