ABSTRACT

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

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JPB

ERKING ROVOKED EADING Taoufik Alsaadi

chapter |4 pages

OLD -B WITH E S

OVEMENTS PILEPTIC EIZURES Richard E Appleton

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HIS A F HOURS E D

ATIENT PARTMENT Jürgen Bauer

chapter |2 pages

Commentary

chapter 2|5 pages

A

ATIENTS NFANTILE PASMS Carol S Camfield and Peter R Camfield

chapter |2 pages

Diagnosis

chapter |6 pages

NON -E S

PILEPSIA ARTIALIS ONTINUA ERSUS PILEPTIC EIZURES Alan B Ettinger

chapter |5 pages

WITH S E

TATUS PILEPTICUS Natalio Fejerman

chapter |2 pages

Commentary

chapter |3 pages

GIRL

ISDIAGNOSED PILEPSY Satish Jain

chapter |12 pages

Further reading

chapter |16 pages

Diagnosis

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SAD

ARTIAL EIZURES Federico Vigevano, Christa Pachatz and Lucia Fusco

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DOWN ’

YOCLONIC EIZURES YNDROME Hajo M Hamer, Jens Carsten Möller, Susanne Knake, Wolfgang H Oertel and Felix Rosenow

chapter 22|3 pages

M GIRL

AINTING ALLOR Edwin Trevathan

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INTRIGUING C CIRCUMSTANCES

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WITH W

BNORMAL YNDROME Julio Ardura and Jesus Andres

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ADI BOY W

YPERACTIVE EHAVIOUR TTENTIONAL EFICIT YOCLONIC Johan Arends, Albert P Aldenkamp and Biene Weber

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EMA Y WOMAN

EMPORAL PILEPSY PISODIC EMORY EPRESSION Christian G Bien

chapter |6 pages

Commentary

chapter |3 pages

AHO

HAKING ATIENT ISTORY REATED YPHILIS Daniel J Brotman and Majid Fotuhi

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Treatment and outcome

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A 69-Y

OCTURNAL EIZURES P Barton Duell

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Treatment and outcome

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WITH ACA

ONCONVULSIVE TATUS PILEPTICUS RONTAL EIZURES ATIENT HROMOSOME BNORMALITY Maurizio Elia

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Commentary

chapter |5 pages

Examination and investigations, treatment and outcome

NUSUAL OCTURNAL TTACKS Donald W Gross, Eva Andermann, David C Reutens, François Dubeau and Frederick Andermann

chapter |3 pages

Treatment and outcome

chapter |8 pages

Examination and investigations

chapter |1 pages

OF W GRAND C

TATUS PILEPTICUS AFTING ANYON David M Labiner

chapter |25 pages

Treatment and outcome

chapter |1 pages

WASN ’ T – TBI GIRL

ISUAL EIZURES EEING HINGS RANSIENT LINDNESS Carl E Stafstrom

chapter |5 pages

Examination and investigations

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LOBE E

YNCOPE ATIENT EMPORAL PILEPSY Paolo Tinuper

chapter |2 pages

Commentary

chapter |1 pages

AND L OF C

TTACKS ISING ENSATIONS ALLOR ONSCIOUSNESS Torbjörn Tomson

chapter |2 pages

Diagnosis Treatment and outcome

chapter |1 pages

APW IGE

ONVULSIVE TATUS PILEPTICUS ATIENT DIOPATHIC ENERALIZED PILEPSY Eugen Trinka

chapter |6 pages

Treatment and outcome

chapter |1 pages

ADULT

YRATORY EIZURES TAXIA YSARTHRIA Kazuichi Yagi

chapter |3 pages

Diagnosis Treatment and outcome

chapter 62|4 pages

Y

ECURRENT MNESTIC PISODES IABETIC ATIENT Christine Adam, Claude Adam and Michel Baulac

chapter |6 pages

IN A W WITH E

TTACKS AUSEA ALPITATIONS PILEPSY Jørgen Alving

chapter 60|5 pages

Y WOMAN

BSENCE TATUS PILEPTICUS Gerhard Bauer

chapter |7 pages

WITH S E

EMIPLEGIA TATUS PILEPTICUS Christoph Baumgartner

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GIRL W

ITTLE BSENCE EIZURES David B Bettis

chapter |3 pages

Treatment and outcome

chapter |8 pages

E – W

LTERNATIVE HERAPY ARTIAL PILEPSY Nadir E Bharucha and Thomas Kuruvilla

chapter |3 pages

BOY W M – A S

EVERE SYCHIATRIC ISORDER YOCLONIC STATIC EIZURES Cesare Maria Cornaggia, Alessandra Mascarini and Giuseppe Gobbi

chapter |9 pages

Commentary

chapter |7 pages

NOT B Examination and investigations

BVIOUS EIZURES NDERLYING Keith R Edwards

chapter |4 pages

SLEEP

OLVED EIZURES URING Jacqueline A French

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Examination and investigations Diagnosis

