Shorvon / Guerrini / Schachter The Causes of Epilepsy

Common and Uncommon Causes in Adults and Children
2. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-108-35972-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten

The identification of the cause of an epileptic seizure is a key element in the clinical management of all patients. In recent decades, advances in theory, neuroimaging, molecular genetics and molecular chemistry have revolutionized our ability to investigate and identify the underlying cause. The definitive and unrivalled textbook on the causes of epilepsy, this second edition is extensively revised and expanded. It provides concise descriptions of all the major genetic and acquired conditions that cause epilepsy in adults and children, and the provoking factors for epileptic seizures and of the causes of status epilepticus. A new section considers clinical approaches to diagnosing causes, to guide and assist clinicians in investigations. With 128 chapters written by leading figures from around the world, this comprehensive and authoritative resource is indispensable to senior and junior clinicians and trainees working in the field of epilepsy, including specialists in neurology, paediatrics, neurophysiology, psychiatry and neurosurgery.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shorvon, Simon

Guerrini, Renzo

Schachter, Steven

Trinka, Eugen

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Introduction; Part II. Approaches to the Clinical Investigation and Diagnosis of Cause; Part III. Idiopathic Epilepsies; Part IV. Symptomatic Epilepsies of Genetic or Developmental Origin; Part V. Symptomatic Epilepsies of Acquired Origin; Part VI. Provoking Factors and Provoked Epilepsies; Part VII. Status Epilepticus.

Über Autor(innen)

Guerrini, Renzo
Renzo Guerrini is Professor of Child Neurology and Psychiatry and Director of the Department of Neuroscience at Children's Hospital Anna Meyer, Università degli Studi, Florence.

Trinka, Eugen
Eugen Trinka is Chair of the Department of Neurology and Medical Director of the Christian Doppler University Hospital and Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience and Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs of the Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg.

Schachter, Steven
Steven Schachter is Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, and Chief Academic Officer at the Consortia for Improving Medicine with Innovation and Technology.

Shorvon, Simon
Simon Shorvon is Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, and Professor Emeritus in Clinical Neurology at University College London.