Epilepsy A-Z is a unique compendium that provides a bullet of epilepsy-related information that is ideal for quick and easy reference. It is essential for busy practitioners who want the essence of terms and topics relevant to patient care and seizures. Physicians can quickly find answers to cli
Epilepsy A to Z: A Concise Encyclopedia 2nd Edition
β Scribed by William O. Tatum, Peter W. Kaplan, Pierre Jallon, MD
- Publisher
- Demos Medical Publishing
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 399
- Edition
- 2
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Epilepsy A-Z is a unique compendium that provides a "bullet" of epilepsy-related information that is ideal for quick and easy reference. It is essential for busy practitioners who want the essence of terms and topics relevant to patient care and seizures. Physicians can quickly find answers to clinical questions, access important drug information, or understand the newest treatments and innovations for managing the most complex epilepsy patients with this concise yet comprehensive resource. Key points are summarized with current references and applicable graphics to give the reader an immediate and direct presentation that makes Epilepsy A-Z a must-have for the busy clinician. Tools that make this a must-have guide! More than 450 topics, terms and drug names -Β offer current and condensed coverage of all areas of clinical epilepsy A to Z dictionary format -Β presents a quick way to find terms or topic of interest Pearls and summaries -Β demystify and clarify where exhaustive textbooks can't Key points and references -Β highlight significant facts and articles New techniques complete with graphics -Β illustrate the latest innovations for evaluating and treating epilepsy patients Antiepileptic drugs - listed by generic and common trade names to aid in prescribing (20100503)
β¦ Table of Contents
Title Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 17
Acknowledgments......Page 18
Absence Epilepsy (see also PETIT MAL)......Page 21
Absence, Atypical......Page 24
Acetazolamide (Diamox)......Page 25
Action Potential......Page 26
Adherence (Compliance)......Page 27
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)......Page 28
Affective Symptomatology......Page 29
Age of Onset......Page 30
AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)......Page 31
Alcohol, Effects Of......Page 32
Alopecia......Page 33
Alpha Rhythm......Page 34
Ammonia......Page 35
Amnesia......Page 36
Amygdalohippocampectomy......Page 37
Anemia, Aplastic (see also AGRANULOCYTOSIS)......Page 38
Aneurysms, Arterial......Page 39
Angelman Syndrome......Page 40
Animal Models of the Epilepsies......Page 41
Anoxia/Hypoxia......Page 42
Antiepileptic Drug (AED) Levels......Page 43
Antiepileptic Drug Mechanisms......Page 45
Antiepileptic Drugs (AEDS)......Page 46
Antiepileptogenesis......Page 50
Aphasia, Acquired Epileptic (Landau-Kleffner Syndrome)......Page 51
APNEA (see also Respiration)......Page 52
Arachnoid Cysts......Page 53
Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)......Page 54
Aspartame......Page 55
Aspartate......Page 56
Ataxia......Page 57
Atonic Seizures......Page 58
Attention -Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disroder (ADHD)......Page 59
Audiogenic Seizures......Page 60
Autism......Page 61
Auto-Induced Seizures......Page 62
Automatisms......Page 63
Axon......Page 64
Barbiturates......Page 66
Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies......Page 67
Batten-Vogt-Spielmeyer Disease (Spielmeyr-Vogt disease or late-onset Batten disease, Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Type III)......Page 68
Behavior, Abnormalities of......Page 69
Benign Epilepsy......Page 70
Benzodiazepines......Page 71
Bilateral Synchrony, Secondary......Page 73
Bipolar Disorder......Page 74
BOLD (see also FUNCTIONAL MRI)......Page 75
Bone Health......Page 76
Breast-Feeding......Page 77
Breath-Holding Spells......Page 78
Bromides......Page 79
Capgras' Syndrome......Page 80
Carbamazepine (CBZ, Tegretol, Carbatrol, Equetro)......Page 81
Catamenial Epilepsy......Page 82
Cataplexy......Page 83
Cavernous Angioma, Cavernous Hemangioma, Cavernoma......Page 84
Cerebral Palsy......Page 85
Cerebrovascular Disease......Page 86
Ceroid Lipofuscinoses......Page 88
Choreoathetosis, Paroxysmal......Page 89
Classification of Seizures and Epilepsies......Page 90
Clinical Trials......Page 95
