Dr. Dekaban states that his purpose in writing this excellently printed and illustrated text is to provide those concerned with anatomic and developmental landmarks of the maturation of the central nervous system during the first 2 years of life, and to outline the principles and clinical manifestations of neurologic disorders occurring during infancy, stressing the differences between the mature patient and infants in these regards.
The text fulfills the author's aims in scope encompassing the neurologic spectrum from metabolic to neoplastic and degenerative disorders.