The Treatment of Epilepsy : Principles and Practice Book

	Foreword
1	Atlas of pathologic substrates of epilepsy	3
2	Human nervous system development and malformations	13
3	Malformations of cortical development and epilepsy	37
4	Hippocampal anatomy and hippocampal sclerosis	55
5	Basic cellular neurophysiology	69
6	Mechanisms of epileptogenesis and experimental models of seizures	91
7	Genetic aspects of epilepsy and genetics of idiopathic generalized epilepsy	103
8	Epidemiologic aspects of epilepsy	109
9	The natural history of seizures	117
10	Neurophysiologic basis of the electroencephalogram	127
11	Localization and field determination in electroencephalography and magnetoencephalography	141
12	Application of electroencephalography in the diagnosis of epilepsy	169
13	Electroencephalographic atlas of epileptiform abnormalities	183
14	Classification of seizures	217
App	Proposal for revised clinical and electrographic classification of epileptic seizures : Commission on Classification and Terminology of the International League Against Epilepsy 1981	222
15	Epileptic auras	229
16	Focal seizures with impaired consciousness	241
17	Focal motor seizures, epilepsia partialis continua, and supplementary sensorimotor seizures	257
18	Generalized tonic-clonic seizures	279
19	Absence seizures	305
20	Atypical absence, myoclonic, tonic, and atonic seizures	317
21	Epileptic spasms	333
22	Classification of the epilepsies	347
App	Proposal for revised classification of epilepsies and epileptic syndromes : Commission on Classification and Terminology of the International League Against Epilepsy 1989	354
23	Symptomatic focal epilepsies	365
24	Idiopathic and benign partial epilepsies of childhood	373
25	Idiopathic generalized epilepsy syndromes of childhood and adolescence	391
26	The myoclonic epilepsies	407
27	Encephalopathic generalized epilepsy and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome	429
28	Rasmussen's encephalitis chronic focal encephalitis	441
29	Continuous spike wave of slow sleep and Landau-Kleffner syndrome	455
30	Epilepsy with reflex seizures	463
31	Less common epilepsy syndromes and epilepsy associated with chromosomal abnormalities	477
32	Neonatal seizures	487
33	Febrile seizures	511
34	Posttraumatic epilepsy	521
35	Epilepsy in the setting of cerebrovascular disease	527
36	Epilepsy in the setting of neurocutaneous syndromes	537
37	Epilepsy in the setting of inherited metabolic and mitochondrial disorders	547
38	Seizures associated with nonneurologic medical conditions	571
39	Epilepsy in patients with multiple handicaps	585
40	Epilepsy in the elderly	593
41	Status epilepticus	605
42	Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures	623
43	Other nonepileptic paroxysmal disorders	631
44	Antiepileptic drug development and experimental models	645
45	Pharmacokinetics and pharamacodynamics of antiepileptic drugs	655
App	Selected drug interactions between antiepileptic drugs and other types of medications	665
46	Pharmacokinetics of antiepileptic drugs in infants and children	671
47	Initiation and discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs	681
48	Hormones, catamenial epilepsy, and reproductive and bone health in epilepsy	695
49	Treatment of epilepsy during pregnancy	705
50	Treatment of epilepsy in the setting of renal and liver disease	719
51	Monitoring for adverse effects of antiepileptic drugs	735
52	Pharmacogenetics of antiepileptic medications	747
53	Carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine	761
54	Valproate	775
55	Phenytoin and fosphenytoin	785
56	Phenobarbital and primidone	805
57	Ethosuximide	817
58	Benzodiazepines	829
59	Gabapentin and pregabalin	855
60	Lamotrigine	869
61	Topiramate	877
62	Zonisamide	891
63	Levetiracetam	901
64	Tiagabine	907
65	Felbamate	913
66	Vigabatrin	921
67	Adrenocorticotropin and steroids	931
68	Newer antiepileptic drugs	939
69	Less commonly used entiepileptic drugs	947
70	The ketogenic diet	961
71	Vagus nerve stimulation therapy	969
72	Issues of medical intractability for surgical candidacy	983
73	Recognition of potential surgical candidates and video-electroencephalographic evaluation	993
74	Magnetic resonance imaging techniques in the evaluation for epilepsy surgery	1009
75	The intracarotid amobarbital procedure	1031
76	Metabolic and functional neuroimaging	1041
77	Intracranial electroencephalography and localization studies	1059
78	Hippocampal sclerosis and dual pathology	1069
79	Resection for uncontrolled epilepsy in the setting of focal lesions on MRI : tumor, vascular malformation, trauma, and infarction	1087
80	Epilepsy surgery in focal malformations of cortical development	1103
81	Hemispherectomy : medications, technical approaches, and results	1111
82	Epilepsy surgery in the absence of a lesion on magnetic resonance imaging	1125
83	Epilepsy surgery in infants and children	1143
84	Corpus callosotomy and multiple subpial transections	1159
85	Newer operative and stereotactic techniques and their application to hypothalamic hamartoma	1169
86	Outcome and complications of epilepsy surgery	1175
87	Cognitive effects of epilepsy and antiepileptic medications	1185
88	Psychiatric comorbidity of epilepsy	1197
89	Driving and social issues in epilepsy	1201
App	Indications for antiepileptic drugs sanctioned by the United States Food and Drug Administration	1211