The role of eeg in the diagnosis and classification of the epilepsies and the epilepsy syndromes

This book, written by international experts in clinical epileptology and EEG, comprehensively covers the clinical and EEG features of all epilepsy syndromes, proposes recording protocols based on the behaviour of the diagnostic EEG features in each syndrome, and rates
diagnostic confidence according to the findings in hand and the available clinical information.
In this second edition, the first new part discusses the clinical approach to the diagnosis of the patient presenting with a probable epileptic seizure and the use of the EEG to support and refine (or refute) the initial hypothesis. It also explores the “when” and “how” to use the EEG (and avoid its overuse), once differential diagnosis includes the commonest imitators of epilepsy. Finally, it describes the EEG paroxysms of uncertain clinical significance to avoid over-interpretation when they appear to be the main (or the sole) EEG abnormality and the clinical picture offers little clarity.