ADVERTISEMENT

Common Seizure Disorders (Epilepsy)

General remarks about epilepsy: Introduction
Causes of Epilepsy
Diagnostic Tests
Status Epilepticus
Childhood epilepsy:
Absence Seizures
Atonic Seizures
Febrile Seizures
Adult Epilepsy Infantile Spasms
Complex Partial Seizures Myoclonic Seizures
Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures Sydenham's Chorea (St. Vitus Dance)
Simple Partial Seizures  


Home Page Neurological Disease Epilepsy Table

 

 

ADVERTISEMENT

Disclaimer

This outline is only a teaching aid to patients and should stimulate you to ask the right questions when seeing your doctor. However, the responsibility of treatment stays in the hands of your doctor and you.

References

1. F Zara et al. Am J Hum Gen 2000 May 66(5): 1552-1557.

2. S Yeung et al. Europ J Paediatr Neurol 2000; 4(1): 31-33.

3. LS Leung et al. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2000 Sep 24(7): 763-775.

4. DJ Yen et al. Epilepsia 2000 Sep 41(9) 1162-1166.

5. E Starreveld et al. Can Fam Physician 2000 Sep 46: 1817-1823.

6. The Merck Manual, 7th edition, by M. H. Beers et al., Whitehouse Station, N.J., 1999. Chapter 172.

7. The Merck Manual, 7th edition, by M. H. Beers et al., Whitehouse Station, N.J., 1999. Chapter 271, p.2415.

8. Ferri: Ferri's Clinical Advisor: Instant Diagnosis and Treatment, 2004 ed., Copyright © 2004 Mosby, Inc.

9. Rakel: Conn's Current Therapy 2004, 56th ed., Copyright © 2004 Elsevier

Last Modified: May 30, 2004

Links ManagerHealth LinksWe subscribe to the HONcode principles of the HON Foundation. Click to verify.

Copyright © 2007 NetHealth Holdings Inc.
Site Design by: Vintex Web Design | All Rights Reserved