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Edited by Robert A. Lazzarini, with John W. Griffin, Hans Lassman, Klaus-Armin Nave, Robert H. Miller, and Bruce D. Trapp. 1182 pp. in two volumes, illustrated. San Diego, Calif., Elsevier Academic Press, 2004. $400. ISBN 0-12-439510-4.

Virtually everything that has been learned about myelin biology has helped to resolve either a medical or a scientific mystery. Myelin Biology and Disorders, an extraordinary compilation of knowledge about myelin and myelin diseases, benefits from the intrinsic interest and importance of the topic no less than from the hard work of its contributing authors. The diseases of myelin, which are particularly well served by this two-volume book, include multiple sclerosis and acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, as well as a host of hereditary disorders of central and peripheral myelin.

The book is organized into sections that address the functional biology . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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