Clonazepam (Klonopin, Rivotril)......Page 97
Clorazepate (Tranxene)......Page 98
Cognitive Seizures......Page 99
Commissurotomy......Page 100
Confusion......Page 101
Connective Tissue Disease......Page 102
Contraception......Page 103
Convulsive Syncope......Page 105
Corpus Callostomy......Page 106
Cortical Dysplasia......Page 107
Corticectomy......Page 108
Cumulative Incidence......Page 109
Cursive Seizure......Page 110
Dementia......Page 111
Dendrite......Page 112
Depression......Page 113
Diagnosis......Page 114
Diazepam (Valium)......Page 115
Difusion Tensor Imaging......Page 116
Discontinuation of AEDs......Page 117
Driving......Page 119
Drop Attacks......Page 120
Drug (NON-AED) Poisoning......Page 121
Dyskinesias......Page 122
Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy (Ohtahara Syndrome)......Page 124
EEG (Electroencephalography)......Page 125
Elderly and Epilepsy......Page 127
Electroconvulsive Therapy......Page 129
Electrocorticography......Page 130
Electrodes, Subdural (Epidural)......Page 131
Employment......Page 132
Encephalitis (Viral)......Page 133
Encephalopathic (Symptomatic Generalized Epilepsy)......Page 134
Encephalopathy......Page 135
Epidemiology of the Epilepsies......Page 136
Epilepsia Partialis Continua......Page 137
Epilepsy......Page 138
Epilepsy with Continous Spike Waves During Slow Sleep (Electrical Status Epilepticus During Slow Sleep)......Page 139
Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Astatic Seizures......Page 141
Epileptogenesis (Secondary)......Page 142
Ethosuximide (Zarontin)......Page 143
Etiology......Page 144
Evoked Potentials......Page 145
Eyelid Myoclonia wtih Absesnces (Jeavons Syndrome)......Page 147
Febrile Seizures......Page 149
Felbamate (Felbatol)......Page 150
Fertility......Page 151
First Aid For Epilepsy......Page 152
First Seizure......Page 153
Focal Seizures......Page 155
Folate......Page 156
Fracture......Page 157
Frontal Lobe Epilepsy......Page 158
Functional Brain Mapping......Page 161
Gaba......Page 163
Gabapentin (Neurontin)......Page 164
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery......Page 165
Gaucher's Disease......Page 166
Gelastic Seizures......Page 167
Generalized Seizures......Page 168
Generic Antiepileptic Drugs......Page 169
Genetics......Page 170
Glutamate......Page 172
Grand Mal Seizure (Tonic Clonic Seizure)......Page 173
Gyratory Seizures, Epilepsy......Page 174
Hematoma, Intracerebral Nontraumatic......Page 175
Hemiconvulsion-Hemiplegia-Epilepsy (HHE) Syndrome......Page 176
Hemispherectomy......Page 177
Herpes (see also ENCEPHALITIS/ENCEPHALITIDES)......Page 178
Hippocampus......Page 179
Holoprosencephaly......Page 180
Hormones......Page 181
Huntington's Disease......Page 183
Hydrocephalus......Page 184
Hyperventilation......Page 185
Hypomagnesemia......Page 186
Hyponatremia......Page 187
Hypoxia......Page 188
Hypsarrhythmia......Page 189
Idiopathic (Seizures, Epilepsy)......Page 190
Idiosyncratic Reactions......Page 191
Immunosuppression......Page 192
Incidence......Page 193
Incontinence (Urinary)......Page 194
Induced Seizures......Page 195
Interictal Epileptiform Discharges......Page 196
Intracranial EEG......Page 198
Jacksonian Seizures......Page 201
Jansky-Bielchowski Disease......Page 202
Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy......Page 203
Ketogenic Diet......Page 206
Kindling......Page 207
Kufs Disease......Page 208
Lafora Disease......Page 209
Landau-Kleffner Syndrome......Page 211
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome......Page 213
Leptin......Page 216
Levitiracetam (KEPPRA)......Page 217
Lipidoses......Page 218
Liver Disease......Page 219
Loading Dose (Oral)......Page 221
Lupus......Page 222
Lyrica (see Pregabalin)......Page 224
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)......Page 225
Magnetoencephalography (MEG)......Page 226
Malformations......Page 228
Malingering......Page 229
MELAS Syndrome......Page 230
Memory......Page 231
Meningitis......Page 234
MERRF......Page 235
Mesial Temporal Sclerosis (HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS)......Page 236
Metabolic Errors (Inborn)......Page 237
Menstrual Cycle......Page 238
Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies......Page 239
Monotherapy......Page 240
Mortality......Page 241
Movement (Seizures Induced By)......Page 242
Multiple Sclerosis......Page 243
Multiple Subpial Transection......Page 244
Myoclonic Encephalopathy......Page 245
