Edited by R.F. Gillum, P.B. Gorelick, and E.S. Cooper. 230 pp. New York, Karger, 1999. $95. ISBN 3-8055-6713-8.
Behind the straightforward and simplistic title of this slimbook lies comprehensive and up-to-date information regardingan important and unresolved problem: the high incidence of strokein black persons. The subtitle, A Guide to Management and Prevention,summarizes the goals of the editors in organizing this importantmultiauthored book. In the introduction and overview, Kullerdistills, in typically succinct and insightful fashion, a tremendousamount of epidemiologic, pathophysiologic, and interventionalobservations germane to the topic. Indeed, the beauty of allof the chapters is their brevity, which permits rapid readingand easy digestion. The book has three sections — . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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