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Anthony J. Raimondi
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Division of Pediatric Neurology, Chidren’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, USA
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Maurice Choux
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Hôpital des Infantes de la Timone, Marseille, France
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Concezio Rocco
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Instituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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It is estimated that the functionally significant body of knowledge for a given medical specialty changes radically every 8 years. New specialties and "sub-specialization" are occurring at approximately an equal rate. Historically, established journals have not been able either to absorb this increase in publishable material or to extend their readership to the new specialists. International and national meetings, symposia and seminars, workshops and newsletters, successfully bring to the attention of physi cians within developing specialties what is occurring, but generally only in demonstration form without providing historical perspective, patho anatomical correlates, or extensive discussion. Page and time limitations oblige the authors to present only the essence of their material. Pediatric neurosurgery is an example of a specialty that has developed during the past 15 years and over this period, neurosurgeons have ob tained special training in pediatric neurosurgery and then dedicated them selves primarily to its practice. Centers, Chairs, and educational pro grams have been established as groups of neurosurgeons in different countries throughout the world organized themselves respectively into national and international societies for pediatric neurosurgery. These events were both preceded and followed by specialized courses, national and international journals, and ever-increasing clinical and investigative studies into all aspects of surgically treatable diseases of the child's ner vous system.
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Back Matter
Pages 281-292
Editors and Affiliations
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Division of Pediatric Neurology, Chidren’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, USA
Anthony J. Raimondi
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Hôpital des Infantes de la Timone, Marseille, France
Maurice Choux
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Instituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Concezio Rocco