Myoclonic Epilepsies

by Delgado-Escueta, Antonio V.; Guerrini, Renzo; Medina, Marco T.; Genton, Pierre; Bureau, Michelle; Dravet, Charlotte

• ISBN13: 9780781752480
• ISBN10: 0781752485
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-09
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

"This volume covers idiopathic myoclonic epilepsies, including seizures, syndromes, and the definition of molecular etiologies of specific epilepsies that define them as diseases. The book is thus designed to help the practitioner recognize and understand the phenotypes and subtypes of myoclonic epilepsies which account for at least 25% to 30% of all epilepsies, as well as the molecular defects underlying myoclonic epilepsies. While this volume incorporates molecular advances, it remains a practical guide for practitioner by using diagnostic/treatment algorithms to demonstrate the decision process involved in diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic epilepsies including: severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy, generalized epilepsies with febrile seizures, myoclonic astatic epilepsy of early childhood, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, childhood absence evolving to juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, familial adult myoclonic epilepsy and benign myoclonic epilepsy of infancy. As the first and only collation of all that is known about idiopathic myoclonic epilepsies this book should be an indispensable resource for all practitioners dealing with epilepsy."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors	xiii
Preface	xix
Foreword	xxi
Section 1: Introduction to Concepts and Classifications
History and Classification of ``Myoclonic'' Epilepsies: From Seizures to Syndromes to Diseases	1	(14)
Pierre Genton
Joseph Roger
Renzo Guerrini
Marco T. Medina
Michelle Bureau
Charlotte Dravet
Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta
Ontogeny of the Reticular Formation: Its Possible Relation to the Myoclonic Epilepsies	15	(8)
Harvey B. Sarnat
Pathophysiology of Myoclonic Epilepsies	23	(24)
Renzo Guerrini
Paolo Bonanni
Lucio Parmeggiani
Mark Hallett
Hirokazu Oguni
Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsies: EPM1, EPM2A, EPM2B	47	(12)
Elayne M. Chan
Danielle M. Andrade
Silvana Franceschetti
Berge Minassian
Myoclonic Status in Nonprogressive Encephalopathies	59	(12)
Bernardo Dalla Bernardina
Elena Fontana
Francesca Darra
Section 2: Myoclonic Epilepsies of Infancy and Childhood
Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy in Infancy: Dravet Syndrome	71	(32)
Charlotte Dravet
Michelle Bureau
Hirokazu Oguni
Yukio Fukuyama
Ozlem Cokar
Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy in Infancy: Clinical Analysis and Relation to SCNIA Mutations in a Japanese Cohort	103	(16)
Hirokazu Oguni
Kitami Hayashi
Makiko Osawa
Yutaka Awaya
Yukio Fukuyama
Goryu Fukuma
Shinichi Hirose
Akihisa Mitsudome
Sunao Kaneko
Myoclonic Seizures in the Context of Generalized Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+)	119	(8)
Michel Baulac
Isabelle Gourfinkel-An
Stephanie Baulac
Eric Leguern
Benign Myoclonic Epilepsy in Infancy	127	(12)
Charlotte Dravet
Michelle Bureau
Autosomal Recessive Benign Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy	139	(8)
Federico Zara
Fabrizio A. De Falco
Myoclonic--Astatic Epilepsy of Early Childhood---Definition, Course, Nosography, Genetics	147	(10)
B. A. Neubauer
A. Hahn
H. Doose
I. Tuxhorn
Idiopathic Myoclonic--Astatic Epilepsy of Early Childhood---Nosology Based on Electrophysiologic and Long-Term Follow-Up Study of Patients	157	(18)
Hirokazu Oguni
Kitami Hayashi
Kaoru Imai
Makoto Funatsuka
Masako Sakauchi
Seigo Shirakawa
Makiko Osawa
Myoclonic Absences: The Seizure and the Syndrome	175	(10)
Michelle Bureau
Carlo Alberto Tassinari
Eyelid Myoclonia and Absence	185	(12)
Athanasios Covanis
Childhood Absence Epilepsy Evolving to Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy: Electroclinical and Genetic Features	197	(20)
Marco T. Medina
Reyna M
Duron
Maria Elisa Alonso
Charlotte Dravet
Lourdes Leon
Minerva Lopez-Ruiz
Ricardo Ramos-Ramirez
Ignacio Pascual Castroviejo
Karen Weissbecker
B. Westling
Katerina Tanya Perez-Gosiengfiao
Sonia Khan
Gregorio Pineda
Ryoji Morita
Astrid Rasmussen-Almarez
Jaime Ramos Peek
Sergio Cordova
Iris E. Martinez-Juarez
Francisco Rubio-Donnadieu
Adriana Ochoa-Morales
Aurelio Jara-Prado
Julia N. Bailey
Miyabi Tanaka
Dongsheng Bai
Jesus Machado-Salas
Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta
Photosensitivity: Genetics and Clinical Significance	217	(10)
B. A. Neubauer
St. Waltz
M. Grothe
A. Hahn
I. Tuxhorn
T. Sander
G. Kurlemann
Ulrich Stephani
Section 3: Myoclonic Epilepsies of Adolescence and Adulthood
Familial Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy	227	(18)
Maria Elisa Alonso
Marco T. Medina
Iris E. Martinez-Juarez
Reyna M. Duron
Julia N. Bailey
Minerva Lopez-Ruiz
Ricardo Ramos-Ramirez
Adriana Ochoa-Morales
Aurelio Jara-Prado
Astrid Rasmussen
Lourdes Leon
Gregorio Pineda
Ignacio Pascual Castroviejo
Sonia Khan
Rene Silva
Lizardo Mija
Lucio Portilla
Dongsheng Bai
Katerina Tanya Perez-Gosiengfiao
Jesus Machado-Salas
A. V. Delgado-Escueta
Genetics of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy: Faulty Components and Faulty Wiring?	245	(10)
Martina Durner
Deb Pal
David Greenberg
Autosomal Dominant Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy and GABRA1	255	(10)
Patrick Cossette
Anne Lortie
Michel Vanasse
Jean-Marc Saint-Hilaire
Guy A. Rouleau
CLCN2 and Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy	265	(8)
Armin Heils
Autosomal Dominant Cortical Myoclonus and Epilepsy (ADCME) with Linkage to Chromosome 2p11.1-q12.2	273	(8)
Renzo Guerrini
Lucio Parmeggiani
Carla Marini
Paola Brovedani
Paolo Bonanni
Familial Adult Myoclonic Epilepsy (FAME)	281	(8)
Eiichiro Uyama
Ying-Hui Fu
Louis J. Ptacek
Section 4: Treatment of Myoclonic Epilepsies
Treatment of Myoclonic Epilepsies in Infancy and Early Childhood	289	(10)
Raman Sankar
James W. Wheless
Charlotte Dravet
Renzo Guerrini
Marco T. Medina
Michelle Bureau
Pierre Genton
Antontio V. Delgado-Escueta
Ketogenic Diet in Patients with Dravet Syndrome and Myoclonic Epilepsies in Infancy and Early Childhood	299	(8)
Natalio Fejerman
Roberto Caraballo
Ricardo Cersosimo
Treatment of Myoclonic Epilepsies of Childhood, Adolescence, and Adulthood	307	(18)
Marco T. Medina
Iris E. Martinez-Juarez
Reyna M. Duron
Pierre Genton
Renzo Guerrini
Charlotte Dravet
Michelle Bureau
Katerina Tanya Perez-Gosiengfiao
Claudia Amador
Julia N. Bailey
Franz Chaves-Sell
Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta
Index	325