Posttraumatic Seizures
Posttraumatic Seizures Frederick G. Langendorf Timothy A. Pedley Nancy R. Temkin Introduction The risk for epilepsy is increased at least threefold in patients with head injury compared with the general…
Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsies
Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsies Samuel F. Berkovic Introduction Progressive myoclonus epilepsy (PME) is an uncommon epilepsy syndrome caused by a large number of rare specific disorders. In its fully developed form…
Localization-related Epilepsies Due to Specific Lesions
Localization-related Epilepsies Due to Specific Lesions Noojan J. Kazemi Terence J. O’Brien Gregory D. Cascino Introduction The localization-related epilepsies are epileptic syndromes in which seizures arise in a geographically restricted…
Hypothalamic Hamartoma with Gelastic Seizures
Hypothalamic Hamartoma with Gelastic Seizures A. Simon Harvey Orvar Eeg-Olofsson Jeremy L. Freeman Introduction The syndrome of hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) with gelastic (laughing) seizures (GSs) is a rare but important…
Familial Frontal Lobe Epilepsies
Familial Frontal Lobe Epilepsies Fabienne Picard Eylert Brodtkorb Introduction Frontal lobe epilepsies, as with other focal epilepsies, were formerly invariably considered to be the consequence of an overt or obscure…
Familial Temporal Lobe Epilepsies
Familial Temporal Lobe Epilepsies Fernando Cendes Eliane Kobayashi Iscia Lopes-Cendes Frédérick Andermann Eva Andermann Introduction A positive family history of seizures and/or epilepsy is frequently observed among patients with temporal…
Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy with Hippocampal Sclerosis
Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy with Hippocampal Sclerosis Jerome Engel Jr. Peter D. Williamson Heinz Gregor Wieser Introduction The term temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) has been used for many years to…
Anatomic Classification of Focal Epilepsies
Anatomic Classification of Focal Epilepsies Peter D. Williamson Jerome Engel Jr. Introduction The International Classification of Epilepsies, Epileptic Syndromes, and Related Seizure Disorders2 recognizes five symptomatic localization-related epilepsies, four of…
Overview: Non–Age-Related and Special Syndromes
Overview: Non–Age-Related and Special Syndromes Warren T. Blume Peter Wolf Introduction Each of the chapters in this section uses a different approach to address one of two challenges in epileptology:…
Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy Eliane Kobayashi Benjamin G. Zifkin Frederick Andermann Eva Andermann Introduction Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a common type of idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE). The major landmark of…
