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Second edition. Edited by Anthony Hopkins, Simon Shorvon, and Gregory Cascino. 675 pp. New York, Chapman & Hall, 1996. $159. ISBN 0-412-54330-3.

Patients with epilepsy contend with repetitive attacks whose type, frequency, and severity vary enormously from person to person. Depending on the complexity of their symptoms, patients may be cared for by physicians in general practice, pediatricians, internists, or subspecialists in neurology, neurosurgery, or psychiatry. This multiauthored textbook, although written mostly by subspecialists, is clearly intended for general physicians who care for children and adults with epilepsy.

This book covers all aspects of epilepsy, but it is in no way a monograph or a reference book. Each chapter presents a broad but informative review of a topic. Each is well, though . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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