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Book review
A Textbook of SPECT in Neurology and Psychiatry
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A Textbook of SPECT in Neurology and Psychiatry. Edited by peter p de deyn, r a dierckx, a alavi, and b a pickut. (Pp 580, £95.00.) Published by John Libbey and Co, London, 1997. ISBN 0-86196-542-6.
The editors claim to provide a “state of the art review of the role of SPECT in neurology and psychiatry”. The 64 chapters are divided into 11 sections, covering dementia, neuropsychology, psychiatry, movement disorders, epilepsy, paediatrics, cerebrovascular disease, tumours, trauma, specific applications, and physical techniques. Although the emphasis is on SPECT, the role …