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Edited by L. M. Brass and Peter K. Stys, 397pp, $29.95, New York, NY, Churchill Livingstone Inc, 1991.

James Q. Miller, MD, Reviewer
Charlottesville, Va

Arch Neurol. 1992;49(10):1005-1006.

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The editors of this helpful and interesting reference book have produced exactly what their title proclaims, a compendium of short statements or descriptive words listed in outline form under 10 major subdivisions of neurologic interest. Within each subdivision, a variety of topics are addressed. Each is represented by a list of facts, a diagram, or a chart containing information appropriate to the topic under consideration. In many instances a reference is cited as authority.

Within each topic area the goal is to be reasonably inclusive. There are both omissions and inclusions, of course, with which one may take exception. However, the information is commendably complete, and it is stimulating to skim down through a topic and decide for oneself whether the list is complete or whether omissions are significant. As examples of points of gentle controversy, the authors include eye strain within the causes of muscle-contraction headache; they omit encopresis . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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