Table of Contents

Preface; Foundations of Neonatal Epileptology: Classification of Seizures & Epilepsies in the Neonate & their Etiology, Electroencephalography, Prognosis & Pathophysiology; EEG Monitoring in Neonatal Seizures: What is Done, What Could Be Done?; Neuro-Imaging in Neonatal Seizures; Clinical & Electrographical Neonatal Seizures: to Treat or Not to Treat; Genetics of Neonatal Epilepsies & the Forgotten Epilepsy Phenotypes; Genetic Basis of Epileptic Encephalopathy; Treatment of Neonatal Seizures With Antiepileptic Drugs; Neonatal Seizures in Hypoxic-Ischaemic Encephalopathy: The Impact of Therapeutic Hypothermia; From Conventional Genetic Analysis to Next Generation Sequencing in Diagnostics of Epilepsies; Treatable New-born Seizures Due to Inborn Errors of Metabolism; Determining Outcome from Neonatal Seizures; The Epidemiology of Infancy Onset Seizures; Concept of Epileptic Encephalopathy: Is it Relevant?; The Role of EEG in the Management of Seizures in Infancy; Optimizing Imaging in Aiding Management; "Benign" Epilepsies in Infants: Are They Always Benign?; Fever-Susceptibility Syndromes. Predicting Outcome; Infantile Spasms Semiology & Pathophysiology: Have We Made Progress?; Trials for the Treatment of Infant Seizures: Theory, Practice, Ethics & Potential Future Trends; The Role of Ketogenic Diet; Optimizing Treatment for Neonatal & Infantile Seizures: Do Guidelines Have a Role in Management?

About the Author

J. Helen Cross, The Prince of Wales's Chair of Childhood Epilepsy, Deputy Head of Developmental Neurosciences Programme, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Institute of Child Health, London, UK.