THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY
Dr. Shorvon (2004)
(vii) Contributors
(xi) Foreword by Giuliano Avanzini
(xii) Preface to the second edition
(xiv) Preface to the first edition
(xvi) The drug treatment of epilepsy
between 1938 and 1955, with special reference to
Epilepsia, the journal of ILAE.
(1)
Section 1: Introduction
(2)
Definitions and Classification of Epilepsy
(21) Epidemiology and Prognosis of
Epilepsy and its Treatment
(43) Sudden Death in Epilepsy
(50) Aetiology of Epilepsy
(64) Differential Diagnosis of
Epilepsy
(74) Mechanisms of Epileptogenesis
(84) Mechanisms of drug resistance in
epilepsy
(89) Antiepileptic drug discovery
(969 Mechanisms of antiepileptic drug
action
(120) Drug interactions in epilepsy
(137) Section 2: Principles of
Medical Treatment
(139) General principles of medical
treatment
(161) Management of Newly Diagnosed
Epilepsy
(174) Management of Epilepsy in
Remission
(180) Management of Epilepsy in
Infants
(190) Management of Epilepsy in
Children
(201) Management of Epilepsy in the
Elderly Person
(215) Management of Epilepsy in
People with Learning Disability
(227) Emergency Treatment of Seizures
and Status Epilepticus
(244) Treatment of Epilepsy in
General Medical Conditions
(255) Treatment of Psychiatric
Disorders in Epilepsy
(262) The ketogenic Diet
(269) Complementary and Alternative
Treatment in Epilepsy
(277) Reproductive Aspects of
Epilepsy Treatment
(290) Genetic Counselling in Epilepsy
(307) Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-Epileptic
Seizures
(315) Section 3: Drugs used in the
treatment of epilepsy
(317) The choice of drugs and
approach to drug treatments in partial epilepsy
(334) Acetazolamide (345)Carbamazepine
(358)Clobazam (365)Clonazepam
(375) Short-Acting and Other
Benzodiazepines
(391) Ethosuximide (403)Felbamate
(410)Fosphenytoin (418)Gabapentin (425)Lamotrigine (443)Levetiracetam
(451)Oxcarbazepine (461)Phenobarbital, Primidone and
Other-Barbiturates (475)Phenytoin (489)Piracetam (496)Pregabalin
(500)Rufinamide (507)Tiagabine (515)Topiramate (528)Valproate
(540)Vigabatrin (548)Zonisamide (560)Other drugs more
rarely used in the treatment of epi
(568) Antiepileptic drugs in clinical
trials
(577) Section 4: Presurgical
evaluation of epilepsy and epilepsy surgery
(579) Introduction to Epilepsy
surgery and its presurgical assessment
(599) The Scalp EEG in Presurgical
Evaluation of Epilepsy
(609) Invasive EEG in Presurgical
Evaluation of Epilepsy
(635) MEG in Presurgical Evaluation
of Epilepsy
(640) MRI in Presurgical Evaluation
of Epilepsy
652) PET and SPECT in Presurgical
Evaluation of Epilepsy
(665) New Physiological and
Radiological Investigations in the presurgical
evaluation of epilepsy
(699) Psychological Testing in
presurgical evaluation of epilepsy
(716) The role of psychiatric
assessment in presurgical evaluation
(723) Surgery of hippocampal
sclerosis
(728) Resective surgery of neoplastic
lesions for epilepsy
(742) Resective surgery of vascular
and infective lesions for epilepsy
(763) Surgery of cortial dysgenesis
for epilepsy
(775) Surgery of post-traumatic
epilepsy
(779) Paediatric Epilepsy surgery
(790) Hemispherectomy for epilepsy
(798) Corpus callosum section for
epilepsy
(812) Multiple subpial transection
for epilepsy
(824) Awake surgery for epilepsy
(833) Stereotactic surgery for
epilepsyh
(849) Complications of epilepsy
surgery
(861) Anaesthesia for epilepsy
surgery
(873) Vagus Nerve Stimulation
(884) Future surgical approaches to
epilepsy
(893) Index
Colour plates are found between
pp. 670-671
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