Epilepsy.Pt.2

SECTION 3 ETIOLOGIES OF EPILEPSY 30. Metabolic and degenerative disorders - T. Granata 31. Neurocutaneous syndromes - G. Kurlemann 32. Cortical malformations - R. Spreafico and L. Tassi 33. Epilepsy associated brain tumors - I. Blümcke 34. Seizures after stroke - A. Guekht and N.M. Bornstein 35. Posttraumatic epilepsy - A. Martins Da Silva and L.J. Willmore 36. Infection and inflammation - H.H. Garcia and O.H. Del Brutto 37. Hippocampal sclerosis - Ç. Özkara and E. Aronika

SECTION 4 TREATMENT 38. Natural course of epilepsies - L. Forsgren and M. Sillanpää 39. Mechanisms of action of antiseizure drugs - R.J. Porter, A. Dhir, R.L. MacDonald and M.A. Rogawski 40. Principles of drug treatment in adults - T. Tomson and B.J. Steinhoff 41. Principles of drug treatment in children - M.A. Mikati, M. Nabulsi Khalil and S.U. Steele 42. Antiepileptic drugs: advantages and disadvantages - B. Abou-Khalil and D. Schmidt 43. Pharmacoresistance - H. Potschka and M.J. Brodie 44. Gender issues - P. Crawford and S. Duncan 45. Ketogenic diet - R.H. Caraballo and E. Vining 46. Status epilepticus in children - K. Holland and S. Shinnar 47. Status epilepticus - adults - F. Rosenow and S. Knake 48. Who is a surgical candidate? - J. Engel and S. Wiebe 49. Pre-operative evaluation in children for epilepsy surgery - M. Duchowny and J. H. Cross 50. Presurgical evaluation in adults: non-invasive - C. Baumgartner, P. Gallmetzer and S. Pirker 51. Invasive evaluation - P. Kahane and S. Spencer (deceased) 52. Epilepsy neurosurgery in children - J.S. Hauptman and G.W. Mathern 53. Surgery in adults - temporal resections - H. Clusmann and J. Schramm 54. Lateral extratemporal resections in adults - D. Van Roost 55. Surgical management of medial extratemporal epilepsy - K.A. Zaghloul and J. Schramm 56. Epilepsy treatment in developing countries: drug treatment - C. Acevedo and K. Acevedo 57. Epilepsy surgery in developing countries - M.G. Campos 58. Neurostimulation for epilepsy -