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Addresses problems encountered by neurologists when caring for patients with epilepsy. Offers practical guidance for navigating these clinical challenges, with chapters on diagnostic issues such as age- related diagnostic issues, identifying candidates for epilepsy surgery, and the role of diagnostic tests, and on therapeutic challenges such as refractory epilepsy, childhood epilepsy, prognosis, and supplemental non-antiepileptic drug therapy. Subjects include psychiatric issues, avoiding overtreatment, vagal nerve stimulation, and rational diagnosis of subtle and non-convulsive status epilepticus. Schmidt is affiliated with the Epilepsy Research Group, Germany, and Schachter is affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Distributed by Blackwell Science. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
