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Seizures and epilepsy in childhood : a guide / John M. Freeman, Eileen P.G. Vining, Diana J. Pillas.

by Freeman, John Mark.

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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.

Epilepsy in children -- Popular works.

Convulsions in children -- Popular works

Health education -- Popular works.

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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/jhu051/2002070074.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/jhu051/2002070074.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu051/2002070074.html

080187050X (alk. paper)

0801870518 (pbk. : alk. paper) :

Johns Hopkins Press health book

xxvii, 395 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

How the brain works: understanding seizures and why there are so many types -- The kinds of seizure and where they arise in the brain -- How we diagnose a seizure and decide what it will mean for your child -- How we evaluate and think about a first seizure -- Decision making: assessing risks and benefits after a nonfebrile seizure -- What to do during a second big seizure -- Understanding your child's test: EEG, CT, and MRI -- The epilepsies of childhood: special patterns and causes -- Medical treatment of seizures -- Status epilepticus: a medical emergency -- The outlook for the child with seizures -- The ketogenic diet -- Vitamins, minerals, and complementary and alternative therapies for epilepsy -- Surgical approaches to epilepsy -- Coping with seizures and epilepsy -- Coping with the uncertainties of seizures and epilepsy: the power of positive thinking -- Coping with substantial handicap: mental retardation, cerebral palsy, and difficult-to-control seizures -- Epilepsy as a psychosocial disease -- Counseling: a dialogue -- School: learning and behavior -- Routine medical care and epilepsy -- Sports and epilepsy -- Driving and epilepsy -- Marriage, pregnancy, and children -- Support services and additional information for people with epilespy and their families -- Insurance and other financial issues.

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