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Restless Legs Syndrome
Edited by
P. Odin
C.W. Olanow
The following synopsis is provided on the book's back cover:
Restless legs syndrome affects up to 10 per cent of the
general population and is easily treatable with conventional drugs. Yet it remains under-diagnosed and under-recognized and
has earned the unfortunate title of being the 'commonest movement disorder you have never heard of'.
This concise text - the first book specifically dedicated to restless legs syndrome - is written by an international
panel of authorities. The contents include up-to-date reviews of
pathophysiology; differential diagnosis, treatment, and laboratory tests.
The book is an important resource material for trainees and specialists across a range of
disciplines, most notably neurology, psychiatry, sleep medicine, geriatrics,
rheumatology, hematology and primary care. It will also be useful for other health care specialists as an aid to
early recognition and proper management of this distressing condition.
Review: (by the webmaster of this site)
If you have more than a passing interest in Ekbom's Syndrome and are medically qualified (or are an intelligent layman with a medical glossary at your side) you will find much of interest here. But it is not an easy read for those suffering from restless legs. Thirteen experts in various fields have contributed to this slim hard back volume. I'd say it was a volume that is long overdue but that those writing it are writing for their peers and for academic recognition and not for we the sufferers. So there - go and look elsewhere for that quack title, no doubt called - "Honestly Buy this book and Cure Restless legs for ever".
Because the writers write in teams and for their own chapters, the reader is liable to read about how Restless Legs can be diagnosed, several times over. This might sound irritating but as the perspective changes each time, it is a very valuable attribute of the book and adds to the readability. But in parts, of necessity, it is very dense. However, it has very comprehensive lists of references to each chapter which tells of the rigorous preparation of the various authors.
My main observation is that the editors have not been sufficiently rigorous about the format for the chapters. Taking the excellent Chapter 7 as a model, there is an introduction, a diligent treatment of the subject and a conclusion. Conclusions occur elsewhere but only sporadically.
If you are a sufferer and can get your hands on a borrowed copy of the book, do have a browse and read.
If you are working in this field, it has to be a must for the shelf as a first and as a source book.
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SLEEP THIEF,
RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME
Virginia N. Wilson, edited by Arthur S. Walters, MD
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