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(Genetics in Medicine and Surgery Series.) Second edition. By Sarah Bundey, with a contribution by E.M. Brett. 459 pp., illustrated. New York, Churchill Livingstone, 1992. $125. ISBN 0-443-04523-2.

Dr. Bundey states in her preface that she has written this book as a practical guide for neurologists to whom molecular genetics is an unfamiliar subject. We found this claim accurate: instead of being a complicated compendium of gene mutations and cloning methods, the book is a succinct and clear summary of the inheritance patterns and recurrence risks associated with a panorama of neurologic disorders.

The book covers hundreds of disorders, usually in a few paragraphs each. Although this may sound like an etiologic nightmare, all the disorders are logically grouped, into chapters ranging from "Malformations of the central nervous . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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