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Pediatric neurology case studies: 46 case histories related to pediatric neurology

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The only reason I am giving this excellent book only four stars because it is about two decades old, other than that I will strongly give it five yes five golden stars.
It contains 46 cases in all different aspects of the challenging field of Pediatrics Neurology, from Convulsion, Metabolic abnormalities, weakness, headaches and Developmental delay etc.... Each case starts with History followed by few questions, then Exam findings and questions, then results of lab, imaging investigations with questions. Some of the questions are matching type, others are true/false, but most are multiple choices. There are about dozen of questions in each case. After the explanatory answers there about page and half summary of that particular disease, or symptoms.
I found both the answers and summary very informative and helpful, especially explaining all those difficult to memorize metabolic and congenital diseases, and giving some hints about common findings in diseases as well as findings that cannot be seen in others.
There are many pictures in each case, either EEG, X ray, CT, actual patients. The only missing was MRI, as the book was published before MRI era.
Some of the information is outdated such as Pneumo encephalogram, treatment, and pathophysiology, it is 2001 now, but this has nothing to affect the usefulness of this 380 pages excellent hand- sized book dealing with a rarely approached field "Pediatrics Neurology".
I did enjoy studying and learning this booklet, and I do recommended to every resident in both Pediatrics and Neurology who will find a lot of helpful thoughts, ideas and pictures.