Epilepsy in Children: Clinical and Social Aspects (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789533076812)

Epilepsy is a neurological condition that accompanies mankind probably since its inception. About 400 years before Christ, the disease was already known by Hippocrates, who wrote the book "On The Sacred Disease". Classically, epilepsy has been defined as a chronic condition characterized by an enduring propensity to generate seizures, which are paroxysmal occurring episodes of abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. Out of all brain disorders, epilepsy is the one that offers a unique opportunity to understand normal brain functions as derived from excessive dysfunction of neuronal circuits, because the symptoms of epileptic seizures are not the result of usual loss of function that accompanies many disease that affect the brain. I am therefore extremely honoured to present this book. The 15 very interesting chapters of the book cover various fields in epileptology - they encompass the etiology and pathogenesis of the disease, clinical presentation with special attention to the epileptic syndromes of childhood, principles of medical management, surgical approaches, as well as social aspects of the disease.

Author: Zeljka Petelin Gadze
ISBN-10: 953307681X
ISBN-13: 9789533076812
Publisher: Intechopen
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2011
Pages: 252
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.63d