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"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.