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Edited by Phillip K. Peterson and Jack S. Remington. 355 pp., illustrated. Boston, Blackwell Science, 1997. $95. ISBN 0-86542-555-8.

The purpose of In Defense of the Brain is clearly defined by the editors in their preface: "We asked the contributors to provide the reader a current understanding, at the molecular level, of the strategies used by the host to defend the brain." There is clearly a need for a book that summarizes the many recent advances in knowledge of the pathogenesis of infections of the central nervous system. The editors, however, were only partially successful in achieving their objective.

Unfortunately, for the infections in which understanding of immunopathogenesis is limited, the editors gave the chapter authors the option of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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