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by F. Blair Simmons, 196 pp, with illus, $23.50, New York, Grune & Stratton Inc, 1979.

B. Todd Troost, MD, Reviewer
Chief, Neurology Service Veterans Administration Medical Center University Drive "C" Pittsburgh, PA 15240

Arch Neurol. 1980;37(9):604.

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This atlas is a well-illustrated and relatively inexpensive introduction to the science and art of electronystagmography (ENG). Its basic intent is to instruct those who will be interpreting the ENG. However, I believe that it would also be useful to those confronted with reports from various ENG laboratories, such as practicing neurologists who rarely perform such tests.

The book begins with brief introductory chapters that give some technical background and descriptions of the actual process of recording and reporting the ENG. These sections are descriptive and do not provide the detailed information that would be necessary if one were actually setting up his own laboratory and is available in other current standard textbooks. Appropriate comments are made with regard to the function of the ENG technician and some of the limitations of ENG interpretation.

The remainder of the text, aside from a useful glossary of terms and a brief but . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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