Medication-Resistant Epilepsy

John Stern is a Professor and Director of the Epilepsy Clinical Program in the Department of Neurology at the Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles. Raman Sankar is Chief of Pediatric Neurology and Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Paediatrics at the Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles. Michael Sperling is the Director of Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Philadelphia, and Professor of Neurology at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia.

• 1. The natural history of epilspy Byugin Lee and Sung-Eun Kim; 2. Challenges in identifying medication-resistant epilepsy Martin J. Brodie and Pauls Auce; 3. International league against epilepsy's definition in medication-resistant epilepsy Colin B. Josephson and Samuel Wiebe; 4. The economic impact of medication-resistant epilepsy Charles E. Begley and Shin Jeong; 5. Social consequences of medication-resistant epilepsy Amy Crepeau and Joesph I. Sirven; 6. Morality and morbidity of medication-resistant epilepsy Nuria Lacuey and Samden D. Lhatoo; 7. Models for medication-resistant epilepsy Raman Sankar; 8. Neurobiology of medication-resistant epilepsy Jerome Engel Jr; 9. Genetic causes of medication-resistant epilepsy Thomas N. Ferraro, Bradford D. Fischer and Russel J. Buono; 10. Malformation of cortical development as causes of medication-resistant epilepsy Ruben Kuzniecky; 11. Hippocampal sclerosis as a cause of medication-resistant epilepsy Fahmida Amin Chowdhury, Beate Diehl and Maria Thom; 12. Autoimmune causes of medication-resistant epilepsy Anteneh M. Feyissa and Jeffrey W. Britton; 13. Medication-resistant epilepsy syndromes in children Elia M. Pestana Knight and Elaine Wyllie; 14. Medication-resistant epilepsy in adults Martin Holtkamp and Felix Benninger; 15. Approach to the treatment of medication-resistant epilepsy John Stern; 16. Pharmacotherapy for medication-resistant epilepsy Graham A. Powell and Anththony G. Marson; 17. Reproductive health for women with medication-resistant epilepsy Jiyeon Yoo and Cynthia Harden; 18. Resective medication-resistant epilepsy surgery Barbara C. Jobst and Krzyszof A. Bujarski; 19. Ablative surgery for medication-resistant epilepsy Christian Hoelscher, Kofi-Buaku Atsina, Chengyuan Wu and Ashwini Sharan; 20.1. Vagus and trigeminal nerve stimulation treatment of medication-resistant epilepsy George Nune and Christianne Heck; 20.2. Electrical stimulation of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus for medication-resistant epilepsy Mohamed Z. Koubeissi and Amr Ewida; 20.3. Responsive neurostimulation of the brain for medication-resistant epilepsy Ritu Kapur and Martha J. Morrell; 20.4. Stimulation treatments for medication-resistant epilepsy: transcranial magnetic stimulation Lara M. Schrader; 21. Diet therapy for medication-resistant epilepsy Eric H. Kossoff and Daniel B. Lowenstein; 22. Botanical treatments for medication-resistant epilepsy Steven C. Schachter; 23. Psychiatric comorbidities in medication-resistant epilepsy Andres M. Kanner.

'This is a wonderful textbook that systematically covers a complex and challenging subset of epilepsy patients. The novelty lies in the fact that there are few textbooks that offer such a comprehensive review - medication resistant epilepsy is often relegated to a single chapter in other comparable textbooks in epilepsy. The book excels in introducing the topic of medication resistant epilepsy (including a functional definition) and offering a detailed review of treatments available.' Mahnoor Rehman, Doody's Book Review Service