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Previous Volume 345:1071 October 4, 2001 Number 14

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(Contemporary Neurology Series. No. 59.) Edited by Jerry R. Mendell, John T. Kissel, and David R. Cornblath. 695 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 2001. $165. ISBN 0-19-513301-3.

Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Nerve Disorders is the latest in the valuable Contemporary Neurology Series from Oxford University Press. Although multiple experts contributed to the book, the three editors helped to write all but 5 of its 31 chapters. Their stated purpose is "to create a book that could be easily read from cover to cover [and] that touched on all the important aspects of individual neuropathies." In general, they have succeeded.

Part 1, which comprises the first eight chapters, describes the general approach to the patient with neuropathy, emphasizing the importance of history taking and physical examination, providing . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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