Atlas of Electroencephalography: Volume 2: The Epilepsies -- EEG & Epileptic Syndromes - Tapa blanda

This second volume of the Atlas of Electroencephalography is devoted to the vast subject of epilepsies, covering them according to modern classification criteria: focal epilepsies, generalised epilepsies, epileptic encephalopathies, specific situations and etiologies, and reflex seizures. As in Volume 1, each electroencephalogram shown is analysed to highlight the most significant features that may be useful for diagnosis and interpretation. Emphasis is placed on the most common types of epilepsy because of the practical nature of the book, but some less well known and more confusing forms are also shown. The book provides a summary of current views on the main categories of epilepsy and doctors who carry out EEGs will find it a valuable aid to interpretation. It is also aimed at all doctors who have to deal with epileptic patients, as well as technicians working in neurophysiology laboratories.

The second volume ofthis series on the practical use and interpretation of EEG focuses on epilepsies in their diversitiy, following the modern classification criteria : focal epilepsies, generalized epilepsies, epileptic encephalopathies, special etiologies and settings. As in the first, it is richly illustrated, and each EEG plate is analyzed in order to highlight the most significant elements to be used in diagnosis and interpretation. Given the practical orientation of this atlas, the focus is on common forms of epilepsies, but certain less common, more intrguing forms have also been illustrated. A synthetic text summarizes the present approach to the main epilepsy categories. It is not surprising that its philosophy is close to that of the Blue Guide (Epileptic Syndromes in Infancy, Chilhood and Adolescence, John Libbey Eurotext, 4th edition, 2005), given the collaborators enrolled for this second volume, which is a tribute to the prestigious French school of epileptology. This atlas is designed for all the actors who may be involved with patients with epilepsy. Physicians who deal with EEG will find it a valuable tool to further their education in their early years, to help them with their interpretations later on, and for teaching purposes when more experienced. But it will also prove useful for all physicians interested in epilepsy, as well as EEG technologists intent on providing quality recordings, and other professionals. Thorough understanding of human epilepsies requires extensive knowledge of their EEG correlates.