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edited by Dudley S. Dinner and Hans O. Lüders, 300 pp, San Diego, Calif, Academic Press, 2001.

Arch Neurol. 2002;59:151.

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"Thy sweet child sleep, the filmy-eyed" is how Shelley described the relationship between Night and Sleep in his ode "To Night." This book, edited by Dinner and Lüders, based on a 1998 symposium, explores another intimate relationship—that of epilepsy and sleep. Sleep neurophysiology, the effect of sleep on seizures, the effect of seizures on sleep, and sleep disorders that mimic seizures are covered in a comprehensive and readable manner. The authors are experts in their respective fields and write from extensive personal experience as well as from knowledge of the literature. In particular, the chapter by Amzica and Steriade, "Electrophysiology of Sleep," is a coherent and exciting summary of the basic science underlying the topic. Different epileptic syndromes are covered in detail, including electrical status epilepticus of sleep and acquired epileptic aphasia. A comprehensive review of parasomnias spans several chapters. For those inexperienced in the technique of video-electroencephalographic polysomnography, a . . . [Full Text of this Article]