Publisher's Synopsis
Epilepsy is a frightening and incomprehensible illness for sufferers and their families - especially when the patient is a child - and it remains both a challenge and an enigma to clinicians and researchers. Most epilepsy starts in childhood and can range from an occasional, mild, situational seizure to the very severe type.;Ensuring that these children receive the appropriate treatment and care is of paramount importance, and keeping up-to-date with new developments in the diagnosis of and therapeutic options for paediatric epilepsy is, therefore, crucial for their clinicians.;This book provides an overview of current thinking on the occurrence, genetics, basic mechanisms, clinical manifestations, treatment, drug therapy monitoring and prognosis of children with epilepsy. It should be of interest to paediatricians, neurologists, psychiatrists and psychologists.
