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An international group of specialists have contributed 31 chapters on various aspects of epilepsy and movement disorders, their treatment and study. Among the topics are epilepsy as channelopathies, the relation between genetic reflex epilepsy and movement disorders, nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy, paroxysmal dyskinesias, neonatal movement disorders, non- epileptic paroxysmal eye movements, and Sydenham chorea. Each chapter includes a comprehensive bibliography.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Review
"...an important addition to the neuroscience literature...The concepts in the individual chapters are generally presented clearly and the authors are given the opportunity to discuss issues in sufficient detail to achieve the editors' stated aims...This text will interest and satisfy paediatric and adult neurologists, neurophysiologists, molecular biologists, and all other clinical neuroscientists." European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

"This is a fascinating book that has undertaken the exploration of a complex and difficult area. It will be of greatest utility to researchers who specialize in this area." Doody's Notes

"The book is laid out in conventional manner and deals with classification of each issue, clinical syndromes, investigations and treatment and is a useful reference source as well as providing a volume which is easy to handle and a pleasure to read." Doctors.net

"This is an excellent book for any neurologist who is interested in the clinical, neurophysiological, molecular and genetic relationship between epilepsy and movement disorders. It is well-written and comprehensive and I am pleased to have it as part of my library." Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences


Book Description
A distinguished international team of specialists comprehensively examines the clinical, neurophysiological, genetic, pharmacological, and molecular factors which underlie the relationships and differences between epilepsy and movement disorders. This volume presents a scheme for the neurophysiological classification of myoclonic epilepsies and myoclonus and gives a detailed analysis of the disorders which cause diagnostic problems in children and adults. Also included is an innovative, up-to-date review of the genetic syndromes which associate epilepsy and paroxysmal dyskinesias, and a review of the drugs used to treat, or which may precipitate, epilepsy and movement disorders.


Book Info
Univ. College London, UK. Examines the clinical, neurophysiological, genetical, pharmacological, and molecular factors underlying relationships and differences between epilepsy and movement disorders. Includes a current review of the genetic syndromes associated with epilepsy and paroxysmal dyskineasias, and a review of the drugs used in treatment.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

A distinguished international team of specialists comprehensively examines the clinical, neurophysiological, genetic, pharmacological, and molecular factors which underlie the relationships and differences between epilepsy and movement disorders. This volume presents a scheme for the neurophysiological classification of myoclonic epilepsies and myoclonus and gives a detailed analysis of the disorders which cause diagnostic problems in children and adults. Also included is an innovative, up-to-date review of the genetic syndromes which associate epilepsy and paroxysmal dyskinesias, and a review of the drugs used to treat, or which may precipitate, epilepsy and movement disorders.

SYNOPSIS

An international group of specialists have contributed 31 chapters on various aspects of epilepsy and movement disorders, their treatment and study. Among the topics are epilepsy as channelopathies, the relation between genetic reflex epilepsy and movement disorders, nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy, paroxysmal dyskinesias, neonatal movement disorders, non- epileptic paroxysmal eye movements, and Sydenham chorea. Each chapter includes a comprehensive bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

FROM THE CRITICS

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Daniel B Hier, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)Description: This multiauthored book is composed of 31 scholarly reviews that address the question of the overlap between movement disorders and epilepsy. Purpose: The editors have sought to find researchers working on problems on the interface between epilepsy and movement disorders. The purpose is to explore this interface. Audience: This book will be of interest to both specialists in epilepsy as well as specialists in movement disorders. Features: Each of the 31 scholarly reviews addresses a separate issue on the interface between epilepsy and movement disorders. Topics covered include dystonia, myoclonus, fontal lobe epilepsy, paroxysmal dyskinesia, cerebral palsy, Sturge-Weber syndrome, genetics of epilepsy and movement disorders, and channelopathies. Assessment: This is a collection of state-of-the-art reviews crammed with interesting but complex information about movement disorders, epilepsy, and their interface. This interface may occur at either the clinical level (does epilepsy resemble a movement disorder?), at the physiological level (what common mechanisms underly epilepsy and the movement disoders?), the genetic level (what is inherited? what mutations have occurred?), and the the neurochemical level (what is the underlying neurochemistry?) This is a fascinating book that has undertaken the exploration of a complex and difficult area. It will be of greatest utility to researchers who specialize in this area.

RATING

3 Stars from Doody

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