Childhood epilepsy management from diagnosis to remission

• Other Authors: Appleton, Richard 1955-, Camfield, Peter 1955- (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2011
• Series: Cambridge medicine
• Subjects: Epilepsy; Child
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"Sixty percent of the epilepsies start in childhood, and most of the clinically significant and often life-changing aspects of the disease occur at this time. Childhood epilepsy is frequently a complex disorder, demanding integrated medical, educational and community services. Its treatment enc...

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: The only place to start: making the diagnosis of epilepsy / Peter Camfield and Richard Appleton
• Epilepsy beginning in infancy / Stewart Macleod and Elaine Wyllie
• Epilepsy beginning in middle childhood / Elaine Wirrell and John H. Livingston
• Epilepsy beginning in adolescence / Tim Martland and Carol Camfield
• Risks and hazards of epilepsy / Ingrid Tuxhorn and J. Helen Cross
• Status epilepticus / Richard Appleton and Peter Camfield
• The prevention of epilepsy and its consequences / Richard Appleton and Peter Camfield
• Medico-legal aspects of epilepsy / Richard Appleton and Peter Camfield.