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<p>This volume brings together the latest advances in the understanding, diagnosis, and management of intractable epilepsies. Noted experts review cutting-edge research and its clinical implications, explore strategies for designing new drugs, and offer patient management guidelines for adults and children.</p> <p>Major sections identify the mechanisms and clinical features in each seizure type that distinguish controllable from intractable epilepsies. Chapters examine intensive care management of status epilepticus and factors determining short-term and long-term prognosis, including seizure type, etiology, and age of onset. Other patient management issues include differential diagnosis, predictors of intractability, neurophysiological and neuroimaging evaluation, and drug selection.</p>