Brain, Vol. 125, No. 3, 680,
March 2002
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DISORDERS OF VOLUNTRY MUSCLE. 7th edition
Department of Medicine (Neurology), University of Wales College of Medicine,Cardiff, UK
DISORDERS OF VOLUNTARY MUSCLE. 7th edition.
By G. Karpati, D. Hilton-Jones and R. C. Griggs.
2001. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Price £140. Pp. 775. ISBN 0-52165-062-3..
The seventh edition of this well known text on muscle disease comes 7 years after the sixth and 37 years after the first edition by Walton. The need for 56 contributors is a testament to scientific and clinical advances in our understanding of muscle and its disorders in man. That many of these contributors are often the forefront authorities in their respective fields on a worldwide basis, emphasizes the esteem in which this text is held as well