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Deep Brain Stimulation and Epilepsy
Hans O. Luders
editore: Informa Healthcare
pagine: 384
Deep brain stimulation has been used effectively for many years to treat patients suffering from Parkinson's disease. Now, neurologists and neurosurgeons are using electric pulse generators to block abnormal activity, i.e. epileptic fits. Promising research results indicate that electric pulses implanted deep in the brain can affect neurocircuitry and help stop oncoming seizures. Supplying a solid background on brain stimulation and its application to epilepsy, Deep Brain Stimulation and Epilepsy provides a historical overview, explores pathogenesis of brain stimulation, discusses animal experiments and human studies, and explores future prospects of brain stimulation for epileptic control. The editor and his team of contributors distill information drawn directly from the literature into one convenient resource.
Handbook of Epilepsy
Gregory L. Holmes , Thomas R. Browne
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 280
Thoroughly updated for its Third Edition, this best-selling pocket reference is a practical point-of-care guide to the diagnosis and management of epilepsy. In an easy-to-use outline format, the book provides complete, clinically focused information on seizure classification, epilepsies with different ages of onset, situation-related epilepsy, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, and all available drug treatments, including dosages, side effects, and drug interactions. Close attention is also given to special problems arising in the management of elderly patients, women, and children with seizure disorders.This edition includes a revised classification of epilepsy syndromes, several newly identified syndromes, and new clinical guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society. The authors provide complete information on new antiepileptic drugs such as levetiracetam and new formulations, indications, and dosing schedules for older drugs. Also included are timely discussions on the neuropsychological effects of seizures and antiepileptic drugs and the long-term efficacy of vagal nerve stimulation.
A Practical Guide to Epilepsy
Mark R. Manford
editore: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
pagine: 336
Epilepsy is a common neurological condition and is frequently dealt with by non-specialists, and even non-neurologists. Diagnosis is difficult and treatment increasingly complex, including therapeutic and surgical options. This book offers a comprehensible approach, including the basic science, which forms the basis for the diagnosis and management of epilepsy. Current issues are addressed with clarity and include the most recent clinical findings. This book is part of a series designed to fulfil the need for a simple guide to common neurological disorders for the non-specialist, who is required to diagnose and manage these conditions as part of their clinical practice.
Women with Epilepsy
A Handbook of Health and Treatment Issues
Kerry L. Flynn , Martha J. Morrell
editore: Cambridge
pagine: 310
In this handbook for sufferers, their clinicians, families and friends, Martha Morrell assembles a team of experts to review the special problems faced by women with epilepsy. In many ways epilepsy is a different disease in women than in men, given the biological and gender differences between the two. Epilepsy treatments affect fertility, and can cause pregnancy complications and birth defects, but most of the available drugs have been tested on men. Moreover, hormone effects on seizures are of particular concern to women at puberty, at menopause, and over the menstrual cycle. Many health-care providers are not informed about the unique issues facing women with epilepsy. This book, published in association with the Epilepsy Foundation of America, fills that gap and provides women with epilepsy with the information they need to be effective self-advocates.
Epilepsy as a Dynamic Disease
John Milton , Peter Jung
editore: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
pagine: 449
A "brain defibrillator" may be closer than we think. An epileptic seizure involves a paroxysmal change in the activity of millions of neurons. Feedback control of seizures would require an implantable device that could predict seizure occurrence and then deliver a stimulus to abort it. To examine the feasibility of building such a device, this text brings together experts in epilepsy, bio-engineering, and dynamical systems theory. Topics include the development of epileptic systems, seizure prediction, neural synchronization, wave phenomena in excitable media, and the control of complex neural dynamics using brief electrical stimuli.
Epilepsy Surgery
Case Studies and Commentaries
Brien J. Smith , Kost Elisevich
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 256
This unique book uses actual cases to illuminate the work-up and surgical management of the medically intractable epileptic patient. Clinical cases cover epilepsy surgery from both anatomical presentation and precipitating condition. A separate section provides insightful expert perspectives on important controversies in the field. FEATURES: Varied yet structured case- study format Insightful commentary on each case Covers both commonly encountered and rare conditions Addresses current controversies in the fiel
Sleep and Epilepsy
The Clinical Spectrum
B. A. Malow
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C. W. Bazil
e altri
editore: Elsevier Health Sciences
pagine: 404
With recent advances in epilepsy research, the availability of more modern techniques (particularly digital sleep and EEG recordings), and the acceptance of this specialty as a significant area for both clinicians and for basic research scientists, this is the appropriate time for a comprehensive textbook. The full impact of the sleep epilepsy field, for both clinicians and basic research scientists, is given in this book. This edition contains up-to-date, important and relevant information that may be incorporated into the clinical daily practice of both epilepsy and sleep disorders.
