Epilepsy and mental retardation /
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Imprint: | Petersfield, UK ; Philadelphia, USA : Wrightson Biomedical Pub., c1999. |
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Description: | xii, 212 p. ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4269956 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors
- Preface
- Foreword
- 1. Definitions and Epidemiology
- 2. Mechanisms of Epilepsy in Mental Retardation: Insights from Angelman Syndrome, Down Syndrome and Fragile X Syndrome
- 3. Epilepsy in Down Syndrome
- 4. Epilepsy and Other Neuropsychiatric Morbidity in Mentally Retarded Children
- 5. Diagnosing Epilepsy in Patients with Mental Retardation
- 6. Treatment of Epilepsy in Patients with Intellectual Disabilities: General Principles and Particular Problems
- 7. New Antiepileptic Drugs
- 8. Epilepsy in Mental Retardation: The Role of Surgery
- 9. Epilepsy Dementia: Intellectual Deterioration as a Consequence of Epileptic Seizures
- 10. Cognitive Side-Effects as an Outcome Measure in Antiepileptic Drug Treatment: The Current Debate
- 11. Seizure-Induced Damage to the Medical Temporal Lobe in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
- 12. Prevention of Seizure-Induced Neuronal Damage and Intellectual Deterioration: Experimental Aspects and Clinical Implications
- 13. Epilepsy Services for the Patient with Mental Retardation in Denmark
- 14. Epilepsy Services for the Patient with Mental Retardation in Finland
- 15. Epilepsy Services for the Patient with Mental Retardation in Norway
- 16. Epilepsy Services for the Patient with Mental Retardation in Sweden
- Index