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By John Booss and Margaret M. Esiri. 277 pp., illustrated. Washington, D.C., ASM Press, 2003. $139.95. ISBN 1-55581-240-6.

Viral encephalitis in Humans brings to the forefront the extensive experience of Dr. Booss, the national director of neurology for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Dr. Esiri, professor of neuropathology at the Oxford Radcliffe National Health Service Trust in the United Kingdom. The preface notes that this textbook is organized to allow the practicing clinician to better approach the care of patients with viral encephalitis. The book moves logically from the evaluation of the patient to the discussion of specific syndromes in both immunocompetent patients and immunocompromised patients. A principle informing the book is the elaboration of pathogenesis. Acute . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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