A Clinical Guide to Epileptic Syndromes and Their Treatment
- George L. Morris III, MD, Reviewer
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Regional Epilepsy Center
St Luke's Medical Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
george.morris@aurora.org
Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text.
By C. P. Panayiotopoulos.
2nd ed, 540 pp, $99.25.
London, England, Springer-Verlag, 2007.
ISBN-13 978-1-8462-8643-8.
A Clinical Guide to Epileptic Syndromes and Their Treatment is well worth having in your library for its compendious information and significant update since its first edition (2002). The current edition has grown from 278 pages to 551 pages and has increased not only in size but in its usefulness, with many new illustrations and clinical pearls from the author, a pediatric epileptologist. The text has truly become a pragmatic and helpful guide in the treatment of epilepsy.
The second edition is a significant update, with many structural and informational changes. One new feature is a series of informational “blue boxes” that contain what I would describe as the clinical pearls of a seasoned practitioner. The new edition also includes a number of new and useful electroencephalographic illustrations that help explain the nature of epilepsy. …
