Brain, Vol. 124, No. 10, 2119-2120,
October 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press
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MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.
Edited by M. Filippi, D. L. Arnold and G. Comi. 2000. Milan: Springer. Price DM 129. Pp. 165. ISBN 88-470-0123-4.
London, UK
When asked to review this book I was surprised that an entire volume would be devoted to the topic indicated by the title. It is not: of the 150 or so pages, only 16in chapters on magnetic resonance spectroscopy `as a measure of dynamic pathological change' in multiple sclerosis (five text pages) and correlations between magnetic resonance spectroscopy `and other magnetic resonance parameters' (six pages)address magnetic resonance spectroscopy in multiple sclerosis. The rest of the book consists of chapters on axonal signals and myelination, axonal loss in multiple sclerosis, the theory of magnetic resonance spectroscopy, functional MRI and multiple sclerosis, magnetization transfer and diffusion-weighted