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Epilepsy, Part I: Basic Principles and Diagnosis
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Epilepsy, Part I, Basic Principles and Diagnosis, Volume 107, in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series offers a comprehensive review of our knowledge of the field today, including epidemiology, basic mechanisms, animal models, and topics of increasing interest such as the role of inflammation in epilepsy. It provides a comprehensive approach to description of the clinical, electrographic and imaging aspects of the epilepsies, with a clear outline of contemporary classification and the role of modern diagnostic techniques, as well as neuropsychological and psychiatric aspects of epilepsy. Chapters are authored by internationally respected neurologists with varied perspectives insuring depth to the content. Epilepsy, Part II, Treatment, Volume 108, continues coverage of epilepsy with a focus on treatment. The volumes will be a very important resource for basic scientists, clinical investigators, and all health professionals treating patients with epilepsy.- A volume in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series, which has an unparalleled reputation as the world's most comprehensive source of information in neurology- International list of contributors including the leading workers in the field- Describes the advances which have occurred in clinical neurology and the neurosciences, their impact on the understanding of neurological disorders and on patient care
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Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Series Page
- Copyright
- Handbook of Clinical Neurology 3rd Series
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Molecular basis of acquired epileptogenesis
- Chapter 2 Cellular bases of focal and generalized epilepsies
- Chapter 3 Epilepsy as a dynamic disease of neuronal networks
- Chapter 4 Animal models
- Chapter 5 Classification of epilepsies and seizures: historical perspective and future directions
- Chapter 6 The epidemiology of the epilepsies
- Chapter 7 Maturation of the human brain and epilepsy
- Chapter 8 Genetics of idiopathic epilepsies
- Chapter 9 The genetics of focal epilepsies
- Chapter 10 Inflammation and epilepsy
- Chapter 11 Age-related epileptic encephalopathies
- Chapter 12 Epileptic syndromes with focal seizures of childhood and adolescence
- Chapter 13 Idiopathic generalized epilepsies
- Chapter 14 Temporal lobe epilepsy
- Chapter 15 Extratemporal epilepsies
- Chapter 16 Reflex epilepsies
- Chapter 17 Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
- Chapter 18 Syncope
- Chapter 19 Sleep and epilepsy
- Chapter 20 Electroencephalography and video-electroencephalography
- Chapter 21 Magnetoencephalography
- Chapter 22 Structural brain imaging
- Chapter 23 Functional magnetic resonance imaging
- Chapter 24 Functional magnetic resonance imaging: functional mapping
- Chapter 25 Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in epilepsy
- Chapter 26 Epilepsy diagnosis
- Chapter 27 Peri-ictal single-photon emission computed tomography
- Chapter 28 Clinical neuropsychology in epilepsy
- Chapter 29 Neuropsychiatric complications of epilepsy
- Index