Epilepsy in children and adolescents - Wheless, James (Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)
Epidemiology and common co-morbidities of epilepsy in childhood / Jay Salpekar, Matthew Byrne, and Georgann Ferrone -- Classification and definition of seizures and epilepsy syndromes in childhood / Susan E. Combs and Phillip L. Pearl -- Initiating and withdrawing medical management / David T. Hsieh and Bhagwan Indur Moorjani -- Common genetic and neurocutaneous disorders in childhood epilepsy / Dewi Frances T. Depositario-Cabacar, William McClintock, and Tom Reehal -- Evaluating the child with seizures / Kristen Park and Susan Koh -- The use of EEG in the diagnosis of childhood epilepsy / Dave Clarke -- Imaging of pediatric epilepsy / Asim F. Choudhri -- Non-epileptic paroxysmal events of childhood / Sucheta M. Joshi -- Pharmacology of antiepileptic drugs / James W. Wheless -- Therapeutic efficacy of antiepileptic drugs / James W. Wheless -- Adverse effects of antiepileptic drugs / James W. Wheless -- Vagus nerve stimulation therapy and epilepsy surgery / Kate Van Poppel and James W. Wheless -- Dietary therapies to treat epilepsy / James W. Wheless -- Idiopathic generalized epilepsies -- Cryptogenic and symptomatic generalized epilepsies : epilepsies with encephalopathy -- Idiopathic partial epilepsies / Freedom F. Perkins Jr -- Cryptogenic and symptomatic partial epilepsies / Stephen Fulton -- Neonatal seizures / Eric V. Hastriter -- Febrile seizures / Marie Francisca Grill -- Status epilepticus in childhood / Yu-tze Ng and Rama Maganti.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Epilepsy in children; Epilepsy in adolescence; Epilepsy; Adolescent; Anticonvulsants -- therapeutic use; Child; Epilepsy -- therapy; PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology; Epilepsy in adolescence; Epilepsy in children; Electronic books