Table of Contents

Preface; 1. The only place to start: making the diagnosis of epilepsy Peter Camfield and Richard Appleton; 2. Epilepsy beginning in infancy Stewart Macleod and Elaine Wyllie; 3. Epilepsy beginning in middle childhood Elaine Wirrell and John H. Livingston; 4. Epilepsy beginning in adolescence Tim Martland and Carol Camfield; 5. Risks and hazards of epilepsy Ingrid Tuxhorn and J. Helen Cross; 6. Status epilepticus Richard Appleton and Peter Camfield; 7. The prevention of epilepsy and its consequences Richard Appleton and Peter Camfield; 8. Medico-legal aspects of epilepsy Richard Appleton and Peter Camfield; Glossary; Index.

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A practical approach to diagnosing and managing epilepsy as it develops throughout childhood from presentation to remission or a chronicity.

About the Author

Richard Appleton is Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, the Roald Dahl EEG Unit, Paediatric Neurosciences Foundation, Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, and Clinical Lecturer, University of Liverpool, UK. Peter Camfield is Professor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.