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By C.P. Warlow, with six others. 694 pp., illustrated. Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Science, 1996. $199.95. ISBN 0-86542-874-3.

Do we need another book on stroke? Two decades ago there were only a few small books of mainly anecdotal value, but in recent years a variety of works have appeared ranging from weighty encyclopedias to slim "do-it-yourself" books. The arena is quite crowded. However, as the introduction points out, this book is not just a collection of old-fashioned chapters on "ologies," it is problem-based, and for stroke at least, this represents a unique approach. The seven authors are young, enthusiastic, and well informed and have somehow managed to avoid the familiar uneven style of a multiauthored textbook.

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