Neurologic Disorders in Women is a book that attempts to distill what we know about neurologic disease that is unique to women. The book is divided into nine chapters dealing with common neurologic conditions such as epilepsy, stroke, headache, neuro-oncology, multiple sclerosis, neuromuscular disease, cognition and Alzheimer's disease, movement disorders, and medical conditions with neurologic manifestations. In each chapter a review of the condition as it relates to women is presented. The subject of pregnancy is incorporated in each chapter. The idea and inception of a book that deals with neurologic disorders in women is laudatory and this certainly is a start toward creating a comprehensive book on the subject.
The book contains excellent reviews of gender differences in epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and cognition in Alzheimer's disease, but there are weaknesses as well.
The weakest chapter deals with headaches. For example, the author spends five pages discussing generic treatment of migraine but does not mention specific treatments for menstrual migraine. There is one paragraph dealing with the effect of oral contraceptives on headache and less than one page on menstrual migraine itself. The authors do provide a list of drugs used for headache in pregnancy, but the overall effect is not helpful in taking care of women with headaches.
This book should devote a larger percentage of its attention to common neurologic conditions seen clinically. For example, an uncommon condition like Takayasu Arteritis, is discussed at length, while Guillain-Barre Β΄is discussed in less than one page and myasthenia is discussed in less than half a page.
The chapter on neuromuscular disease is also disap-