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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828325103321

Autore

Engel Jerome, Jr.

Titolo

Epilepsy board quick review : selected tables and figures from seizures and epilepsy / / Jerome Engel, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-19-939843-7

0-19-939842-9

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EngelJerome, Jr

Disciplina

616.85/3

Soggetti

Epilepsy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Epilepsy Board Quick Review; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Terminology and Classifications; Part 2 Pathophysiology; Chapter 3 Mechanisms of Neuronal Excitation and Synchronization; Chapter 4 Basic Mechanisms of Seizures and Epilepsy; Chapter 5 Causes of Human Epilepsy; Part 3 Phenomenology; Chapter 6 Epileptic Seizures; Chapter 7 Epilepsy Syndromes; Chapter 8 Epileptogenesis; Chapter 9 Periictal Phenomena; Chapter 10 Status Epilepticus; Chapter 11 Chronic Behavioral Disturbances; Part 4 Management; Chapter 12 Diagnostic Evaluation

Chapter 13 Differential DiagnosisChapter 14 General Principlesof Treatment; Chapter 15 Antiseizure Drugs; Chapter 16 Nonpharmacological Therapy of Seizures; Chapter 17 Social Management

Sommario/riassunto

Engel's ""Epilepsy Board Quick Review: Selected Tables and Figures from Seizures and Epilepsy"" will utilize 86 tables and 47 black and white figures from the ""parent book"" to provide a quick guide for anyone preparing for the boards. In addition to serving as a board-review guide, this will also be a handy pocket guide for any physician interested in a quick reference to drug tables, signs and symptoms, and other unusual facets of child or adult presenting with seizures. Seizures and Epilepsy, Second Edition has quickly reasserted itself as a



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