About the Book
Table of Contents:
Abdominal (E), Abscess, Cerebral, Absence (S,E), Acetazolamide (Diamox), Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH), Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), Affective (S), Age of Onset (of Seizures), Agranulocytosis, Aicardi's Syndrome, Alcohol, Effects of Alopecia, Alpers' (Disease), Alpha Rhythm, Ambulatory EEG, Ammonia, Amygdala, Anemia, Anesthesia, Aneurysms, Arterial Animal Models of the Epilepsies, Anoxia/Hypoxia, Anticonvulsant/Antiepileptic Drug (AED) Levels, Anticonvulsant/Antiepileptic Drug Mechanisms, Antiepileptic Drugs (AEDs), Aphasia/Epilepsy; Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, Apnea, Arachnoid Cysts, Arrhythmia, Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM), Arteritis, Cerebral, Aspartame, Aspartate, Astatic (S), Astrocytoma, Ataxia, Ativan (Lorazepam), Atonic (S), Auditory (S), Aura, Automatisms, Autonomic (S), Axon, Baltic Myoclonus, Barbiturates, Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies, Batten-Vogt-Spielmeyer Syndrome, Behavior (Abnormalities of), Bemegride (Megimide), Benign Epilepsies, Benzodiazepines, Beta Activity, Bilateral Synchrony, Primary Bilateral Synchrony, Secondary Biofeedback, Brain, Breast-feeding, Breathholding Spells, Bromides, Calcium Channel Blockers, Callostomy, Carbamazepine (CBZ, Tegretol), Catamenial (S), Cataplexy, Cavernomas, Cavernous Hemangiomas, Cavernous Angiomas, Centrencephalic (S), Cerebellum, Cerebrovascular Accidents and Seizures, Ceroid-lipofuscinoses, Chorea, Choreoathetosis, Paroxysmal, Classification of Seizures and Epilepsies, Clinical Trials, Clobazam (Urbanyl), Clonazepam (Klonopin, Rivotril), Clonic (S), Clonic-Tonic-Clonic (S), Clorazepate (Tranxene), Cocaine, Cognitive (S), Commissurotomies Complex (Partial Seizures), Compliance, Confusion, Consciousness Contraceptives (Oral), Convulsions, Convulsive Syncope, Corticectomy, Cryptogenic, Cure, Cursive (S), Dacrystic (S), Delta Activity, Dendrite, Dentato-Pallido-Rubro-Luysian Atrophy, Depakene (Valproic Acid), Depakote (Divalproex Sodium), Diagnosis, Diamox, Diazepam (Valium), Dilantin; Phenytoin IV Diones (Oxazoline-Diones), Discharge (Epileptic), Down (Syndrome) (Trisomy 21) (Mongolism), Driving, Drop Attacks; Falls (Epileptic) Dupuytren's Disease, Dyskinesias, Dysmnestic (S), Dysphasic (S), Eclampsia, EEG (Electroencephalography), Elderly, late-Life Onset (E), Electroconvulsive Therapy, Electrodes, Subdural (Epidural), Employment, Encephalitis / Encephalitides, Encephalopathies, Epidemiology of the Epilepsies, Epigastric (S), Epilepsy, Epilepsy with Continuous Spikes and Waves During Slow Sleep/ESES (Electrical Status Epilepticus During Slow Sleep), Epileptic, Encephalopathy, Epileptic Equivalent, Epileptic (S), Epileptogenesis (Secondary), Essential Epilepsy, Ethosuximide (Zarontin), Etiology, Evoked Potentials, Evolution (of Epilepsy), Famous People with Epilepsy, Febrile Convulsions/Seizures, Felbamate (Felbatol), Fertility, First Aid for Epilepsy, First Seizure, Flunarizine, Focal (S) Focus (Epileptogenic), Focus, Lesion-Related, Folate, Fragile-X Syndrome, Frontal Paroxysms, in Benign Partial Epilepsies in Childhood, Fontal (S, E), Fugue (Epileptic), Functional Epilepsy Functional Foci, GABA, Gabapentin (Neurontin), Gabrene (Progabide), Gamma-Glutamyltransferase (GGT), Gangliosisdosis Gaucher's (Disease), Gelastic (S), Generalized (E), Generalized (S) (or Bilateral and Symmetric (S)), Generic Drugs, Genetics, Glutamate-Aspartate, Grand Mal (S,E), Gustatory (S), Gyratory (S, E), Hallervorden-Spatz (Syndrome), Hallucinatory (S), Hamartomas, Headaches, Hematoma, Intracerebral Nontaumatic Hemiconvulsion-Hemiplegia-Epilepsy (HHE) Syndrome, Heminevrin (Chlormethiazole), Hemiplegia, Postictal (Todd's Paralysis), Hemispherectomy, Hepatitis (Drug-Induced), Herpes Simplex, Encephalitis, Hippocampus, Hirsutism, HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Hormones, Huntington's Chorea (Disease), Hydantoins, Hydrocephalus, Hyperekplexia (Pathological Startle Response), Hyperglycemia, Myperventilation, Hyponatremia, Hypoxia, Hypsarrhythmia, Ictal Idiopathic (S,E), Idiosyncratic Reactions, Illusional (S), Immunosuppression, Incidence, Incontinence (Urinary), Induced (S), Inhibitory (S), Isolated (S), Jacksonian (S), Jansky-Bielchowsky (Disease), Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy, Juvenile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy (Seitelberger's Disease), Ketogenic