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edited by Paolo Curatolo, MD, and Daria Riva, MD, 238 pp, with illus, $79, ISBN 2-7420-0609-5, John Libbey Eurotext, Montrouge, France, 2006.

Steven P. Sparagana, MD, Reviewer

Arch Neurol. 2007;64(6):908-909.

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This monograph is the latest (number 15) in the Mariani Foundation Paediatric Neurology Series and is concerned with the common neurocutaneous disorders, with modest coverage of a few of the more rare syndromes. There are 19 chapters, and neurofibromatosis (NF) and tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) receive top billing with 8 and 5 chapters covering each disease, respectively. Five chapters are concerned with treatment of various other neurocutaneous syndromes.

The leadoff chapter is an outstanding treatment of the embryological basis of the neurocutaneous syndromes. The concept of neurocutaneous disorders hails back to the notion that these diseases involve both the nervous system and skin, both of which arise ontogenetically from the ectodermal germ layer. In this chapter, Sarnat and Flores-Sarnat point out that the term neurocutaneous is actually a misnomer for these disorders, because many of them involve tissues and organs arising from other germ layers. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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