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edited by Stephen H. Sheldon, Susan Riter, and Mark Detrojan, 278 pp, with illus, $150, ISBN 0-879-93423-9, Armonk, NY, Futura Publishing Company Inc, 1999.

Arch Neurol. 2000;57:1228-1229.

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This is an excellent atlas with comprehensive coverage of wide-ranging topics in pediatric sleep medicine. The layout, illustrations, and text are user-friendly and easy to understand.

Both normal sleep and abnormal sleep are well illustrated using numerous examples from normal children and also disease categories, including sleep-related breathing disorders, non–rapid eye movement sleep-related parasomnias, rapid eye movement sleep-related parasomnias, and sleep in the neurologically abnormal child. A good chapter on common artifacts, especially those specific to pediatric patients, and also a chapter with a brief discussion on pneumography and home monitoring are also included. The text accompanying each illustration includes a good discussion of polysomnographic features, technology used when relevant, as well as a comprehensive list of references and suggested reading, making learning easy for the user.

Examples of normal polysomnograms include those of children ranging from the premature baby to older children. However, the text describing the expected normal . . . [Full Text of this Article]