Epileptic syndromes in infancy, childhood and adolescence
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Epileptic syndromes in infancy, childhood and adolescence
John Libbey Eurotext, c2012
5th ed
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Epileptic syndromes : in infancy, childhood and adolescence
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Other editors: Pierre Genton, Charlotte Dravet, Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta, Carlo Alberto Tassinari, Pierre Thomas, Peter Wolf
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Book & DVD. The first edition of this book, now better known as the "Blue Guide", was published in 1984. It highlighted the various epileptic syndromes which had recently been identified. Most of these syndromes, which constituted a practical and original approach to epilepsy, were subsequently integrated into the international classification for epilepsies in 1 989, a classification which, despite some calling into question, still remains valid and useful today. Epileptology is changing, and the syndromic approaches are now complemented by an aetiological approach based on the considerable progress made in genetics. A purely "electro-clinical" approach is no longer appropriate in many cases today. This 5th edition of the Blue Guide provides a summary of the latest developments. The structure of the book has changed slightly, giving more space to physiological, epidemiological, genetic and therapeutic approaches. Nevertheless, the description of epileptic syndromes remains at the heart of this work.
The diversity of contributors -- co-ordinators and authors -- provides this book with the qualities of objectivity and seriousness which have formed the basis of its reputation for almost 30 years.
Table of Contents
- Classifications: evolving concepts
- Genetic bases of epileptic syndromes
- EEG traits of epileptic syndromes
- Syndromes & brain development
- Syndromes & prognosis
- Syndromes & antiepileptic drugs
- Benign neonatal seizures & epilepsies
- Early severe neonatal & infantile epilepsies
- Infantile spasms
- Idiopathic focal epilepsies in infants
- Dravet syndrome
- Idiopathic myoclonic epilepsies in infancy & early childhood
- Febrile seizures & GEFS+
- The Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
- Idiopathic focal epilepsies in childhood
- CSWS & related syndromes
- Childhood absence epilepsy
- Myoclonic absences & absences with myoclonias
- Juvenile myoclonic epilepsies
- Juvenile absence epilepsy
- IGE with Grand Mal seizures only
- Genetically determined focal epilepsies
- Rasmussens syndrome
- Temporal lobe epilepsy syndromes
- Frontal lobe epilepsy syndromes
- Syndromes in the elderly
- Myoclonic status in fixed encephalopathies
- Epilepsy in inborn errors of metabolism
- Non-idiopathic focal epilepsies in childhood
- Photosensitivity & syndromes
- Complex & other reflex epilepsies
- Epilepsy & chromosomal disorders
- Progressive myoclonus epilepsies
- Epilepsy & cortical malformations
- Isolated focal seizures in adolescence.
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