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Edited by Peter Wolf. 678 pp. London, John Libbey, 1995. £65. ISBN 0-86196-430-6.

At first glance, this book seems to be drowning in a sea of minutiae. There is an entire page devoted to the semantic differences between "idiopathic" and "cryptogenic" epilepsy. But it soon becomes apparent that the attention to detail in this book is necessary for an understanding of the epilepsies.

Before there can be any meaningful discussion of the pathophysiology and treatment of a disease, everyone must be speaking the same language. In 1985, the International League against Epilepsy proposed an international classification of the epilepsies and epileptic syndromes. Peter Wolf updates and expands this classification and relates these syndromes . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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