This volume is the first comprehensive text and clinical reference on idiopathic myoclonic epilepsies of infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. The world's foremost experts describe the phenotypes and subtypes of myoclonic epilepsies and the underlying molecular defects and summarize cutting-edge advances in molecular genetics that shed new light on the etiologies of these syndromes. The book offers clinicians much-needed assistance in recognizing and diagnosing idiopathic myoclonic epilepsies and selecting appropriate treatment. Each chapter includes diagnostic and treatment algorithms to guide practitioners in clinical decision making.
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PART 1. INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 History: from seizures to syndromes to diseases of epilepsies Chapter 2 Neuroembryology: Neural gradients and their role in classifying myoclonic epilepsies Chapter 3 Pathophysiology of myoclonic epilepsies PART 2. MYOCLONIC EPILEPSIES OF INFANCY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD Chapter 4 Dravet Syndrome: Severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy Chapter 5 Molecular genetics of SMEI Chapter 6 Benign myoclonic epilepsy of infancy Chapter 7 Idiopathic epilepsy with myoclonic astatic seizures, and early childhood myoclonic astatic epilepsy Chapter 8 GEFS+ and myoclonic epilepsies Chapter 9 Autosomal recessive benign myoclonic epilepsy of infancy PART 3. MYOCLONIC EPILEPSIES OF CHILDHOOD Chapter 10 Myoclonic absences [of childhood]: Seizures and syndromes Chapter 11 Eyelid myoclonias with absence and CAE evolving to JME PART 4. MYOCLONIC EPILEPSIES OF ADOLESCENCE AND ADULTHOOD Chapter 12 Complex Genetics of Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsies and Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy:Oligogenic Models and Genome Scans Chapter 13 The Photosensitive Myoclonic and generalized Epilepsies Chapter 14 Autosomal dominant JME: subsyndromes Chapter 15 Autosomal dominant JME and GABRA1 Chapter 16 Autosomal Recessive JME Chapter 17 CLNC2 and Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsies in chromosome 3q22 Chapter 18 Myoclonin/EFHC1 and JME in chromosome 6p12 Chapter 19 Familial Adult Myoclonic Epilepsy (FAME) (Familial epilepsies with cortical myoclonic u myoclonus ,tremor and ataxia) PART 5. TREATMENT Chapter 20 Treatment of Myoclonic Epilepsies in infancy ,Childhood,Adolescence and Adulthood Chapter 21 Consensus and guidelines on diagnoses and treatment of myoclonic epilepsie
