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• Title:Epilepsy and seizures / Donald F. Weaver.
  
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• Author/Creator:Weaver, Donald Frederic, 1957-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Canadian Medical Association.
  
• Published/Created:Toronto : Key Porter Books, ©2001.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WL385 .W363 2001
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Epilepsy--Popular works.
  Convulsions--Popular works.
  
• Medical Subjects: Epilepsy.
  Seizures.
  
• Description:x, 157 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
  
• Series:Your personal health series.
  
• Summary:This authoritative new addition to Your Personal Health Series explains what we know today about this unpredictable disorder, and gives detailed, practical advice on living with it, in yourself or a loved one. Topics include: how to recognize different kinds of epilepsy, how and why the brain produces these various patterns, what tests and procedures are used to diagnose epilepsy, how drugs can help - or harm, when surgery makes sense, epilepsy in pregnancy, childhood and old age.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  At head of title: Canadian Medical Association.
  "Further Resources": pages 151-152.
  
• ISBN:1552631273
  
• Contents:1. Epilepsy through the ages
  2. The biology of epilepsy
  3. Types of seizures and epilepsy
  4. Diagnosis
  5. Drug-based treatment
  6. Surgical treatment
  7. Medical emergencies
  8. Seizures in infants, children and the eldery
  9. Other special considerations
  10. Medical problems that resemble epilepsy
  12. Looking ahead.