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NINS. New Issues in Neurosciences Basic and Clinical Approaches. Autonomic Neuropathies. Vol. -1; no. 4 1988/89. P.K. Thomas, distributor: John Wiley & Sons (AIREN, Geneva, Switzerland) This book is an issue of NINS, giving the report of a meeting held in Geneva, Switzerland, 28-30 November, 1988. New developments in the field of autonomic neuropathies (and other dysfunctions) are reviewed to-
gether with old material, thus yielding a state-of-theart. Every reader will find things he did not know and will learn useful things. Nevertheless it is felt that this will be appreciated mainly by those who attended and by those who are especially interested in autonomous disorders. The book/issue is not suitable as a reference work. To ‘ordinary’ clinicians it is not to be recommended. A.R. Wintzen. Leiden
Clinical Trial Methodology in Stroke W.K. Amery, M.G. Bousser, F. Clifford Rose (eds.). Ailliere Tindall, London, Philadelphia, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, 1989. ISBN 0702013986. f 23,00. This book contains the proceedings of a meeting of experts, held 6-7 March 1989 in the priory of Corsendonk near Tumhout, Belgium. Participants were almost 40 experts in the field of research in stroke management. Clinicians tend to be eager to hear that treatment X is very useful in disorder Y, and accordingly they usually remember the conclusions of articles stating so. They should also remember, however, that opti-
The Cerebw
A.R. Wintzen,
Leiden
Fluid
R.M. Herndon and R.A. Brumback (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston/Dordrecht/London, 1989. xiv + 306 pp, ISBN 792301218. Dfl. 300.00. The Cerebrospinal Fluid contains 11 reviews, varying from historical aspects to electronmicroscopic studies. It is well written, carefully prepared and illustrated with a large number of useful figures. A short summary of historical developments and a concise 92
mistic statements rarely apply to all patients concerned. When the figures are carefully looked at, the good results can be obtained in small subgroups only, and for the clinician it is often hard to know, whether his patient belongs to the happy few. For clinicians who recognize this problem, this booklet is a very enlightning source of information. Not only the reviews of treatment dilemmas in ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke, and SAH are clear and instructive, the discussions are a pleasure to read. The book is to be warmly recommended to all those, who are interested in sound management of stroke and the organization of research to improve it.
review of anatomic and physiologic aspects are followed by 9 chapters on clinical subjects. Abnormal flow. collection of cerebrosoinal fluid, iniections. infections, proteins, cytologi and cytopafhology are discussed subsequently and the authors have included many references. Furthermore, the book contains 53 color plates of cells from patients with various disorders. It is recommended to neurologists and others interested in the relationship between cerebrospinal fluid and disease processes. P.A. Bolhuis, Amsterdam
NINS. New Issues in Neurosciences Basic and Clinical Approaches. Autonomic Neuropathies. Vol. -1; no. 4 1988/89. P.K. Thomas, distributor: John Wiley & Sons (AIREN, Geneva, Switzerland) This book is an issue of NINS, giving the report of a meeting held in Geneva, Switzerland, 28-30 November, 1988. New developments in the field of autonomic neuropathies (and other dysfunctions) are reviewed to-
gether with old material, thus yielding a state-of-theart. Every reader will find things he did not know and will learn useful things. Nevertheless it is felt that this will be appreciated mainly by those who attended and by those who are especially interested in autonomous disorders. The book/issue is not suitable as a reference work. To ‘ordinary’ clinicians it is not to be recommended. A.R. Wintzen. Leiden
Clinical Trial Methodology in Stroke W.K. Amery, M.G. Bousser, F. Clifford Rose (eds.). Ailliere Tindall, London, Philadelphia, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, 1989. ISBN 0702013986. f 23,00. This book contains the proceedings of a meeting of experts, held 6-7 March 1989 in the priory of Corsendonk near Tumhout, Belgium. Participants were almost 40 experts in the field of research in stroke management. Clinicians tend to be eager to hear that treatment X is very useful in disorder Y, and accordingly they usually remember the conclusions of articles stating so. They should also remember, however, that opti-
The Cerebw
A.R. Wintzen,
Leiden
Fluid
R.M. Herndon and R.A. Brumback (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston/Dordrecht/London, 1989. xiv + 306 pp, ISBN 792301218. Dfl. 300.00. The Cerebrospinal Fluid contains 11 reviews, varying from historical aspects to electronmicroscopic studies. It is well written, carefully prepared and illustrated with a large number of useful figures. A short summary of historical developments and a concise 92
mistic statements rarely apply to all patients concerned. When the figures are carefully looked at, the good results can be obtained in small subgroups only, and for the clinician it is often hard to know, whether his patient belongs to the happy few. For clinicians who recognize this problem, this booklet is a very enlightning source of information. Not only the reviews of treatment dilemmas in ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke, and SAH are clear and instructive, the discussions are a pleasure to read. The book is to be warmly recommended to all those, who are interested in sound management of stroke and the organization of research to improve it.
review of anatomic and physiologic aspects are followed by 9 chapters on clinical subjects. Abnormal flow. collection of cerebrosoinal fluid, iniections. infections, proteins, cytologi and cytopafhology are discussed subsequently and the authors have included many references. Furthermore, the book contains 53 color plates of cells from patients with various disorders. It is recommended to neurologists and others interested in the relationship between cerebrospinal fluid and disease processes. P.A. Bolhuis, Amsterdam