Table Of ContentPreface;Chapter 1: Definitions and classification of epilepsy;Chapter 2: Precipitation, causes and differential diagnosis of epilepsy;Chapter 3; General principles of treatment in epilepsy;Pharmacokinetic principles;Newly diagnosed patients;Patients with chronic and active epilepsy;Patients with epilepsy in remission;Drugs in partial and secondarily generalised seizures;Childhood epilepsy syndromes;Epilepsy in children and adults with additional handicaps;Epilepsy in the elderly;Epilepsy with myoclonia;Idiopathic generalised epilepsies;Special issues in the treatment of epilepsy in women;Chapter 4 The antiepileptic drugs:Clobazam;Clonazepam;Carbamazepi≠Ethosuximide;Gabapentin;Lamotrigi≠Levetirigi≠Oxcarbazepi≠Phenobarbitone and primido≠Phenytoin;Piracetam;Tiagabi≠Topiramate;Valproate;Vigabatrin;Other drugs;Chapter 5: Emergency treatment of epilepsy;Chapter 6: Surgical Treatment of epilepsy;Index
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