The Child with Febrile Seizures

Abstract

development of motor control, intestinal motor activity in the preterm infant, and the development of the lower oesophageal sphincter in the preterm infant.The second section deals with disordered oesophageal function in two chapters.One deals with gastro-oesophageal reflux in infancy.The second deals with reflux and chronic bron- chopulmonary disease.The third section covers small intestinal disorders and colonic function in five chapters.The first is on intestinal pseudo-obstruction in childhood.The second on the pathology of this con- dition.The third on motility disorders in cystic fibrosis.The fourth on the irritable bowel syndrome, and the last on constipation.The final section covers therapeutics and the use of prokinetic agents.Despite its multiauthorship Peter Milla has achieved a cohesiveness of style, clarity, and brevity.Each chapter has useful references.It is inevitable that there will be a slight degree of overlap between different authors but this is a minor fault in a book that should be useful in the understanding and management of this difficult area of paediatric gastroenterology.It should find a useful place in the libraries of general paediatricians as well as of those working entirely in paediatric gastroenterology.