EPILEPSY 2005, A practical guide
ILAE
(vi) Preface
(vii) Introduction
Section one – Introduction
(1)
The
incidence and prevalence of epilepsy
(9)
Classification of seizures
Section Two – Basic science
(17) Basic mechanisms of epilepsy
(21) Neuropathology of epilepsy
(55) Molecular genetics of the
epilepsies
Section Three – The spectrum of
epilepsy
(75) Neonatal seizures
(85) Severe paediatric epilepsy
syndromes
(93) Febrile convulsiones – a
practical guide
(107)Benign childhood seizure
susceptibility syndromes
(115)The significance of the
syndromic diagnosis of the epilepsies
(123)Idiopathic generalised
epilepsies
(141)Adult onset epilepsies
(147)Temporal lobe epilepsy
(153)Frontal lobe epilepsy
(157)Occipital and parietal lobe
epilepsies
(163)Psychiactric disorders in
epilepsy
Section Four – Differential
diagnosis
(169)Fits, faints and funny turns .
The differential diagnosis of epilepsy
(173)Syncope
(177)Epilepsy and sleep
(185)Diagnosis and management of
dissociative seizures
Section Five – Investigations
(203)Neurophysiological investigation
of epilepsy
(211)Neuroimaging of the epilepsies
(233)Neuropsychology – testing the
brain
(239)Investigation of seizures in
infants
(247)Investigation of progressive
neurological impairment in children with epilepsy
Section Six – Medical treatment
of epilepsy
(255)Mechanisms of action of
antiepileptic drugs
(279)Starting antiepileptic drug
treatment: the treatment of newly diagnosed epilepsy
(285)The management of chronic
epilepsy
(289)Overview of established
antiepileptic drugs
(303)New antiepileptic drugs
(309)Drug treatment of paediatric
epilepsy
(321)Pharmacokinetic interactions
between antiepileptic drugs
(327) Evidence-based medicine in
epilepsy
(339)Stopping antiepileptic drug
treatment
(341)Treatment of tonic-clonic status
epilepticus
(355)Treatment of non-convulsive
status epilepticus
(361)Non-pharmacological approaches
to seizure control
Section Seven - Outcome
(367)The prognosis of epilepsy
(373)The mortality of epilepsy
(377)Sudden unexpected death in
epilepsy
(389)Ictal and post-ictal psychiatric
disturbances
(395)Psychosocial outcome
(401)Bone health in epilepsy
Section Eight – Special groups
Epilepsy and learning disability
(427)Epilepsy in adolescence
(433)Epilepsy and seizures in
geriatric practice
(439)Epilepsy and women
Section Nine – Surgical treatment
of epilepsy
(457)Pre-operative evaluation and
outcome of surgical treatment of epilepsy
(461)Presurgical evaluation and
outcome of epilepsy surgery in childhood
(467)Methods of epilepsy surgery
(475)Vagal nerve stimulation
(479)Outcome of surgery
Section ten – Social aspects
(485)The patient’s viewpoint
(489)Epilepsy clinic counselling
(491)Counselling for epilepsy surgery
(495)Employment
(503)Driving
(509)Epilepsy and the law
(515)Medico-legal aspects of epilepsy
Section Eleven – Provision of
care
(519)Epilepsy in
primary care
(527)Provision of
clinical services for people with epilepsy
(537)hRole of
voluntary organisations in epilepsy
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