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Book SynopsisHighly Commended at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2016 The Treatment of Epilepsy, fourth edition, is a comprehensive reference and clinical guide to the pharmacological, medical and surgical options available in the treatment of epilepsy.Table of ContentsList of Contributors Preface to the Fourth Edition Preface to the First Edition Historical Introduction: The Drug Treatment of Epilepsy from 1857 to 2015 Simon Shorvon Section I – Introduction (Lead editor: Simon Shorvon) 1 Definition (Terminology) and Classification in Epilepsy: A Historical Survey and Current Formulation, with Special Reference to the ILAE 1Simon Shorvon 2 Differential Diagnosis of Epilepsy 24Mark Cook 3 Mechanisms of Epileptogenesis 38Giuliano Avanzini and Silvana Franceschetti 4 Antiepileptic Drug Discovery 52H. Steve White and Melissa Barker-Haliski 5 Antiepileptic Drug Development 61Dieter Schmidt 6 Mechanisms of Antiepileptic Drug Action 75Matthew C. Walker and Rainer Surges 7 Mechanisms of Drug Resistance and Tolerance 92Wolfgang Löscher and Dieter Schmidt 8 Epilepsy Biomarkers 103Jerome Engel, Jr. and Asla Pitkänen Section II – Principles of Medical Management (Lead editor: Simon Shorvon) 9 General Principles of Medical Management 110Emilio Perucca 10 Pharmacokinetic Optimization of Therapy 124Svein I. Johannessen, Cecilie Johannessen Landmark and Emilio Perucca 11 Management of Chronic Active Epilepsy in Adults 139Simon Shorvon 12 Management of Epilepsy in Remission 148Patrick Kwan, Howan Leung and Xiaoting Hao 13 Management of Epilepsy in Neonates and Infants 156Elissa G. Yozawitz and Solomon L. Moshé 14 Management of Childhood Epilepsy Syndromes 174Colin D. Ferrie 15 Management of Epilepsy in People with Intellectual Disabilities 193Eylert Brodtkorb 16 Management of Epilepsy in the Elderly 205Hiba Arif Haider and Lawrence J. Hirsch 17 Emergency Treatment of Seizures and Status Epilepticus 221Matthew C. Walker and Simon Shorvon 18 Management of Medical Comorbidity Associated with Epilepsy 245Gagandeep Singh 19 Psychiatric Features of Epilepsy and their Management 259Brent Elliott and Simon Shorvon 20 Prevention and Management of Side-effects of Antiepileptic Drugs 275Gaetano Zaccara and Piero Perucca 21 Ketogenic Diets 288Eric H. Kossoff and Courtney A. Haney 22 Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Epilepsy 298Sallie Baxendale 23 Reproductive Aspects of Epilepsy Treatment 311Torbjörn Tomson 24 Genetic Counselling in Epilepsy 323Federico Zara 25 Drug Interactions 344Edoardo Spina and Domenico Italiano 26 Medical Treatment of Epilepsy in Resource-Poor Countries 360Patrick Adjei Section III – Antiepileptic Drugs (Lead editor: Emilio Perucca) 27 Introduction to the Choice of Antiepileptic Drugs 365Emilio Perucca 28 Acetazolamide 376Miri Y. Neufeld 29 Adrenocorticotropic Hormone and Corticosteroids 388Federico Vigevano and Maria Roberta Cilio 30 Benzodiazepines Used in the Treatment of Epilepsy 398Eugen Trinka and Francesco Brigo 31 Brivaracetam 418Joseph D�Souza and Emilio Perucca 32 Carbamazepine 431Torbjörn Tomson and Svein I. Johannessen 33 Eslicarbazepine Acetate 447Meir Bialer and Christian Elger 34 Ethosuximide 460Tracy A. Glauser and Emilio Perucca 35 Felbamate 472Ilo