Epilepsy in children and adolescents
By: [edited by] James W. Wheless
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780470741238
Subjects: Therapy; Adolescent; Child; Anticonvulsants; Therapeutic use; Epilepsy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Epidemiology and common co-morbidities of epilepsy in childhood / Jay Salpekar, Matthew Byrne, and Georgann Ferrone; title: Classification and definition of seizures and epilepsy syndromes in childhood / Susan E. Combs and Phillip L. Pearl; title: Initiating and withdrawing medical management / David T. Hsieh and Bhagwan Indur Moorjani; title: Common genetic and neurocutaneous disorders in childhood epilepsy / Dewi Frances T. Depositario-Cabacar, William McClintock, and Tom Reehal; title: Evaluating the child with seizures / Kristen Park and Susan Koh; title: The use of EEG in the diagnosis of childhood epilepsy / Dave Clarke; title: Imaging of pediatric epilepsy / Asim F. Choudhri; title: Non-epileptic paroxysmal events of childhood / Sucheta M. Joshi; title: Pharmacology of antiepileptic drugs / James W. Wheless; title: Therapeutic efficacy of antiepileptic drugs / James W. Wheless; title: Adverse effects of antiepileptic drugs / James W. Wheless; title: Vagus nerve stimulation therapy and epilepsy surgery / Kate Van Poppel and James W. Wheless; title: Dietary therapies to treat epilepsy / James W. Wheless; title: Idiopathic generalized epilepsies; title: Cryptogenic and symptomatic generalized epilepsies : epilepsies with encephalopathy; title: Idiopathic partial epilepsies / Freedom F. Perkins Jr; title: Cryptogenic and symptomatic partial epilepsies / Stephen Fulton; title: Neonatal seizures / Eric V. Hastriter; title: Febrile seizures / Marie Francisca Grill; title: Status epilepticus in childhood / Yu-tze Ng and Rama Maganti.