Neurologic disease in women, second edition

Edited by Peter W Kaplan. Published by Demos Medical Publishing, New York, 2005, $165.00 (hardcover), pp 454. ISBN 1-888799-85-4 That women have particular health issues, often in relation to childbearing, and that some conditions have a female preponderance is not new. However, it is good to see a work that recognises the gender difference and deals with it in some detail. This is the second edition of the book, which is multiauthored, all USA based, with some interesting choices of topics—for example, women, law …