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Edited by Jack P. Whisnant. 263 pp. Boston, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1993. $65. ISBN 0-7506-0574-X.

This book of 15 chapters is part of a series of neurology textbooks published as Butterworth-Heinemann International Medical Reviews. Whisnant, the editor, is an internationally recognized expert on cerebrovascular disease. Dr. Whisnant, his colleagues at the Mayo Clinic, and his former trainees have each written several chapters. Many useful figures and tables accompany the text.

Emphasizing the epidemiology and natural history of stroke, this book often focuses on population-based studies performed in Olmsted County, Minnesota, and covers the design, conduct, and analysis of clinical trials. Particularly important is the review of the inherent limitations of such trials. Although the book . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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