LTERNATIVE SYCHOSIS DOLESCENT Andres M Kanner

chapter |4 pages

WOMAN

XACERBATION EIZURES Pavel Klein

chapter |5 pages

WITH AFHO

ENETIC OUNSELING AMILY ISTORY EFRACTORY YOCLONIC PILEPSY Dick Lindhout

chapter |2 pages

Diagnosis

chapter |7 pages

Treatment and outcome

chapter |12 pages

TIMES O

ATIENT PILEPSY IAGNOSIS HANGED WENTY Masakazu Seino and Yushi Inoue

chapter |1 pages

UCP

NFORESEEN OMPLICATIONS AND ROBLEMS

chapter |5 pages

SOA

URGICAL UTCOME EMPORAL URGERY Gus A Baker

chapter |2 pages

Diagnosis Treatment and outcome

chapter |4 pages

FEAR O S -F

NTIEPILEPTIC REATMENT FFECTS EIZURE ATIENT Elinor Ben-Menachem

chapter |4 pages

Diagnosis Treatment and outcome

chapter |5 pages

THEIR L T

ONITORING ATIENTS MPORTANT ABORATORY Jane Boggs

chapter |4 pages

JME

EPRESSION TUDENT UVENILE YOCLONIC PILEPSY Enrique J Carrazana

chapter |4 pages

WITH M A

STEOMALACIA ATIENT REATED ULTIPLE NTICONVULSANTS Joost PH Drenth, Gerlach FFM Pieters and Ad RMM Hermus

chapter |1 pages

IN A 64-Y WOMAN W

ARKINSONISM OGNITIVE ECLINE PILEPSY Manuel Eglau, Peter Hopp and Hermann Stefan

chapter |2 pages

Diagnosis

chapter |4 pages

AFTER P

ROBLEMS ANAGING PILEPSY URING REGNANCY Cynthia L Harden

chapter |7 pages

Examination and investigations

TATUS PILEPTICUS NORER Peter Höllinger, Christian W Hess and Claudio Bassetti

chapter |2 pages

Treatment and outcome

chapter |7 pages

WITH P E

EIGHT ENSTRUAL ISORDER ARTIAL PILEPSY Jouko Isojärvi

chapter |12 pages

WITH F L

BULIA EIZURE ATIENT RONTAL PILEPSY Ennapadam S Krishnamoorthy and Michael R Trimble

chapter |4 pages

SOME A

ATIENT PILEPSY TAIRS Rajesh C Sachdeo

chapter 43|1 pages

Y WOMAN W

ILATERAL RACTURES PILEPSY Dieter Schmidt

chapter |2 pages

Outcome

chapter |3 pages

FOR A9-Y GIRL

ICKING NTIEPILEPTIC Peter Uldall

chapter |7 pages

Treatment and outcome

chapter |1 pages

S , C V B6

NTIEPILEPTIC NFANT EIZURES ONSIDER ITAMIN Mary R Andriola

chapter |6 pages

Diagnosis Treatment and outcome

chapter |1 pages

WITH V F D : W TO D

REATMENT ATIENT ISUAL EFECTS Roy G Beran

chapter |2 pages

Diagnosis Treatment and outcome

chapter |4 pages

D , AFA F E EEG D

TTENTION EFICIT ISORDER UTISTIC EATURES REQUENT PILEPTIFORM ISCHARGES Frank MC Besag

chapter 14|1 pages

Y BOY A TLF

EIZURE ONTROL EMPORAL OBECTOMY AILED Martin J Brodie

chapter |3 pages

Treatment and outcome

chapter |3 pages

WOMAN

Edward B Bromfield

chapter |1 pages

References

chapter |4 pages

THE D

EALING EGINS OMMUNICATING IAGNOSIS Orrin Devinsky

chapter |7 pages

Examination and investigations

chapter |3 pages

WPC

TTACKS ENERALIZED HAKING ITHOUT OSTICTAL ONFUSION James S Grisolia

chapter |3 pages

GOOD OAW

ASTAUT YNDROME UTCOME SSOCIATED ERISYLVIAN OLYMICROGYRIA Marilisa M Guerreiro

chapter |12 pages

SPP

EMPORAL ESECTION ATIENT EVERE SYCHIATRIC ROBLEMS Reetta Kälviäinen

chapter |15 pages

HOPE I LOST

URGERY OSSIBLE Cassandra I Mateo and Brian Litt

chapter |8 pages

Treatment and outcome

chapter |4 pages

Examination and investigations

chapter |4 pages

DTO FROM AHH

IETARY REATMENT EIZURES YPOTHALAMIC AMARTOMA Vijay Maggio and James Wheless

chapter |1 pages

References

chapter |13 pages

CONCLUSION