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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Epilepsy: definitions and background -- Types of seizures -- Epilepsies with onset at all ages: symptomatic and probably symptomatic focal epilepsies -- Epilepsies with neonatal onset (birth to 2 months): focal and generalized epilepsies -- Epilepsies with onset during infancy (2 to 12 months) -- Epilepsies with childhood onset (1 to 12 years) -- Epilepsies with juvenile and adult onset (12 years and older) -- Seizures not necessarily requiring a diagnosis of epilepsy -- Diagnosis and differential diagnosis -- Management -- Antiepileptic drugs -- Status epilepticus -- Special considerations in women and the elderly -- Comorbities -- Counseling.