Myoclonic Epilepsy In Infancy, Severe......Page 246
Myoclonic Epilepsies, Progressive......Page 247
Myoclonic-Astatic Epilepsy (DOOSE SYNDROME)......Page 248
Myoclonus......Page 249
Mysoline (PRIMIDONE)......Page 250
Neonatal Seizures......Page 251
Niemann-Pick Disease......Page 254
Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy......Page 255
Nystagmus......Page 256
Occipital Lobe Epilepsy......Page 258
Optical Imaging......Page 261
Oxcarbazepine (Trileptal)......Page 262
Panayiotopoulos Syndrome......Page 264
Paraldehyde......Page 265
Parasitoses......Page 266
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dystonia......Page 267
Partial (FOCAL) Seizures......Page 268
Petit Mal......Page 270
Phenobarbital......Page 271
Phenytoin (PHT, Diphenylhydantoin, Dilantin)......Page 272
Phonatory Seizures......Page 274
Photosensitivity......Page 275
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome......Page 277
Polypharmacy......Page 278
Porphyria......Page 279
Positron Emission Tomgraphy (PET)......Page 280
Posttraumatic Epilepsy......Page 282
Pregabalin (LYRICA)......Page 284
Pregnancy......Page 285
Prenatal Screening......Page 287
Prevalance......Page 288
Primidone (Mysoline)......Page 289
Prognosis......Page 290
Prolactin......Page 291
Prophylaxis......Page 292
Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures......Page 293
Psychosis......Page 295
Psychosocial Problems (see also Behavior; Employment......Page 297
Psychotropic Medications......Page 298
Pyridoxine......Page 299
Rasmussen's Encephalitis......Page 301
Reflex Seizures......Page 303
Refractory Epilepsy......Page 304
Relapse (Withdrawal of AEDS)......Page 306
Remission......Page 307
Resources......Page 308
Retiagabine......Page 309
Ripples......Page 310
Rolandic Epilepsy (BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY WITH CENTRO-TEMPORAL SPIKES)......Page 311
Rufinamide (Banzel)......Page 313
Scans of the Brain (CT, MRI)......Page 314
Schizencephaly......Page 315
Scholastic Activities......Page 316
Scotosensitive Seizures......Page 317
Seizures......Page 318
Self-Medication And Alternative Medicine......Page 319
Sexuality......Page 320
Sialidoses......Page 322
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)......Page 323
Single Seizure......Page 325
Situation-Related Seizures......Page 326
Skin Eruptions and Toxic Dermatoses......Page 327
Sleep Epilepsy......Page 329
Sleep Stages......Page 331
Somatosensory and Other Sensory Seizures......Page 332
Spectroscopy......Page 334
Sphingolipidoses......Page 335
Sports......Page 336
Startle Syndromes......Page 338
Status Epilepticus......Page 339
Stereostatic Depth Electroencephalography (SDEEG)......Page 342
Stigma......Page 343
Stress......Page 344
Subacute Sclerosing Penencephalitis......Page 345
Suicide......Page 347
Surgery for Epilepsy......Page 348
Symptomatic Epilepsy......Page 349
Symptomatogenic Zone......Page 350
Syncope......Page 351
Syndromes (Epileptic)......Page 353
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (see Lupus)......Page 354
Taurine......Page 355
Temporal Lobe Seizures/Epilepsy......Page 356
Tiagabine (Gabatril)......Page 359
Tolerance......Page 360
Tonic Seizures......Page 361
Tonic-Clonic Seizure (Grand Mal Seizure)......Page 362
Topiramate (Topamax)......Page 363
Toxicity......Page 364
Transient Paroxysmal Dystonia in Infancy......Page 365
Treatment......Page 366
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (Bourneville's Disease)......Page 368
Tumors Of The Brain......Page 370
Unverricht-Lundborg Disease......Page 372
Uremia......Page 373
Vaccines......Page 374
Vagus Nerve Stimulation......Page 375
Valproate, Sodium (Divalproex Sodium; Depakorte); (VPA; Depakene)......Page 376
Valproate Derivatives......Page 378
Vasculitis......Page 379
Versive Seizures (see also Gyratory Seizures)......Page 380
Video-Electroencephalogram Monitoring......Page 382
Vigabratin (Sabril)......Page 383
Violence......Page 384
Vitamins......Page 385
Vomiting......Page 386
Von Recklinghausen's Disease (Neurofibromatosis 1)......Page 387
Wada Teast (Intracarotid Amobabital Procedure......Page 388
Weight Issues In Epilepsy......Page 389
West Syndrome......Page 390
Wilson's Disease......Page 393
Women With Epilepsy......Page 394
Workplace Issues......Page 395
Zone (Epileptogenic)......Page 396
Zonisamide (Zonegran)......Page 397
Back Cover......Page 399
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