14 Recognizing Intractability to Antiepileptic Medication Bassel W. Abou-Khalil Epilepsy Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA Introduction The treatment of epilepsy usually starts with antiepileptic drug (AED)…
36 Cognitive Effects of Chronic Epilepsy Daniel L. Drane Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USADepartment of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine,…
29 Ketogenic Diet and Alternative Therapies Dana Ekstein1 and Steven C. Schachter2 1 Department of Neurology, Epilepsy Center, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel2 Department of Neurology, Center for Integration…
18 Using Parenteral Antiepileptic Medications Jane G. Boggs Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Winston Salem, NC, USA Introduction Parenteral antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are used for…
17 When and How to Stop Antiepileptic Drugs John D. Hixson Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA Introduction When a patient is first diagnosed…
10 Evaluation of the Patient with Medically Refractory Epilepsy Gregory L. Holmes Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA Introduction Epilepsy treatment is directed towards preventing seizures…
6 Psychogenic Nonepileptic Episodes Vaishali S. Phatak Department of Neurology, UW Regional Epilepsy Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Introduction: Clinical features Psychogenic nonepileptic episodes (PNEE) are characterized by…
4 Epidemiology of Seizures and Epilepsy Aidan Neligan1,2 and Josemir W. Sander1,2,3 1 Department of Clinical & Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK2 Epilepsy Society, Chalfont St Peter,…
2 Classifying Epileptic Seizures and the Epilepsies Valeria M. Muro and Mary B. Connolly Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Introduction…
CAUTION Rapidly progressive dementia does not mean CJD. The premature diagnosis of CJD is to be avoided. Recent pathological studies have demonstrated that 7% of patients who come to autopsy…
