HANDBOOK OF PEDIATRIC EPILEPSY CASE STUDIES

• Section I: The Basics
Chapter 1 A Pediatric Epilepsy Primer
Chapter 2 Epilepsy Genetics Primer
Chapter 3 Developmental Pharmacokinetics: Principles and Practice
Chapter 4 Dietary Therapies for Epilepsy
Chapter 5 Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy
Chapter 6 Neuromodulation Devices: Responsive Neurostimulation and Deep Brain Stimulation
Chapter 7 Epilepsy Surgery in Children
Chapter 8 Status Epilepticus
Chapter 9 Focal Cortical Dysplasia
Chapter 10 Malformations of Cortical Development
• Section II: The Neonate
Chapter 11 Self-Limited Neonatal Epilepsy Syndromes
Chapter 12 Self-Limited (Familial) Infantile Epilepsy
Chapter 13 Early Myoclonic Encephalopathy (Ohtahara Syndrome)
Chapter 14 Early Myoclonic Encephalopathy
Chapter 15 Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (Neonatal Seizures)
Chapter 16 Epilepsy of Infancy with Migrating Focal Seizures
• Section III: The Infant
Chapter 17 Febrile Seizures
Chapter 18 Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+)
Chapter 19 Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy
Chapter 20 Dravet Syndrome
Chapter 21 Glucose Transporter-1 Deficiency Syndrome
Chapter 22 Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome
Chapter 23 Gelastic Seizures
Chapter 24 Intractable Epilepsy after Herpes Simplex Encephalitis
Chapter 25 Refractory Status Epilepticus
Chapter 26 Primary Mitochondrial Epilepsies
Chapter 27 Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
Chapter 28 Sturge–Weber Syndrome
• Section IV: The Child
Chapter 29 Self-Limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (Benign Rolandic Epilepsy)
Chapter 30 Self-Limited Epilepsy with Autonomic Seizures (Panayiotopoulos Syndrome)
Chapter 31 Childhood Occipital Visual Epilepsy
Chapter 32 Photosensitive Occipital Lobe Epilepsy
Chapter 33 Childhood Absence Epilepsy
Chapter 34 Epilepsy with Myoclonic Absence
Chapter 35 Lennox–Gastaut Syndrome
Chapter 36 Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures (Doose Syndrome)
Chapter 37 Landau–Kleffner Syndrome
Chapter 38 Developmental/Epileptic Encephalopathy with Spike-and-Wave Activation in Sleep (D/EE-SWAS)
Chapter 39 Epilepsy with Eyelid Myoclonia (Jeavons Syndrome)
Chapter 40 Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis
Chapter 41 Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus
Chapter 42 Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome (FIRES)
Chapter 43 New-Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus (NORSE)
Chapter 44 Low-Grade Developmental and Epilepsy Associated Brain Tumors
Chapter 45 Rasmussen's Encephalitis
• Section V: The Adolescent
Chapter 46 Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
Chapter 47 Epilepsy with Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures Alone
Chapter 48 Juvenile Absence Epilepsy
Chapter 49 New-Onset Seizure in an Adolescent Female
Chapter 50 Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Chapter 51 Unverricht–Lundborg Disease
Chapter 52 Reflex Seizures
Chapter 53 Sleep-Related Hypermotor Epilepsy
Chapter 54 Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

Research in the field of epilepsy will continue at a rapid pace, with the ultimate hope of curing many intractable epilepsy syndromes. Fully updated, this new edition is organized chronologically, from neonate through adolescence, and the handbook is the culmination of a group effort involving leading physicians and researchers whose contributions constitute a concise and practical reference for health professionals in training. Here the contributors review the recent flood of new information on the pathophysiology, genetics, and treatment of the various epilepsy syndromes, and the volume is distilled into an easy-to-use guide.

• Fully updated text reviewing the latest research on the pathophysiology, genetics, and treatment of the various epilepsy syndromes.
• Thorough descriptions of the different syndromes commonly encountered in clinical practice across the pediatric range.
• Extensive resource section provided.
• Contributors describe why they chose each particular case, what they learned, and how it changed their practice.
• The book includes the most recent classification and nomenclature published by the International League Against Epilepsy.

AQuthors
• Maria Augusta Montenegro is a pediatric neurologist and epileptologist currently working at Rady Children's Hospital / University of California San Diego School of Medicine. Her clinical expertise is in pediatric epilepsy, with an emphasis on epileptic encephalopathy and EEG. Dr. Montenegro completed medical school, residency, and Ph.D. at the University of Campinas (Brazil) and a post-doctorate research fellowship at Columbia University (NY). Prior to her current position, Dr. Montenegro held an academic faculty appointment at the University of Campinas (Brazil) where she was the head of Pediatric Neurology.
• Dr. Jong M. Rho is a Professor of Neurosciences, Pediatrics and Pharmacology at the University of California San Diego, and Division Chief of Pediatric Neurology at the Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego. He received a bachelor’s degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University, and a M.D. from the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Rho has held prior faculty appointments at the University of Washington (Seattle), the University of California at Irvine, the Barrow Neurological Institute (Phoenix), and most recently, the University of Calgary. Dr. Rho's main research interests are the mechanisms underlying the anti-seizure and neuroprotective effects of metabolism-based treatments such as the ketogenic diet. His research activities have been sponsored by research grants from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and other public and private sector sources.