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The first surprise is the title page. It contains only one name. Single authorships of comprehensive textbooks on large subjects are increasingly rare. Successful ones seem unlikely, but Dr. Engel has succeeded spectacularly. He is, in fact, one of only a handful of people in the world with the perspective and depth of knowledge to perform this feat. The first edition, in 1989, was a landmark in the epilepsy world, but the past 25 years have seen an explosion of knowledge in both basic and clinical aspects of epilepsy. Thus this second edition was both badly needed and daunting to construct. The author has made excellent decisions on what to include and what to omit. The result is a thorough but concise—even at 662 pages—survey. The author acknowledges that textbooks can only be a snapshot in time of a rapidly expanding field, but they continue to serve an important purpose as a handy benchmark for what we know now.
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Disclosure: Scientific board/safety boards: Eisai Ltd., Lundbeck, SK Life Science, Sunovion, Supernus, UCB Pharma, Upsher-Smith; funding travel/honoraria: GlaxoSmithKline; commercial support: UCB Pharma, Brain Sentinel; academic support: University of Alabama at Birmingham. Go to Neurology.org for full disclosures.
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