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Previous Volume 347:542-543 August 15, 2002 Number 7

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Edited by Teofilo L. Lee-Chiong, Jr., Michael J. Sateia, and Mary A. Carskadon. 737 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, Hanley & Belfus, 2002. $75. ISBN 1-56053-430-3.

A consequence of the growth of sleep medicine is the number of textbooks that attempt to capture the richness, complexity, and diversity of this specialty. With increased recognition and board certification, the field has engendered a number of books on chronobiology, sleep neurophysiology, insomnia, sleep function, and sleep and breathing. Far fewer books have attempted the daunting task of dealing with sleep medicine in its entirety. Such works, which typically have multiple authors, provide broad coverage from the viewpoint of many different disciplines. Into this arena steps Sleep Medicine. Arriving late at a party does have distinct advantages, but . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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