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edited by Thomas J. Walsh, MD, 641 pp, $110, Baltimore, Md, Williams & Wilkins, 1997.

Arch Neurol. 1998;55:575-576.

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Neuro-ophthalmic diagnosis can be a mysterious and bewildering process. Diagnosis and treatment of some of the most common neuro-ophthalmic problems still require thorough understanding of basic ophthalmology and neurology, yet mastery of these disciplines individually does not automatically bestow expertise in the combined subspecialty. Likewise, consulting with the encyclopedias of neuro-ophthalmology does not truly solve the dilemma of what to do with the patient who presents to the generalist's office with a neuro-ophthalmic disorder.

Beginning with the first edition of this text in 1978, the author has written a practical guide to the clinical signs and symptoms of neuro-ophthalmic disorders, the interpretation of diagnostic tests, differential diagnoses, and some aspects of treatment. He has strived to reach a balance between what is useful to the beginning practitioner of ophthalmology and neurology, and what is required as a source reference for those well acquainted with the subspecialty. Now in its fourth . . . [Full Text of this Article]