Investigations

Epilepsy 2011 Section Five: Investigations

Chapter 20: Neurophysiological investigation of epilepsy

S.J.M. Smith and R. Kennet

In this chapter:

• Routine EEG recording
• Epileptiform phenomena
• Diagnostic yield
• What are the roles of EEG in diagnosis of epilepsy?
• Idiopathic generalised epilepsies (IGE)
• Routine inter-ictal EEG and management of epilepsy
• Long-term EEG monitoring
• The EEG and status epilepticus
• Role of neurophysiology in evaluation of patients for epilepsy surgery
• Specialised neurophysiological techniques

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Chapter 21: Neuroimaging of the epilepsies

F. Rugg-Gunn

In this chapter:

• Magnetic resonance imaging
• Functional MRI
• Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
• Gaba
• Single photon emission computerised tomography
• Positron emission tomography studies of cerebral
• Blood flow and glucose metabolism
• Positron emission tomography studies of specific ligands

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Chapter 22: Neuropsychology testing the brain

S.A. Baxendale

In this chapter:

• Defining and testing cognitive function
• When is neuropsychology useful in epilepsy?
• General intellectual functioning
• Memory
• Pre and post operative neuropsychological evaluation in epilepsy
• The intracarotid amobarbital procedure

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Chapter 23: Investigation of seizures in infants

R.E. Appleton

In this chapter:

• Perinatal (first week of life) and neonatal (first month of life) seizures
• Benign familial neonatal convulsions (seizures)
• Benign non-familial (sporadic) neonatal convulsions (seizures)
• Migrating partial seizures (epilepsy) in infancy
• Myoclonic epilepsy in infants
• West syndrome
• Febrile convulsions (seizures)

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Chapter 24: Investigation of progressive neurological impairment in children with epilepsy

J.H. Cross

In this chapter:

• Is it real?
• Epileptiform or nonepileptiform?
• To what degree is autism related to epileptic regression?
• Epilepsy as the presentation of a neurodegenerative disorder
• What investigation when?

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Articles are taken from Epilepsy 2009: From Benchside to Bedside, A Practical Guide to Epilepsy. 12th ed (2009). Edited by: JW Sander, MC Walker and JE Smalls. Published by: International League Against Epilepsy (UK Chapter) and The National Society for Epilepsy.
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