Brain, Vol. 124, No. 9, 1879-1880,
September 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press
Book reviews |
EPILEPSY: COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND CASE DISCUSSION
By Hans Luders. 2000. London: Martin Dunitz. Price £65. Pp. 400. ISBN 1-85317-741-5.
Department of Neurology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK
The last few years have seen the appearance of an increasing number of books, of varying size and complexity, about the management of epilepsy, and it is difficult to envisage a niche for any new publication on general epilepsy issues. This book, with its combination of comprehensive coverage of almost all aspects of epilepsy management, and case studies to illustrate the problems and aid learning, will almost certainly find such a niche.
The preface of the book describes it as `an edited syllabus' of the course on comprehensive epileptology organized by the Cleveland clinic group since 1996. This conjured up the possibility of rather dry reading: the reality is very different, providing a very readable,