A Clinical Guide to Epileptic Syndromes and their Treatment
This revised edition is indispensable reading for all those who care for patients with epileptic seizures. Building on the sell-out success of the first edition this thorough revision reflects the latest report of the ILAE classification core group and th
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Epileptic Syndromes and their Treatment
Revised Second Edition Based on the ILAE classifications and practice parameter guidelines
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To my wife Thalia because she is a beautiful woman my muse the flower, the smile and the angel in my life
acknowledgements
I am grateful to the following eminent experts who have frequently provided me with valuable advice over the last 10 years during the preparation of my books on epilepsies: Adachi, N. Akanuma, N. Benbadis, S. Berg, A. Berkovic, S.F. Blumenfeld, H. Boyd, S.G. Caraballo, R.H. Covanis, A. Crawford, P. Eeg-Olofsson, O. Dravet, C. Duncan, J.S. Engel, J., Jr. Fejerman, N. Ferrie, C.D. Galanopoulou, A.S. Genton, P. Grünewald, R.A. Hirsch, E. Jallon, P. Kanazawa, O. Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenite, D.G.A. Koutroumanidis, M. Kuzniecky, R. Kwan, P.
Livingston, J.H. Martinovic, Z. Mole, S. Morrow, J.I. Moshe, S.L. Nordli, D.R., Jr. Oguni, H. Ohtahara, S. Patsalos, P. Plouin, P. Sander, J.W.A.S. Scott, R.C. Shorvon, S.D. Sisodiya, S.M. Stephenson, J.B.P. Thomas, P. Tomson, T. Vajda, F.J.E. Vigevano, F. Walker, M.C. Watanabe, K. Whitehouse, W. Wilkins, A. Yoshinaga, H. Zifkin, B.G. Zuberi, S.M.
The continuing assistance of S. Sanders and S. Rowlinson, both expert EEG technologists, is, as always, greatly appreciated. I would also like to thank Ian Stoneham, Publisher, and his team, particularly Hannah Cole and Nadine Lemmens, Editors, and Keith Baker, Designer; their professionalism, dedication and enthusiasm have made this a better book and enabled me to continue updating it to just a few weeks before publication in December 2009. They have been a pleasure for an author to work with.
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Preface ................................................................................................................ xiii Abbreviations ........................
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