Treatment of Epilepsy (eBook)

Jr. Jerome Engel, Emilio Perucca, Simon Shorvon (Herausgeber)

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2015 | 4. Auflage
Wiley (Verlag)
978-1-118-93699-3 (ISBN)

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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

Simon Shorvon MA MB BChir MD FRCP

Professor in Clinical Neurology and Clinical SubDean

UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London

and Consultant Neurologist

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

Queen Square

London, UK

 

Emilio Perucca MD PhD FRCP(Edin)

Professor of Medical Pharmacology

Clinical Pharmacology Unit

Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics

University of Pavia

Pavia, Italy

and Director, Clinical Trial Center

C Mondino National Neurological Institute

Pavia, Italy

 

Jerome Engel Jr MD PhD

Director,

Seizure Disorder Center

Jonathan Sinay Distinguished Professor, Neurology, Neurobiology, Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Los Angeles, California, USA

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Highly Commended at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2016The 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

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List of Contributors

Patrick Adjei, MBCHB MWACP PhD
Lecturer
Neurology Unit
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
School of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Ghana
Accra, Ghana

Giuliano Avanzini, MD
Emeritus Professor of Neurology
C. Besta Foundation
Neurological Institute
Milan, Italy

Christine B. Baca, MD MSHS
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology
University of California
and VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System
Los Angeles, USA

Nicholas M. Barbaro, MD
Betsey Barton Professor and Chairman of Neurosurgery
and Medical Director
Department of Neurological Surgery and IU Health Neuroscience Center
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, USA

Melissa Barker-Haliski, PhD
Associate Director
Anticonvulsant Drug Development Program
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, USA

Michel Baulac, MD
Professor of Neurology and Neuroanatomy
University Pierre and Marie Curie
Hopital de la Pitie-Salpetriere,
Paris, France

Sallie A. Baxendale, PhD
Consultant Neuropsychologist
UCL Institute of Neurology
University College London
London, UK

Gregory K. Bergey, MD
Professor of Neurology and Director
Johns Hopkins Epilepsy Center
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, USA

Adriana Bermeo-Ovalle, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurological Sciences
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, USA

Meir Bialer, PhD MBA
David H. Eisenberg Professor of Pharmacology
Institute for Drug Research
School of Pharmacy
Faculty of Medicine
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
and David R. Bloom Center for Pharmacy
Jerusalem, Israel

Victor Biton, MD
Director of Arkansas Epilepsy Program and Clinical Trials, Inc.
Little Rock
Arkansas, USA

Paul Boon, MD PhD
Professor and Chairman
Department Neurology Ghent University Hospital
Belgium
and Director Research and Development
Academic Center for Epileptology
Kempenhaeghe-Maastricht
The Netherlands

Francesco Brigo, MD
Honorary Research Associate
Department of Neurological and Movement Sciences
University of Verona
Verona, Italy

Martin J. Brodie, MB ChB MD FRCP
Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology and Director, Epilepsy Unit
Western Infirmary
Glasgow, UK

Eylert Brodtkorb, MD, PhD
Senior Consultant, Professor
Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurology
St. Olav’s Hospital
Trondheim University Hospital
Trondheim, Norway

Christine Bulteau, MD
Neurological Paediatrician
Fondation Ophtalmologique Rothschild
Paris, France
Inserm U 1129 and Paris Descartes University
Gif sur Yvette, France

Gregory D. Cascino, MD FAAN
Whitney MacMillan, Jr. Professor of Neuroscience
and Enterprise Director of Epilepsy
Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, USA

Joshua J. Chern, MD PhD
Pediatric Neurosurgery Associate
Neurosurgery Department
Emory University
Atlanta, USA

Derek J. Chong, MD MSc
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Director, Epilepsy and EEG Consult Services
New York University Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
New York, USA

Maria Roberta Cilio, MD PhD
Professor, Neurology and Pediatrics
Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology
Benioff Children’s Hospital
University of California
San Francisco, USA

Hannah R. Cock, BSc MD FRCP
Reader in Clinical Neurology and Honorary Consultant Neurologist
Atkinson Morley Regional Neuroscience Centre
St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
and St George’s University of London
London, UK

Youssef G. Comair, MD FRCSC
Dean and Professor of Surgery
Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
Lebanese American University
Beirut, Lebanon

Mark J. Cook, MB BS MD
Sir John Eccles Chair of Medicine and Director of Clinical Neurosciences
University of Melbourne and St Vincent’s Hospital
Melbourne, Australia

J. Helen Cross, MB PhD OBE
Professor in Paediatric Neurology
UCL Institute of Child Health
University College London
and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
NHS Trust
London, UK

Olivier Delalande, MD
Neuorsurgeon
Fondation Ophtalmologique Rothschild
Paris, France