Diet, Kindling (Phenomenon), Klonopin (Clonazepam), Kojewnikow's (Syndrome); Epilepsia Partialis Continua, Kufs (Disease), Lafora (Disease), Lamictal (Lamotrigine), Landau-Kleffner (Syndrome), Lennox-Gastaut (Syndrome), Leukoencephalitis, Leukoencephalopathies, Lidocaine (Xylocaine), Lipidoses, Lissencephaly (Agyria-Pachygyria); Cortical Dysplasia, Loading Dose (Oral), Lorazepam (Ativan), Magnesium, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Magnetoencephalography (MEG), Malformations, Marriage, Memory, Meningitis, Mesial Temporal Sclerosis, Metabolic Errors (Inborn), Migraine, Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies, Mitochondrial Myopathy, Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, Stoke-Like Episodes (MELAS), Mogadon (Nitrazepam), Monotherapy, Mortality Movement (Seizures Induced By), Multiple (Disseminated) Sclerosis, Myoclonic Encephalopathy (Early Myoclonic Encephalopathy), Myoclonic (E), Myoclonic Epilepsy in Infancy (Benign), Myoclonic Epilepsy in Infancy and Childhood (Severe), Myoclonic Epilepsies Progressive, Myoclonic-Astatic (E) (Doose's Syndrome), Myoclonic-Astatic (S), Myoclonic (S), Myoclunus, Myoclonus Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers (MERFF), Mysoline (Primidone), Narcolepsy, Neonatal (S), Neuropathies (and AEDs), Niemann-Pick (Disease), Night Terrors, Nitrazepam (Mogadon), Nystagmus (Epileptic), Occasional (S), Occipital (E) (Partial Epilepsy with Occipital Paroxysms), Occipital (S), Olfactory (S), Oropharyngeal (S),Oxcarbazepine (Trileptal), P-300, Paraldehyde, Parasitoses, Parietal (E), Paroxysmal EEG Bursts, Paroxysmal Noctural Dystonia, Partial (S) (Seizures with Focal Onset), Petit Mal, Petit Mal (Intermediate), Phenobarbital, Phenytoin (PHT, Diphenylhydantoin, Dilantin), Phonatory (S), Phosphate-Calcium Metabolism, Photoconvulsive (S) (Induced (S)), Photosensitivity, Polypharmacy, Porencephaly, Porphyria, Positron Emission Tomography Scanning (PET), Postoperative (S), Post-Traumatic (E), Postural (S), Pregnancy, Prevalence, Primary (Generalized Epilepsies), Primidone (PRM, Mysoline), Progabide (Gabrene), Prognosis, Prolactin, Prophylaxis, Pseudoperiodic (or Periodic) Lateralized Epileptiform Discharges (PLEDs), Psychogenic (S), Psychomotor (S, E), Psychoses, Psychosocial (Problems), Psychotropic Medications, Pyknolepsy, Pyridoxine, Race, Ramsay Hunt (Syndrome) (Dyssenergia Cerebellaris Myoclonica), Rasmussen's (Syndrome), Recurrence Rate, Reflex Epilepsy / Seizures and Triggered Seizures, Refractory (E), Relapse, Remission, Rett (Syndrome), Rheumatism (Barbiturate-Related Connective Tissue Disorders), Rolandic (E) or (Benign Rolandic or Centro-Temporal Epilepsy), Sabril, Santavuori-Haltia (Disease), Scans (CT; MRI), Scholastic Activities, Scotosensitive (S), Secondary Generalized (S), Self-Medication, Sensory (S), Sequelae (Traumatic Consequences of Seizures), Sex/Gender, Sexuality, Sialidoses, Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), Situation-Related (S), Skin Eruptions and Toxic Dermatoses, Sleep, Sleepwalking, Somatomotor (S) / Focal Motor (S), Somatosensory (S), Spells, Sphingolipidoses, Sports, Status Epilepticus, Stereoencephalography (SEEG), Stress, Sturge-Weber (Syndrome), Suicide, Surgery in Epilepsy, Symptomatic (E), Syncope, Syndromes (Epileptic), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Taurine, Tay-Sachs (Disease), Telemetry, Temporal Lobe (S, E), Theta Activity, Tolerance, Tonic (S), Toxicity, Transient Global Amnesia, Transient Paroxysmal Dystonia in Infancy, Treatment, Tuberous Sclerosis (Bourneville's Disease; Adenoma Sebaceum), Tumors, Uncinate (S), Unclassifiable (S, E), Unilateral (S) (or Hemibody (S)), Unverricht-Lundborg (Disease), Vaccination, Valpromide (Amide of Valproic Acid) (Depamide), Versive (S), Vertiginous (S), Vestibulogenic (S), Vigabratin (Sabril), Violence, Visual (S), Vomiting, Von Recklinghausen's (Disease) (Neurofibromatosis), Wada (Test); (Sodium Amytal Test), West (Syndrome) (Infantile Spasms with Hypsarrhythmia), Wilson's (Disease), Withdrawal (S), Zone of Epileptogenesis, Zonisamide (Excegran)
About the Author :
Dr. Kaplan is the author of Neurologic Disease in Women and Dr. Fisher is the author of Imitators of Epilepsy.
Review :
"...this book is ideal for medical students, nurses, social workers, neuropsychologists, residents, and fellows rotating on a neurology service or epilepsy ward, and should be carried in a labcoat pocket..." -- Epilepsia
