Epilepsy Board Review

Mohamad Z. Koubeissi, MD, FAAN, FANAAssociate Professor of NeurologyDirector, Epilepsy CenterGeorge Washington University Washington, DC Nabil J. Azar, M.D., Associate Professor of NeurologyDirector, Clinical Neurophysiology FellowshipVanderbilt University Medical Center

Ch. 1: Physiologic Basis of EEG and Epilepsy.- Ch. 2: EEG instrumentation, Montage, Polarity, and Localization.- Ch. 3: Normal EEG Variants and Artifacts.- Ch. 4: Neonatal EEG and Neonatal Seizures.- Ch. 5: MCQ.- Ch. 6: Ictal and Interictal EEG.- Ch. 7: EEG and Semiology in Generalized Epilepsies.- Ch. 8: EEG and Semiology in Focal Epilepsy.- Ch. 9: Status Epilepticus.- Ch. 10: EEG in Encephalopathy and Coma.- Ch. 11: MCQ.- Ch. 12: Electro-clinical Syndromes by Age of Onset - Childhood, Adolescence-adult.- Ch. 13: Seizures and Epilepsy in Early Life.- Ch. 14: Imitators of Epilepsy.- Ch. 15: Genetic Analysis of Epilepsies.- Ch. 16: Epilepsy Secondary to Specific Mechanisms.- Ch. 17: MCQ.- Ch. 18: Principles of Epilepsy Diagnosis and Management.- Ch. 19: Old Generation Antiepileptic Drugs.- Ch. 20: New Generation Antiepileptic Drugs.- Ch. 21: Dietary Therapies.- Ch. 22: Other Pharmacological Therapies: Investigational Antiepileptic Drugs, Animal Models of Epilepsy, Hormonal Therapy, Immunotherapy.- Ch. 23: Epilepsy Management in Special Populations.- Ch. 24: MCQ.- Ch. 25: Neuroimaging in Epilepsy.- Ch. 26: Neuropsychological Evaluation in Epilepsy.- Ch. 27: Magnetoencephalography and magnetic source modeling.- Ch. 28: Vagus Nerve Stimulation and other Neuromodulation.- Ch. 29: Epilepsy surgery assessment and testing.- Ch. 30: Procedures and outcomes in epilepsy surgery.- Ch. 31: Quality of Life in Epilepsy.- Ch. 32: MCQ.