Novel treatment of epilepsy / edited by Humberto Foyaca Sibat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foyaca-Sibat, Humberto, Editor.

Contributor:

Foyaca-Sibat, Humberto, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epilepsy--Treatment.

Epilepsy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 326 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

IntechOpen 2011

Rijeka, Croatia : InTech, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Epilepsy continues to be a major health problem throughout the planet, affecting millions of people, mainly in developing countries where parasitic zoonoses are more common and cysticercosis, as a leading cause, is endemic. There is epidemiological evidence for an increasing prevalence of epilepsy throughout the world, and evidence of increasing morbidity and mortality in many countries as a consequence of higher incidence of infectious diseases, head injury and stroke. We decided to edit this book because we identified another way to approach this problem, covering aspects of the treatment of epilepsy based on the most recent technological results "in vitro" from developed countries, and the basic treatment of epilepsy at the primary care level in rural areas of South Africa. Therefore, apart from the classic issues that cannot be missing in any book about epilepsy, we introduced novel aspects related with epilepsy and neurocysticercosis, as a leading cause of epilepsy in developing countries. Many experts from the field of epilepsy worked hard on this publication to provide valuable updated information about the treatment of epilepsy and other related problems.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (InTech, viewed October 6, 2022).

ISBN:

9789535164913

9535164910