Norman Delanty, BSc FRCPI
Consultant Neurologist and Director
Epilepsy Programme
Beaumont Hospital, RCSI
Dublin, Ireland

Georg Dorfmüller, MD
Director of Neurosurgery
Fondation Ophtalmologique Rothschild
Paris, France
Inserm U 1129 and Paris Descartes University
Gif sur Yvette, France

Joseph D’Souza, PhD
Senior Director
UCB Pharma
Smyrna, USA

Mervyn J. Eadie, AO MD PhD FRCPEd FRACP
Emeritus Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neuropharmacology
and Honorary Consultant Neurologist
University of Queensland and Royal Brisbane
and Women’s Hospital
Brisbane, Australia

Christian E. Elger, MD FRCP
Professor and Director
Department of Epileptology
University of Bonn Medical Center
Bonn, Germany

Brent Elliott, MBBS MRCPsych
Consultant Neuropsychiatrist
Epilepsy Society
Chalfont St Peter, UK

Jerome Engel, Jr., MD PhD
Jonathan Sinay Distinguished Professor of Neurology
Neurobiology, and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Director UCLA Seizure Disorder Center
David Geffen School of Medicine at
University of California
Los Angeles, USA

Edward Faught, MD
Professor, Department of Neurology and Director, Emory Epilepsy Program
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, USA

Colin D. Ferrie, MD FRCPCH
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
Department of Paediatric Neurology
Leeds General Infirmary
Leeds, UK

Robert S. Fisher, MD PhD
Maslah Saul MD Professor of Neurology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, USA

Silvana Franceschetti, MD PhD
Head of Department of Neurophysiology
C. Besta Foundation
Neurological Institute
Milan, Italy

Jacqueline A. French, MD
Professor
New York University Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
New York, USA

Itzhak Fried, MD PhD
Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
University of California
Los Angeles, USA
and Tel-Aviv Medical Center and Tel-Aviv University
Tel-Aviv, Israel

Thomas J. Gianaris, MD
Neurosurgeon Department of Neurological Surgery
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, USA

Tracy A. Glauser, MD
Professor
Pediatrics and Neurology
Children’s Hospital Medical Center C-5
Cincinnati, USA

Karolien Goffin, MD PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Nuclear Medicine
University Hospital Leuven
Department of Imaging & Pathology
KU Leuven
Leuven, Belgium

Hiba Arif Haider, MD
Fellow in Clinical Neurophysiology/Epilepsy
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, USA

Courtney A. Haney, RD
Registered Dietitian
Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine
Baltimore, USA

Xiaoting Hao, MD
Neurologist
The West China School of Medicine
and West China Hospital
Chengdu, China

Jason S. Hauptman, MD PhD
staff Pediatric Neurosurgeon
Department of Neurosugery
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
Los Angeles, USA

Lawrence J. Hirsch, MD
Professor of Neurology
Chief, Division of Epilepsy and EEG
and Co-Director
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, USA

Martin Holtkamp, MD
Friedrich v. Bodelschwingh-Professor for Clinical
and Experimental Epileptology
Epilepsy Center Berlin-Brandenburg
Department of Neurology
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Domenico Italiano, MD PhD
Research Fellow
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
University of Messina
Messina, Italy

Svein I. Johannessen, PhD
Senior Researcher
Department of Pharmacology
The National Center for Epilepsy
Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, Norway

Marilyn Jones-Gotman, PhD
Professor
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Montreal Neurological Institute
McGill...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.9.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
• Schlagworte: acetazolamide • Adrenocorticotropic hormone and corticosteroids • Adult epilepsy • AEDs • American Academy of Neurology • American Epilepsy Society • anti-epileptic drugs • barbiturates • Benzodiaze-pines used in epilepsy • Biowissenschaften • Brivaracetam • Carbamazepine • Childhood Epilepsy • Emilio Perucca • Epilepsie • Epilepsy • epilepsy syndromes • Eslicarbazepine acetate • Ethosuximide • Felbamate • Gabapentin • iagabine • International Epilepsy Conference • International League of Epilepsy • Jerome Engel Jr • Lacosamide • Lamotrigine • Levetiracetam • Life Sciences • Medical Science • Medizin • Neurological • Neurologie • Neurology • Neuroscience • neurosurgery • Neurowissenschaften • Oxcarbazepine • pediatric dosing • Perampanel • Pharmacokinetic • Phenobarbital • Phenytoin • piracetam • Pregabalin • primidone • Retigabine • Rufinamide • Simon Shorvon • Stiripentol • The Treatment of Epilepsy • Topiramate • Valproate • Vigabatrin • Zonisamide
• ISBN-10: 1-118-93699-X / 111893699X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-93699-3 / 9781118936993