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 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 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 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 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 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…
Rasmussen’s Encephalitis (Chronic Focal Encephalitis) François Dubeau Frédérick Andermann Heinz Wiendl Amit Bar-Or Introduction Chronic encephalitis is a relentlessly progressive disorder of childhood, associated with hemispheric atrophy, severe intractable focal…
Landau-Kleffner Syndrome and CSWS Michael C. Smith Charles E. Polkey Introduction Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS) and the syndrome of continuous spikes-and-waves during slow sleep (CSWS) were described independently and have been…
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Pierre Genton Charlotte Dravet Introduction Among childhood epilepsies, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is one of the most severe. It is characterized clinically by frequent seizures, including sudden falls, marked…
Epilepsy with Myoclonic Absences Carlo Alberto Tassinari Roberto Michelucci Elena Gardella Guido Rubboli Introduction Epilepsy with myoclonic absences (MAs) is an epileptic syndrome characterized clinically by absence seizures associated with…
