Oxford Textbook of Epilepsy and Epileptic Seizures

Simon Shorvon is a Professor of Neurology at the UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, and a Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.Renzo Guerrini is Professor of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, and Director of the Pediatric Neurology Unit and Laboratories at the Children's Hospital, A. Meyer-University of Florence, Italy.Mark Cook is Professor and Director of Neurology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.Samden Lhatoo is a Professor of Neurology at the Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University Hospital, Cleveland, USA.

• 1. Neurophysiology of epilepsy ; 2. Neurogenetics of epilepsy ; 3. Neurochemistry of epilepsy ; 4. Developmental neurobiology, neuroanatomy, and neuropathology of epilepsy ; 5. Definitions and epidemiology of epilepsy ; 6. The causes of epilepsy ; 7. Classification, clinical symptoms, and syndromes ; 8. Differential diagnosis of epilepsy ; 9. EEG in the investigation of epilepsy ; 10. Neuroimaging in the Investigation of epilepsy ; 11. The biochemical, haematological, histological, immunological, and genetic investigation of epilepsy ; 12. Non-pharmacological therapy of epilepsy ; 13. Reproductive aspects of epilepsy ; 14. Neonatal seizures and infantile onset epilepsies ; 15. Epileptic encephalopathies ; 16. Principles of treatment of epilepsy in children and adolescents ; 17. Epilepsy in learning disability ; 18. Epilepsy in the elderly ; 19. Psychiatric co-morbidity in epilepsy ; 20. Epilepsy due to traumatic brain injury (TBI), cerebrovascular disease (CVD), central nervous system (CNS) infections and brain tumours ; 21. Epilepsy in renal, hepatic, and other conditions ; 22. Management of patients with first seizure and early epilepsy ; 23. The medical treatment of chronic active epilepsy ; 24. Epilepsy in remission ; 25. Drug interactions ; 26. The pharmacokinetics and clinical therapeutics of the antiepileptic drugs ; 27. Principles of epilepsy surgery ; 28. Resective surgery of temporal lobe epilepsy ; 29. Resective surgery of extra-temporal epilepsy ; 30. Vagal berve stimulation and deep brain stimulation in epilepsy ; 31. Other surgeries for epilepsy and new approaches ; 32. Management of seizures and of epilepsy in the emergency department ; 33. The management of status epilepticus on the intensive care unit ; 34. Epilepsy and employment ; 35. Sexual and emotional behaviour in epilepsy ; 36. Cognition and memory in adults ; 37. Legal aspects of epilepsy and epilepsy and driving

The writing is clear, and the figures are excellent. However, it is the tables that are particularly good, being educational and easy to access. I would recommend that the text is acquired by specialist epilepsy centers and also by senior trainees who wish to pursue a career in epileptology.