Volume consacré aux épilepsies, abordées dans leur diversité, selon les critères modernes de classification : épilepsies focales, épilepsies généralisées, encéphalopathies épileptiques, situations et étiologies particulières, crises réflexes. Chaque planche d'EEG représentée est analysée pour en extraire les éléments significatifs, utiles au diagnostic et à l'interprétation. ©Electre 2024

The second volume of this series on the practical use and interpretation of EEG focuses on epilepsies in their diversity, following the modern classification criteria: focal epilepsies, generalized epilepsies, epileptic encephalopathies, special etiologies and settings. As in the first, it is richly illustrated, and each EEG plate is analyzed in order to highlight the most significant elements to be used in diagnosis and interpretation. Given the practical orientation of this atlas, the focus is on common forms of epilepsies, but certain less common, more intriguing forms have also been illustrated. A synthetic text summarizes the present approach to the main epilepsy categories. It is not surprising that its philosophy is close to that of the Blue Guide (Epileptie Syndromes in Infancy. Childhood and Adolescence, John Libbey Eurotext, 4^th edition, 2005), given the collaborators enrolled for this second volume, which is a tribute to the prestigious French school of epileptology. This atlas is designed for all the actors who may be involved with patients with epilepsy. Physicians who deal with EEG will find it a valuable tool to further their education in their early years, to help them with their interpretations later on, and for teaching purposes when more experienced. But it will also prove useful for all physicians interested in epilepsy, as well as EEG technologists intent on providing quality recordings, and other professionals. Thorough understanding of human epilepsies requires extensive knowledge of their EEG correlates.

This atlas is the second volume of a series on EEG. The first, published in 2005, focused on the normal awake and sleep EEG, activation procedures, artifacts and pitfalls. The third will deal with EEG in general neurology and emergencies.