A variety of surgical treatments for intractable epilepsy with hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) are described, although most are derived from limited patient experience gathered from several centres. We describe the results of transcallosal resection of HH in 29 consecutive patients undergoing surgery at one centre. Twenty-nine patients aged 4-23 years (mean 10 years) underwent HH surgery with a min...

This well-established textbook , now in its Third edition, provides an attractive, authorative and integrated review of organ function and systems interactions in the normal body. The authors have two particular aims – to emphasise cellular physiology and to discuss the relevance of normal function to disturbed organ function or patho-physiology. The clear diagrams and coherent text will attrac...

During the last decade a great deal of scientific research has helped to establish the biological value of human breast milk. Starting with the nutrient and anti-infective properties we have now come to realise that breast milk is a live substance carrying at least two different populations of living cells each with a distinct biological property of its own (Ogra & Ogra, 1978). Furthermore, the...