235 myelitis and peripheral ncr~'c disease caused by infection, toxins and
poslmfectious synctrornc~,. Other discussions delvc into tuhcrcuh~sis. fungal hlfcctiOllS, parasitic infestations, syphilis, l+ymc discasc and immunocompromiscd states. The hook finishes with an tip [o d~llc description o l di:ignoslic imaging and cwiJualion o f ("St" as thc~ rt.'lalu Io diagnosi', and tllallagclllL'lll. All in ul] Ilqs Icxtbook has trial1)strengths and i'ew fla~s, l la~ine
hcen ~,~,littt_'ll I\)r :ill spcc'ialtics of medicine, it does ilot require UXICIlSIVC knowledge of llt2uroailatOm} and neurology knowledge and is concist: cind undc'rslandabl,a, t[owcvur neurological specialists will nol lind it redundant or tlilc. Nulilt'lOUS illustrations hlcluding ('T. M R I ~llld diagramc arc included. l h c s c arc clear anti c'llt~ancc thc c~mtc'nl o f lhu corrcspondirlg IL'xl. Ncuropatllology is ollcn shoWll
with ntllllel-OUS picture's ol hoth nlicroscopic and gross tissue. Whcnc,
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Checkliste ]+i,urologi~che NoR['dlh', Gehlen,
G. Lausberg
by t t . W .
Dclank,
W.
a n d E. M[i/ler (eds.), 2 n d r e v i s e d
cdition, T h i e m c Vcrlag, Stuttgart, New, York, DM 44.00, ISBN 3-13-710302-9
1091,
The second cditMn o l tl~is handy pc,ckct-I~o~lk ,,izcd guide has hccn lhorot£ghly updated, partJcuhtrly with rcspucl to the suction tin -apoplcx),". The original C~ltCgOliCs. grcy-ccdoutcd scclion on cxami-
nation techniques, t'Jltlc-col(ItllCd SL'CIion~,on CatlSt', pathogencsis, SylllplOlllS, and (diflcrcnlial) diagnosis, and red co]otlled s¢ctiOllS Oil hHcnsive and surgical care I11klll~lg~_qllCI11, ]I~I\C hC~_'I1 retained. Thu hook ix a luirl> c~wnplclc compilation ol clinical options. The addition o l flow-charts in a ncx! cditMn ~,ould enhance its usufulI1U~";.
(;.W. l?,m:YN+M.I). M.D.
Dupl. of Ncuroh)gy
I)epartment o l Neurology Bo\,~mun Gray School of Medicine
Acadcnlic t lospital Luidcn Ix:idun+ i l l u Netherlands
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