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edited by Teri J. Bowman, MD, 475 pp, $64.95, ISBN 0-7506-7392-3, Burlington, Mass, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003.

Arch Neurol. 2004;61:442-443.

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This is a multiauthored book designed to serve as a review of sleep medicine topics, especially in preparation for the American Board of Sleep Medicine examination. It is not a comprehensive review of the subject; in fact, the editing author says as much in the preface.

The book is divided into 3 sections. The first section, "Highlights of Sleep Medicine," is dedicated to a brief review of various sleep medicine topics. It has 7 chapters covering synopsis of sleep, basic neuroscience, sleep physiology, insomnia, excessive sleepiness, effects of medications on sleep, and an overview of polysomnographic techniques. Disorders of circadian rhythm are briefly covered in the chapters on insomnia and excessive sleepiness but with no mention of genetic studies in circadian rhythms. There is limited coverage of restless leg syndrome and periodic limb movement disorders in the chapter on neuroscience and again in the chapters on insomnia and excessive sleepiness. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Pradeep Sahota, MD, Reviewer
Columbia, Mo