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By C.P. Panayiotopoulos. 541 pp., illustrated, with CD-ROM. Chipping Norton, England, Bladon Medical Publishing, 2005. $170. ISBN 1-904218-34-2.

A Medline search for "epilepsy syndrome" reveals that more than 1600 review articles about these syndromes have appeared since 1965. The classification system of the International League against Epilepsy that defines approximately 40 of the syndromes is detailed and occasionally changes. Moreover, the complexity of the field has increased in the era of genomics, even for practicing neurologists and epileptologists, and there are new laboratory tests to confirm a diagnosis suspected on the basis of the history and electroencephalographic (EEG) findings.

Panayiotopoulos has written one of the most comprehensive textbooks to be found on the subject of epilepsy. The book . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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