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Paediatric Epilepsy Syndromes and their Surgical Treatment.
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Paediatric Epilepsy Syndromes and their Surgical Treatment. Edited byi tuxhorn, h holthausen, and h boenigh. (Pp 928, £85.00). Published by John Libbey and Co, London, 1997. ISBN 0-86196-536-1.
In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of children who are investigated as potential candidates for epilepsy surgery, and in the number of centres which offer this service. Some of the reasons behind this are improved access to high resolution MRI and other techniques for the assessment of the origins of epilepsy, an increased level of awareness and expectation among parents, and acceptance …