Every physician who treats children with epilepsy will welcome this new Third Edition of Dr. Aicardi's internationally acclaimed text. Now coauthored by three distinguished experts - Alexis Arzimanoglou, MD, Renzo Guerrini, MD, and Jean Aicardi, MD, FRCP - this edition has been completely revised to reflect the past ten years' advances in diagnosis and therapy. The book describes in detail the types of seizures occurring during infancy, childhood, and adolescence and explains the key principles of diagnosis, prognosis, and medical and surgical treatment. This edition provides up-to-the-minute information on anticonvulsant drugs and the genetics of epilepsy and includes a new chapter on epileptic encephalopathies.
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Part I. General Aspects 1. Epilepsy: Overview and Definitions 2. Classification of Epileptic Seizures and Epilepsies Part II. Major Types of Epileptic Seizures in Childhood and Corresponding Epileptic Syndromes 3. Infantile Spasms and Related Syndromes 4. LennoxuGastaut Syndrome 5. Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy: Dravet Syndrome 6. Epilepsy Characterized by Myoclonic Seizures 7. Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsies 8. Epilepsies with Typical Absence Seizures 9. Epilepsies with Generalized Tonic-Closure Seizures 10. Epilepsies Characterized by Partial Seizures 11. Rasmussen Syndrome 12. Landau-Kleffner Syndrome and Continuous Spike-Wave during Slow Sleep Part III. Epileptic Manifestations in Relation to Age, Cause, Duration, and Precipitation of Seizures 13. Neonatal Seizures 14. Epilepsy in Infants 15. Febrile Convulsions 16. Occasional Seizures Other Than Febrile Convulsions 17. Status Epilepticus 18. Stimulus-Sensitive Epilepsies 19. Post-Traumatic Epilepsy 20. Epilepsies as a Presenting Manifestation of Brain Tumors and of Other Selected Brain Disorders Part IV. Selected Aspects of the Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment of Convulsive Disorders in Children 21. Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis 22. General Aspects of Prognosis 23. Genetics 24. General Principles of Management 25. Medical Treatment 26. Surgical Treatmen