One Hundred Case Studies in Epilepsy
Dieter Schmidt , Steven C. Schachter
editore: Informa Healthcare
pagine: 480
From pediatric to the elderly, from contractible to refractive, epilepsy is an illness that manifests in many forms and across a range of demographics. In this fascinating volume, the author details more than one hundred instances where health care practitioners faced unusual challenges in treating the disease. All aspects of epilepsy are explored through these cases, from the sometimes confusing initial diagnosis to patient responses and treatment methods. In this best-selling short text, the author also presents the lessons learned from these extraordinary cases. 110 Puzzling Cases in Epilepsy is useful for medical students, residents and all health care practitioners, as the practices used to understand these cases can be applied to other diagnoses as well.
Clinicians' Guide to Epilepsy
Philip E. M. Smith , Sheila J. Wallace
editore: Hodder Arnold
pagine: 192
This concise volume will provide the reader with a practical overview of this rapidly changing field, with particular emphasis on clinical issues, management options and current areas of debate and controversy. The information is balanced to appeal to the general physician, trainee and specialist neurologist alike. The volume covers diagnosis, classification and management options, and considers the cognitive and psychological aspects of the condition. Special issues of key importance to the patient such as school and employment, driving and alcohol consumption are also given careful consideration. Drawing on the wealth of clinical experience of the authors in looking after adults and children with epilepsy respectively, this will be an invaluable addition to the library of any trainee or practising clinician involved in the management of epilepsy in either the primary or secondary care setting.
Brain Plasticity and Epilepsy
editore: Academic Press Inc
pagine: 672
Brain Plasticity and Epilepsy integrates the latest developments in normal and abnormal neuroplasticity and epilepsy, and considers their implications for understanding the basic mechanisms of normal and pathological behaviors. The chapters are written by leaders in the field, and provide comprehensive coverage of the subject, from molecular neurobiology to behavior. This book will help neuroscientists gain a better understanding of the application of fundamental neuronal mechanisms of plastic change to problems relevant to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of human disease, particularly epilepsy.
Epileptic Seizures
Pathophysiology and Clinical Semiology
Hans O. Luders , Soheyl Noachtar
editore: Churchill Livingstone
pagine: 816
This book/CD ROM package aims to present a systematic and comprehensive overview of the clinical semiology of epileptic seizures. It is ideal for the practicing neurologist, who must recognize, diagnose, and treat the patient with epileptic seizures. The CD ROM demonstrates typical symptoms of different seizure types.
Epilepsy
A Comprehensive Textbook
Emilio Perucca
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Jean Aicardi
e altri
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 3056
Written and edited by world-renowned authorities, this three-volume work is, to quote a reviewer, "the definitive textbook about seizures and epilepsy". This Second Edition is thoroughly updated and gives you a complete print and multimedia package: the three-volume set plus access to an integrated content Website. More than 300 chapters cover the spectrum of biology, physiology, and clinical information, from molecular biology to public health concerns in developing countries. Included are detailed discussions of seizure types and epilepsy syndromes; relationships between physiology and clinical events; psychiatric and medical comorbidity; conditions that could be mistaken for epilepsy; and an increasing range of pharmacologic, surgical, and alternative therapies, including vagus nerve stimulation and deep brain stimulation. This edition describes many new antiepileptic drugs, major advances in surgical treatment, and state-of-the-art neuroimaging, EEG, and other technologies for diagnosis and seizure prediction. A companion Website offers instant access to the complete, fully searchable text, plus an image bank of additional figures, video footage, and annual updates to selected chapters.
Epilepsy and Movement Disorders
etc.
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Frederick Andermann
e altri
editore: Cambridge
pagine: 586
The boundaries between epilepsy and movement disorders are difficult to define; some syndromes or diseases may combine the two and many manifestations of one are similar to the other. For the first time, a distinguished, international team of specialists comprehensively examines the clinical, neurophysiological, genetic, pharmacological and molecular factors which underlie the relationships and differences between the two disorders. They examine the methods for investigating motor cortex excitability and the electrophysiological and chemical characteristics of epilepsies which resemble movement disorders. They present a scheme for neurophysiological classification of myoclonic epilepsies and myoclonus and give a detailed analysis of the disorders which cause diagnostic problems in children and adults. There is also an innovative, up-to-date review of the genetic syndromes which associate epilepsy and paroxysmal dyskinesias, and a review of the drugs used to treat, or which may precipitate, epilepsy and movement disorders. This is essential reading for clinicians and neuroscientists.
L'anamnesi delle crisi epilettiche del bambino
Anne Beaumanoir
editore: Franco Angeli
pagine: 256
Un gruppo di lavoro, con nove neurologi, si è impegnato per alcuni anni nel contesto dei Seminari didattici di elettroencefalo
Farmacoterapia ed altre opinioni terapeutiche in epilessia
Alfonso Iudice , Luigi Murri
editore: Primula Multimedia
pagine: 112
Presentazione clinica delle crisi e sindromi epilettiche
Alfonso Iudice , Luigi Murri
editore: Primula Multimedia
pagine: 80
