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Progress in epileptic spasms and West syndrome / Franco Guzzetta, Bernardo Dalla Bernadina, Renzo Guerrini.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guzzetta, Franco.
- Series:
- Progress in epileptic disorders ; v. 4.
- Progress in epileptic disorders, 1777-4284 ; volume 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epilepsy--Research.
- Epilepsy.
- Epilepsy in children--Research.
- Epilepsy in children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (184 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montrouge : John Libbey Eurotext, [2007]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Since its first description (1841) the identity of West syndrome was investigated and is now recognized as an epileptic syndrome in infancy (ILAE Task Force, 1989). This book deals with this topic.
- Contents:
- ""Progressin Epileptic Spasms and West syndrome""; ""Contents""; ""Nosological aspects of West syndrome""; ""West syndrome revisited""; ""Infantile spasms and West syndrome: anatomo-electroclinical patterns and etiology""; ""Epileptic spasms: interictal patterns""; ""Epileptic spasms: ictal patterns""; ""Spasms outside West syndrome""; ""New paediatric behavioural and electrophysiological tests of brain function for vision and attention to predict cognitive and neurological outcomes""; ""Developmental features in West syndrome""
- ""West syndrome: epilepsy-induced neuro-sensory disorders and cognitive development""""Surgical treatment of West syndrome""; ""The medical treatment of infantile spasms""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 17, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9782742009152
- 2742009159
- OCLC:
- 894511230
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