Epilepsy: A Comprehensive Textbook
By addebook • Jun 28th, 2008 • Category: Medicine
Epilepsy: A Comprehensive Textbook
Epilepsy: A Comprehensive Textbook
By Jerome Engel, Timothy A Pedley, Jean Aicardi, Marc A Dichter, Solomon Moshé
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Number Of Pages: 3056
Publication Date: 2007-09-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0781757770
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780781757775
Binding: Hardcover
Written and edited by world-renowned authorities, this three-volume work is, to quote a reviewer, “the definitive textbook about seizures and epilepsy”. This Second Edition is thoroughly updated and gives you a complete print and multimedia package: the three-volume set plus access to an integrated content Website. More than 300 chapters cover the spectrum of biology, physiology, and clinical information, from molecular biology to public health concerns in developing countries. Included are detailed discussions of seizure types and epilepsy syndromes; relationships between physiology and clinical events; psychiatric and medical comorbidity; conditions that could be mistaken for epilepsy; and an increasing range of pharmacologic, surgical, and alternative therapies, including vagus nerve stimulation and deep brain stimulation. This edition describes many new antiepileptic drugs, major advances in surgical treatment, and state-of-the-art neuroimaging, EEG, and other technologies for diagnosis and seizure prediction. A companion Website offers instant access to the complete, fully searchable text, plus an image bank of additional figures, video footage, and annual updates to selected chapters.
Summary: A must have for epileptologists, scientists or cliniicians
Rating: 5
There are so many aspects of modern epilepsy research and clinical practice that make a summary virtually impossible. Attempts have been made in the past and several excellent books are available. What is remarkable in this new text is the breadth of knowledge that was assembled, the superb and provocative writing of true experts in the field and the electronic version that allows for easy search strategies. The book is divided in three main volumes subdivided in chapters further split in sections. More than a compendium, this is an encyclopedia of current and past knowledge, with practical clinical examples, critical description of diagnostic criteria, summary of basic mechanisms, and illustrations either ad hoc or borrowed from previous work.
The book as a whole reads well, the chapters are clearly organized so that one does not need to read every word to learn the message. One minor point that may be addressed in reruns (especially in online versions) is the lack of color in many figures. For example, the chapter on field potentials provides “historic” depiction of seminal experiments that are hard to understand in a grey scale format. Along the same lines, the book would greatly benefit from more illustrative neuropathology, and the MRI reproductions lack sometimes in quality.
The editors have to be complimented for a major effort that will help those in the field understand what’s hot and what’s not in current understanding of this multifactorial disease. The novice will be fascinated by the depth of this textbook, and the non-epileptologist will find a unique source of searchable information. Cross references to diseases associated with seizure disorders, including psychiatric co-morbidities, make this a must for everyone looking for up to date knowledge in human neurological diseases associated with abnormal cortical and sub-cortical function.
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