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The Comorbidities of Epilepsy
Marco Mula
- 413 pages
- English
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The Comorbidities of Epilepsy
Marco Mula
About This Book
Epilepsy is one of most frequent neurological disorders affecting about 50 million people worldwide and 50% of them have at least another medical problem in comorbidity; sometimes this is a the cause of the epilepsy itself or it is due to shared neurobiological links between epilepsy and other medical conditions; other times it is a long-term consequence of the antiepileptic drug treatment.
The Comorbidities of Epilepsy offers an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of all comorbidities of epilepsy (somatic, neurological and behavioral), by international authorities in the field of clinical epileptology, with an emphasis on epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management. This book includes also a critical appraisal of the methodological aspects and limitations of current research on this field. Pharmacological issues in the management of comorbidities are discussed, providing information on drug dosages, side effects and interactions, in order to enable the reader to manage these patients safely.
The Comorbidities of Epilepsy is aimed at all health professionals dealing with people with epilepsy including neurologists, epileptologists, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, epilepsy specialist nurses and clinical researchers.
- Provides a comprehensive overview of somatic, neurological and behavioral co-morbidities of epilepsy
- Discusses up-to-date management of comorbidities of epilepsy
- Written by a group of international experts in the field
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The comorbidities of epilepsy: A conceptual framework
ā Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Brain Dynamics and Cognition Team, INSERM UMRS 1028, CNRS UMR 5292, UniversitĆ© Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UniversitĆ© de Lyon, Lyon, France
ā” NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom
Ā§ Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy, Chalfont St Peter, United Kingdom
Ā¶ Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland (SEIN), Heemstede, Netherlands
Abstract
Keywords
1 Mechanisms of association between epilepsy and comorbid conditions
Mechanisms of association | Conditions | Pathophysiological link (reference) |
---|---|---|
Causative | Direct | |
Brain tumors (primary, secondary) | Direct cause-and-effect relationship [8] | |
Cerebrovascular disease | Direct cause-and-effect relationship [9] | |
Alcohol dependence | Changes in brain function/reduction of seizure threshold ... |
Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1: The comorbidities of epilepsy: A conceptual framework
- Chapter 2: Costs of epilepsy: The impact of comorbidities
- Chapter 3: Bone health in epilepsy
- Chapter 4: Epilepsy and sexual dysfunction
- Chapter 5: Epilepsy, diabetes, and other endocrinological disorders
- Chapter 6: Epilepsy, coeliac disease and other inflammatory bowel diseases
- Chapter 7: Epilepsy and obesity: A complex interaction
- Chapter 8: Epilepsy and heart diseases
- Chapter 9: Epilepsy and cancer
- Chapter 10: Epilepsy, headache, and chronic pain
- Chapter 11: Epilepsy, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, and other sleep disorders
- Chapter 12: Epilepsy and other neurological disorders
- Chapter 13: Epilepsy and cognition
- Chapter 14: Epilepsy and intellectual disabilities
- Chapter 15: Epilepsy and autistic spectrum disorder: Diagnostic challenges and treatment consideration
- Chapter 16: Epilepsy and mood disorders
- Chapter 17: Epilepsy and psychosis
- Chapter 18: Epilepsy and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
- Chapter 19: Nursing issues in managing comorbidities of epilepsy
- Index