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Third edition. By Gilles Lyon, Edwin H. Kolodny, and Gregory M. Pastores. 542 pp., illustrated. New York, McGraw-Hill, 2006. $165. ISBN 978-0-07-144508-5.

This latest edition of this book is an update of a very useful resource for pediatric neurologists, trainees in pediatric neurology or pediatric metabolic disease, and medical students. The book covers hereditary neurologic diseases in children more comprehensively than do standard pediatric or neurology textbooks, but it is not forbiddingly encyclopedic. The generally clear and uniform writing style and the judicious use of references enhance its value.

One of the book's great strengths is the presentation of clinical material (chapters 3 through 5) according to the age of the child. This arrangement results in some redundancies, but the value of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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