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This volume is a second undertaking - following the proceedings of
the first workshop published in 1982 under the title Genetic Basis
of the Epilepsies -to review our current knowledge on the genetics
of epilepsies. It also developed from a workshop held in Berlin in
September 1986. It contains the papers presented by the speakers,
but is revised to incorporate the results of the stimulating
discussions. The main goals of the book are to stimulate
communication across traditional disciplinary lines and further
collaborative research, as well as to provide pediatricians,
neurologists, and geneticists with a basic knowledge for genetic
counselling while at the same time putting emphasis on the evidence
of heterogeneity in this field. This book contains separate
sections on population rates, family studies on selected syndromes,
genetics of EEG characteristics, morbidity risk in offspring, and
special methods and topics. Among the topics covered are the
prospective evaluation of seizure morbidity in offspring of
epileptic patients and the relationship of pharmacogenetics to
epilepsy, two questions of current interest. The editors are
greatly indebted to Mrs. Ilsebill Brookes, secretary of the
Department of Neurology, Universitatsklinikum Rudolf Virchow, Free
University Berlin, for her valuable assistance in planning and
arranging the workshop. Major funding was provided by the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft; Stiftung Michael; Freie Universitat Berlin;
Boehringer, Ingelheim; Ciba-Geigy, Frankfurt; Desitin, Hamburg;
Hoff mann-La Roche, Grenzach; Knoll, Ludwigshafen; Labaz, Munich;
Nordmark, Uetersen; Parke-Davis, Munich, and Schering, Berlin. The
editors are indebted to these institutions and firms for their
generous support."
"A comprehensive and useful discussion of Christian ethics applied
to a variety of difficult and timely issues is no simple task, but
Reichenbach and Anderson have risen to it. They have provided a
book that is a great starting place for further consideration of
topics such as the environment, assisted reproduction, abortion,
surrogacy, the human genome, the pursuit of knowledge, the
brain-mind issue, and human sexuality. Their treatment of these
issues is integrated by the adoption of a biblically based paradigm
from Genesis: 'filling, ' 'ruling over, ' and 'caring for.' This is
a book packed with information, suggestions, and challenges."
-Richard Bube, Stanford University "An important book for the
Christian community. The authors have rescued creation from the
polemical battlefield it has become for too many Christians and
have applied God's creation ordinances to some of the pressing
practical issues of our time. Their approach is wide-ranging and
novel, getting us away from the tired debates about conservatives
and liberals. On Behalf of God may provide the fresh look at ethics
that is badly missing in entrenched Christian circles. I believe we
may look back ten years from now and see this book as a watershed
for Christian witness in the real world." -R.J. Berry, University
College London
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