THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY

• Other Authors: Shorvon, S. D. (Editor), Perucca, Emilio (Editor), Engel, Jerome (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK Hoboken, NJ John Wiley & Sons Inc 2016
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Subjects: Epilepsy > drug therapy; Epilepsy > surgery; Anticonvulsants > therapeutic use
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• Physical Description: xxxiii, 1038 pages illustrations 29 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781118937006

Highly 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. * The text is compiled by a group of internationally renowned editors and contributors and is now in full color and extensively illustrated * The first two sections cover the background to, and principles of, treatment in different clinical situations * Section three comprises a series of systematic reviews of contemporary drug therapy, devoting one chapter to each anti-epileptic drug and covering all clinically-relevant aspects * Section four focuses on the surgical options, devoting individual chapters to each of the modalities of presurgical assessment and to each surgical operation or approach * This 4th edition is extensively revised incorporating the many recent developments in therapy, and comprises 81 chapters from world experts from 18 countries