Pediatric Epilepsy

Written by nearly 100 international leaders in the field, this new edition progresses logically with major sections on the basic mechanisms of the disease, classification, epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, and age-related syndromes of epilepsy. The core of the new third edition is its completely updated section on antiepileptic drugs, including an in-depth discussion of dosage considerations, drug toxicity, teratogenicity, and drug interactions, with recommendations for optimal combinations when multiple drug therapy is required.

Features unique to the third edition include:

• Expanded section on the basic science and mechanism of epilepsy
• Completely updated drug chapters, including newly released drugs and those in development
• Expanded chapters on vagus nerve stimulation and surgical treatment
• Expanded section on co-morbidities

John M. Pellock, MD, is Chairman of the Division of Child Neurology, Vice Chairman of the Department of Neurology and Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutics at the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, in Richmond, Virginia.

Blaise F.D. Bourgeois, MD is Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, and Director of the Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology at Children's Hospital Boston

Edwin Dodson, MD, is Associate Vice Chancellor and Associate Dean for Admissions and Continuing Medical Education and Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at the Washington University School of Medicine.

Douglas R. Nordli, Jr., MD, is the Lorna S. and James P. Langdon Chair of Pediatric Epilepsy at Northwestern University School of Medicine and Director, Children's Memorial Epilepsy Center at Children's Memorial Hospital.

Raman Sankar, MD, PhD, is Professor and Chief of Pediatric Neurology and Rubin Brown Distinguished Chair at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.