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Epilepsy: 100 Elementary Principles
3rd ed, by William H. Theodore and Roger J. Porter, ISBN 0-7020-1813-9, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders Co, 1995.
George E. Kikano, MD, Reviewer
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio
Arch Fam Med. 1996;5(10):597.
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This is the third edition of this manual on epilepsy. Since the previous edition in 1989, an additional author (Dr William Theodore, chief of the Clinical Epilepsy Section at the National Institutes of Health) has joined Dr Porter in preparing this book. Several additions in management in epilepsy have been included and the references have been updated to reflect developments in the field.
This book is not meant to be a detailed comprehensive review of epileptic disorders. Its main purpose is to give "100 elementary principles" that will assist primary care clinicians, general neurologists, and neurosurgeons in the management of patients with epilepsy. In the first chapter, the authors give a practical overview of approaching the patient presenting with probable epilepsy. Subsequent chapters cover the diagnosis of different epileptic disorders followed by therapy, including new surgical treatment options and special considerations in pregnant women. The authors should be commended for
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