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From the June 1998 symposium Clinical Physiologic Core Relationships of Epilepsy and Sleep, held in Cleveland, neurologists present 17 accounts of the interaction between the two states, which has been recognized since antiquity. They encompass the parasomnias and cataplexy, which may masquerade as epilepsy. After an overview, they discuss such topics as the electrophysiology of sleep, sleep deprivation and epilepsy, focal epilepsy and sleep, epilepsy in the neonate and infant and sleep, the electrical status epilepticus of sleep, acquired epileptic aphasia, non-rapid eye movement paraomnias, and the postictal state.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Doody's Publishing Reviews, February 2002
"This book covers a difficult area in detail...This is an excellent reference that addresses the issues rarely approached elsewhere..."


Review
"...one of the most comprehensive and systematic reviews ever written on the complex relationship between epileptic phenomena and sleep."
-European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, Dimitrios I Zafeiriou, 1st Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, (September 2004)


Review
"This book covers a difficult area in detail. There is much useful information and the writing is quite dense and terse. This is an excellent reference that addresses the issues rarely approached elsewhere... Experts in the field will find it a valuable reference source."
—DOODY'S PUBLISHING REVIEWS (February 2002)


Book Description
It is well recognized that there is an intimate and reciprocal interaction between epilepsy and sleep. The book, Epilepsy and Sleep is a ground-breaking, comprehensive source for exploring this correlation and is especially timely because of the considerable growth in the understanding of the physiology underlying both sleep and epilepsy. An insightful reference, it presents many of the complex physiologic mechanisms underlying epilepsy--sleep interaction and highlights sleeping disorder symptoms that may be related to epilepsy.
The annual cost of treating epilepsy in the United States is an estimated $12.5 billion, according to a report issued January 2000 by The Epilepsy Foundation. The Foundation also reports that more than 180,000 Americans develop epilepsy each year. However, thousands more cases may be misdiagnosed as sleeping disorders, causing these figures to jump significantly. This correlation and diagnosis can help determine the correct type of medication to administer to regulate the symptoms, in turn saving hundreds of hours of lost time at work and millions of dollars.

Key Features
* Provides the first comprehensive source of information available on the correlation between epilepsy and sleep
* Outlines sleeping disorder symptoms which may in fact be caused by epilepsy
* Well illustrated, easy-to-read text
* An essential text for epileptologists, psychiatrists, physicians, and sleep disorder therapists
* Written by internationally recognized experts in the field


Book Info
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH. Explores the correlation between epilepsy and sleep. Presents many of the complex physiologic mechanisms underlying epilepsy-sleep interactions and highlights sleeping disorder symptoms that may be related to epilepsy. For clinicians, psychiatrists, and sleep disorder specialists.


From the Back Cover
It is well recognized that there is an intimate and reciprocal interaction between epilepsy and sleep. The book, Epilepsy and Sleep is a ground-breaking, comprehensive source for exploring this correlation and is especially timely because of the considerable growth in the understanding of the physiology underlying both sleep and epilepsy. An insightful reference, it presents many of the complex physiologic mechanisms underlying epilepsy--sleep interaction and highlights sleeping disorder symptoms that may be related to epilepsy.
The annual cost of treating epilepsy in the United States is an estimated $12.5 billion, according to a report issued January 2000 by The Epilepsy Foundation. The Foundation also reports that more than 180,000 Americans develop epilepsy each year. However, thousands more cases may be misdiagnosed as sleeping disorders, causing these figures to jump significantly. This correlation and diagnosis can help determine the correct type of medication to administer to regulate the symptoms, in turn saving hundreds of hours of lost time at work and millions of dollars.
Key Features
* Provides the first comprehensive source of information available on the correlation between epilepsy and sleep
* Outlines sleeping disorder symptoms which may in fact be caused by epilepsy
* Well illustrated, easy-to-read text
* An essential text for epileptologists, psychiatrists, physicians, and sleep disorder therapists
* Written by internationally recognized experts in the field


About the Author
Dudley S. Dinner, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. Hans O. Lüders, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

ANNOTATION

Audience: Neuroscientists, neurologists, epileptologists, sleep disorder clinicians, and psychiatrists.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

It is well recognized that there is an intimate and reciprocal interaction between epilepsy and sleep. The book, Epilepsy and Sleep is a ground-breaking, comprehensive source for exploring this correlation and is especially timely because of the considerable growth in the understanding of the physiology underlying both sleep and epilepsy. An insightful reference, it presents many of the complex physiologic mechanisms underlying epilepsy—sleep interaction and highlights sleeping disorder symptoms that may be related to epilepsy.
The annual cost of treating epilepsy in the United States is an estimated $12.5 billion, according to a report issued January 2000 by The Epilepsy Foundation. The Foundation also reports that more than 180,000 Americans develop epilepsy each year. However, thousands more cases may be misdiagnosed as sleeping disorders, causing these figures to jump significantly. This correlation and diagnosis can help determine the correct type of medication to administer to regulate the symptoms, in turn saving hundreds of hours of lost time at work and millions of dollars.

Key Features
* Provides the first comprehensive source of information available on the correlation between epilepsy and sleep
* Outlines sleeping disorder symptoms which may in fact be caused by epilepsy
* Well illustrated, easy-to-read text
* An essential text for epileptologists, psychiatrists, physicians, and sleep disorder therapists
* Written by internationally recognized experts in the field

SYNOPSIS

Epilepsy and Sleep outlines sleeping disorder symptoms which may in fact be caused by epilepsy. The possibility that many sleep disorders are in fact due to the undiagnosed condition of epilepsy is a breakthrough in not only the study of epilepsy, but also in sleep therapy. This correlation can help determine what types of medication can be administered to regulate the symptoms, which in turn could save hundreds of hours of lost time at work and millions of dollars.Hans O. Lüders, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

FROM THE CRITICS

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Daniel B Hier, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)Description: This multiauthored book is an outgrowth of a 1998 Cleveland Clinic Symposium on the relationship between sleep and epilepsy. Purpose: The editors seek to explore the overlap and interface between sleep disorders and epilepsy. Audience: This book is aimed primarily at sleep experts and epileptologists. General neurologists with an interest in sleep or others interested in this interface will find the book of value. Features: The collection of 17 scholarly reviews cover a variety of topics on the sleep-epilepsy interface including sleep disorders in epilepsy, status epilepticus during sleep, and sleep deprivation during sleep. Assessment: This book covers a difficult area in detail. There is much useful information and the writing is quite dense and terse. This is an excellent reference that addresses issues rarely approached elsewhere, but it is not an easy read. Experts in the field will find it a valuable reference source. Entry level clinicians, housestaff, and general neurologists will probably find this book too difficult.

RATING

3 Stars from Doody

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