Myoclonic epilepsies / editors, Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Delgado-Escueta, Antonio V.

Series:

Advances in neurology 0091-3952 ; v. 95.

Advances in neurology, 0091-3952 ; v. 95

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Myoclonus.

Epilepsies, Myoclonic.

Medical Subjects:

Epilepsies, Myoclonic.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 331 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.

Summary:

This volume is the first comprehensive text and clinical reference on idiopathic myoclonic epilepsies of infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. The world' s foremost experts describe the phenotypes and subtypes of myoclonic epilepsies and the underlying molecular defects and summarize cutting-edge advances in molecular genetics that shed new light on the etiologies of these syndromes. The book offers clinicians much-needed assistance in recognizing and diagnosing idiopathic myoclonic epilepsies and selecting appropriate treatment. Each chapter includes diagnostic and treatment algorithms to guide practitioners in clinical decision making.

Contents:

History and classification of "myoclonic" epilepsies: from seizures to syndromes to diseases / Pierre Genton ... [et al.]

Ontogeny of the reticular formation: its possible relation to the myoclonic epilepsies / Harvey B. Sarnat

Pathophysiology of myoclonic epilepsies / Renzo Guerrini ... [et al.]

Progressive myoclonus epilepsies: EPM1, EPM2A, EPM2B / Elayne M. Chan ... [et al.]

Myoclonic status in nonprogressive encephalopathies / Bernardo Dalla Bernardina, Elena Fontana, Francesca Darra

Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy: Dravet syndrome / Charlotte Dravet ... [et al.]

Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy: clinical analysis and relation to SCN1A mutations in a Japanese cohort / Hirokazu Oguni ... [et al.]

Myoclonic seizures in the context of generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) / Michel Baulac ... [et al.]

Benign myoclonic epilepsy in infancy / Charlotte Dravet and Michelle Bureau

Autosomal recessive benign myoclonic epilepsy of infancy / Federico Zara and Fabrizio A. De Falco

Myoclonic-astatic epilepsy of early childhood-definition, course, nosography, genetics / B.A. Neubauer ... [et al.]

Idiopathic myoclonic-astatic epilepsy of early childhood-nosology based on electrophysiologic and long-term follow-up study of patients / Hirokazu Oguni ... [et al.]

Myoclonic absences: the seizure and the syndrome / Michelle Bureau and Carlo Alberto Tassinari

Eyelid myoclonia and absence / Athanasios Covanis

Childhood absence epilepsy evolving to juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: electroclinical and genetic features / Marco T. Medina ... [et al.]

Photosensitivity: genetics and clinical significance / B.A. Neubauer ... [et al.]

Familial juvenile myoclonic epilepsy / Maria Elisa Alonso ... [et al.]

Genetics of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: faulty components and faulty wiring? / Martina Durner, Deb Pal, and David Greenberg

Autosomal dominant juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and GABRA1 / Patrick Cossette ... [et al.]

CLCN2 and idiopathic generalized epilepsy / Armin Heils

Autosomal dominant cortical myoclonus and epilepsy (ADCME) with linkage to chromosome 2p11.1-q12.2 / Renzo Guerrini ... [et al.]

Familial adult myoclonic epilepsy (FAME) / Eiichiro Uyama, Ying-Hui Fu, and Louis J. Ptácek

Treatment of myoclonic epilepsies in infancy and early childhood / Raman Sankar ... [et al.]

Ketogenic diet in patients with Dravet syndrome and myoclonic epilepsies in infancy and early childhood / Natalio Fejerman, Roberto Caraballo, and Ricardo Cersosimo

Treatment of myoclonic epilepsies of childhood, adolescence, and adulthood / Marco T. Medina ... [et al.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0781752485

OCLC:

56823490