Neuromuscular Diseases of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence

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Summary: No substitute
Review: I may, undoubtedly, be a little biased since I have learnt Pediatric Neurology and Pediatric Neuromuscular disease from Dr De Vivo and now practice side by side with him, but I consider this book irreplaceable. This comprehensive treaty contains unrivalled clinical descriptions, like one finds in M. Brooke's A Clinician's View of Neuromuscular Disease (out of print for quite some time now), and up-to-date molecular genetic discussions on pathogenesis and diagnosis. The book contains abundant beautiful color illustrations and numerous clinical cases, ranging from common to rare. In simple terms, there is not much else to say about this work because it is very well written by the best experts around the world and there is no other publication like it -past or current- in terms of usefulness, depth and elegance of production. References to internet-based databases allow one to pay attention to the latest DNA information.