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Epilepsy Board Quick Review Selected Tables and Figures from Seizures and Epilepsy, Second Edition Epilepsy Board Quick Review Selected Tables and Figures from Seizures and Epilepsy, Second Edition Jerome Engel, Jr., MD, PhD Jonathan Sinay Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Neurobiology, and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences Director, UCLA Seizure Disorder Center David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Los Angeles, CA 1 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 © Oxford University Press 2014 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Engel, Jerome, Jr., author. Epilepsy board quick review: selected tables and figures from Seizures and epilepsy, second edition / Jerome Engel, Jr. p. ; cm. Complemented by: Seizures and epilepsy / Jerome Engel, Jr. 2nd ed. c2013. ISBN 978–0–19–939841–6 (alk. paper) I. Engel, Jerome, Jr. Seizures and epilepsy. Complemented by (work): II. Title. [DNLM: 1. Epilepsy—Handbooks. WL 39] RC372 616.85′3—dc23 2014008911 The science of medicine is a rapidly changing field. As new research and clinical experience broaden our knowledge, changes in treatment and drug therapy occur. The author and publisher of this work have checked with sources believed to be reliable in their efforts to provide information that is accurate and complete, and in accordance with the standards accepted at the time of publication. However, in light of the possibility of human error or changes in the practice of medicine, neither the author, nor the publisher, nor any other party who has been involved in the preparation or publication of this work warrants that the information contained herein is in every respect accurate or complete. Readers are encouraged to confirm the information contained herein with other reliable sources, and are strongly advised to check the product information sheet provided by the pharmaceutical company for each drug they plan to administer. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Preface Seizures and Epilepsy is a comprehensive textbook intended to cover the entire field of epileptology. As an aid to its value as a reference for useful clinical information, this pocket-sized book reproduces those tables and figures containing information that practicing physicians might most often wish to access. In addition, in 2013 the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology began offering special certification in epilepsy, and it is anticipated that this small book will serve as a handy study guide for those preparing to take the epilepsy certification e