Chronic fatigue syndrome. Edited by David M. Dawson and Thomas D. Sabin, Boston, Little, Brown, 1993, 240 pp, illustrated, $65.00
✍ Scribed by Robert B. Layzer
- Book ID
- 101468999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 376 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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✦ Synopsis
This comprehensive volume is an understandable and practical presentation of clinical autonomic disorders.
The book is divided into three sections: scientific basis, clinical evaluation, and clinical disorders of autonomic function. The chapters on evaluation of autonomic function provide a useful description of the value and pitfalls of currently available clinical tests. The 26 chapters on clinical disorders cover a wide range of topics including autonomic neuropathies, central autonomic disorders, extrapyramidal disorders, neurologic dysfunction of the bladder and gastrointestinal tract, syncope, hyperthermia and hypothermia, sleep apnea, male sexual dysfunction, autonomic emergencies, pain, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, and disorders of sweating. The practical organization of topics will appeal to the clinical neurologist.
Each chapter begins with a useful summary of the main points and ends with an adequate bibliography. The multiauthored format results in some repetition of information, but the repetition allows each chapter to stand alone when the book is used as a general reference. The index is user-friendly and the diagrams are informative. This authoritative reference on clinical autonomic disorders is highly recommended for all neurologists.