Causes Of Epilepsy, The

Description:
Causation is an aspect of epilepsy neglected in the scientific literature and in the conceptualization of epilepsy at a clinical and experimental level. It was to remedy this deficiency that this book was conceived. The book opens with a draft etiological classification that goes some way to filling the nosological void. The book is divided into four etiological categories: idiopathic, symptomatic, cryptogenic, and provoked epilepsies. Each chapter considers topics in a consistent fashion, dealing with the phenomenon of epilepsy in each etiology, including its epidemiology, clinical features and prognosis, and any specific aspects of treatment. The book is a comprehensive reference work, a catalogue of all important causes of epilepsy, and a clinical tool for all clinicians dealing with patients who have epilepsy. It is aimed at epileptologists and neurologists and provides a distillation of knowledge in a form that is helpful in the clinical setting.

Table of Contents:
Part I. Introduction; Part II. Idiopathic Epilepsy; Part III. Symptomatic Epilepsy; Part IV. Provoked Epilepsies; Part V. Status Epilepticus.

Author Biography:
Simon D. Shorvon MA MD FRCP is Professor in Clinical Neurology at the UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, and Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK. Frederick Andermann OC MD FRCPC is a Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at McGill University, and Director of the Epilepsy Service at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Renzo Guerrini MD is Professor of Child Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of Florence, and Director of the Pediatric Neurology Unit and Laboratories at the Children's Hospital A. Meyer, Florence, Italy.