E. Leppik and James R. White 36 Gabapentin 479Ernest R. Somerville, Andrew W. Michell and Arjune Sen 37 Lacosamide 489Rajesh Sachdeo and Roopal Karia 38 Lamotrigine 498Awais Riaz and Fumisuke Matsuo 39 Levetiracetam 516Derek J. Chong and Jacqueline A. French 40 Oxcarbazepine 533Edward Faught and Hyunmi Kim 41 Perampanel 546Martin Brodie 42 Phenobarbital, Primidone and Other Barbiturates 555Roberto Michelucci and Elena Pasini 43 Phenytoin 574Mervyn J. Eadie 44 Piracetam 589Simon D. Shorvon 45 Pregabalin 595Sylvain Rheims and Philippe Ryvlin 46 Retigabine 606Michel Baulac 47 Rufinamide 617Victor Biton 48 Stiripentol 628Tapani Keränen 49 Tiagabine 633Reetta Kälviäinen 50 Topiramate 642J. Helen Cross and Catherine J. Riney 51 Valproate 652Anthony G. Marson and Graeme J. Sills 52 Vigabatrin 667Günter Krämer and Gabriele Ch. Wohlrab 53 Zonisamide 680Michel Baulac 54 Other Less Commonly Used Antiepileptic Drugs 689Martin Holtkamp 55 Drugs in Clinical Development 701Norman Delanty and H. Steve White Section IV – Presurgical Assessment and Epilepsy Surgery (Lead editor: Jerome Engel, Jr.) 56 Overview of Surgical Treatment for Epilepsy 709Jerome Engel, Jr. 57 Scalp EEG in the Epilepsy Surgery Evaluation 723Christine B. Baca and John M. Stern 58 Invasive EEG in Presurgical Evaluation of Epilepsy 733Dennis Spencer, Dang K. Nguyen and Adithya Sivaraju 59 MEG in Epilepsy Surgery Evaluation 756Hermann Stefan and Paul Boon 60 MRI in Presurgical Evaluation 764Christian E. Elger and Bernd Weber 61 PET and SPECT in Presurgical Evaluation of Epilepsy 775Karolien Goffin and Wim Van Paesschen 62 Special Neurophysiological Techniques 787François Mauguière and Julien Jung 63 Neuropsychological Testing in Presurgical Evaluation 804Marilyn Jones-Gotman and Gail L. Risse 64 Presurgical Psychiatric Evaluation 817Andres M. Kanner 65 Mesial Temporal Lobe Surgery and Other Lobar Resections 829James Leiphart and Itzhak Fried 66 Resective Surgery of Neoplasms 842Nicholas M. Wetjen and Gregory D. Cascino 67 Resective Surgery of Vascular and Infective Lesions for Epilepsy 858Christopher E. Uff and Neil D. Kitchen68 Surgery of Developmental Anomalies Causing Epilepsy 878Ahyuda Oh, Joshua J. Chern and Youssef G. Comair 69 Hemispheric Operations for Epilepsy 887Georg Dorfmüller, Christine Bulteau and Olivier Delalande 70 Corpus Callosum Operations 895David W. Roberts 71 Hypothalamic Hamartoma 903John F. Kerrigan 72 Multiple Subpial Transection 916Adriana Bermeo-Ovalle and Michael C. Smith 73 Awake Surgery for Epilepsy 922Webster H. Pilcher 74 Epilepsy Surgery in Children 931Jason S. Hauptman and Gary W. Mathern 75 Complications of Epilepsy Surgery 941Charles E. Polkey 76 Anaesthesia for Epilepsy Surgery 952Barbara M. Van de Wiele 77 Vagus and Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation 959Steven C. Schachter 78 Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy 967Gregory K. Bergey and Robert S. Fisher 79 Non-Resective Approaches for Medically Intractable Epilepsy 980Thomas J. Gianaris, Andrea G. Scherer and Nicholas M. Barbaro 80 Future Focal Treatment Approaches to Epilepsy 987Laura Mantoan Ritter and Hannah Cock 81 Epilepsy Surgery in Countries with Limited Resources 999Andre Palmini and Kurupath Radhakrishnan Index 1008

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