Puzzling cases of epilepsy /

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, and original observations in the field are often the key to diagnosis and successful treatment. Physicians new to the field as well as seasoned practitioners will benefit from more than one hundred case vignettes that explore the universe of...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Schmidt, Dieter, M.D; Schachter, Steven C
Published: Academic,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: 2008.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123740052
Summary: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, and original observations in the field are often the key to diagnosis and successful treatment. Physicians new to the field as well as seasoned practitioners will benefit from more than one hundred case vignettes that explore the universe of epilepsy as it presents in daily practice. Some of these cases challenge long-held views about epilepsy and others bring the reader to the limits of our understanding of epilepsy, both in clinical and basic science. To improve the interface of clinical and basic science in epilepsy, basic scienti
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxxiv, 510 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780123740052
0123740053
Index Number: RC372
CLC: R742.1
Contents: Part I: Diagnostic Puzzles and Uncertainties -- Part II: Intriguing Causes and Circumstances -- Part III: Surprising Turns and Twists -- Part IV: Unforeseen Complications and Problems -- Part V: Unexpected Solutions -- Part VI: Where Clinical Knowledge and Pre-clinical Science Meet.