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Matters arising in Neurosurgical By G Merren and spike-wave stupor portal-systemic and Communicative Disorders and Stroke Operations. could be considered W-E Goldhahn. (Pp 556; DM 120.00.) encephalopathy to be National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1985. USA due to secondary epileptogenesis caused by Maryland disturbances in that metabolic case. Postal address: Dr Philip H Sheridan, From this This is the second edition of a standard Ger- standpoint, spike-wave stupor Federal Building, Room 114, NINCDS, in portal-systemic encephalopathy is not man language neurosurgical text written by 20205 USA Bethesda, MD, contrasted with epileptic spike-wave stupor. the late Professor Merren and re-edited by Professor Goldhahn, and now translated References into English. The book consists of various References sections including general neurosurgical 'Yamamoto M, Hosokawa K. Triphasic spike- techniques, vascular neurosurgery, spinal wave stupor in portal-systemic encepha- Poser CM. Electroencephalographic changes and surgery, pain and stereotaxy. In each section lopathy: a case report. J Neurol Neurosurg hyperammonemia. Electroencephalogr Clin a page is devoted to a description of the Psychiatry 1985:48:386-7. Neurophysiol 1958:10:51-62. 2Bickford RG, Butt HR. Hepatic coma: the elec- operation and the opposite page to one or 2Hosokawa K, Koguih T, Otsuki S, et al. A case of troencephalographic pattern.