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edited by Nancy J. Holland and Stanley van den Noort, 234 pp, with illus, $34.95. ISBN 1-888799-25-0, New York, NY, Demos Medical Publishing Inc, 1999.

Arch Neurol. 2001;58:141.

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This small textbook is multiauthored and supported by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The book is directed toward generalists who deal with patients with multiple sclerosis. It is not a pretentious book, with an emphasis on practical management using algorithms in most chapters.

However, some of the illustrations are quite poor, particularly the magnetic resonance images. In addition, it could probably use more practical tables, such as Table 5.1, which lists the drugs useful in pain management, along with doses, adverse events, and indications.

The practical management chapters are clear and to the point. Fatigue is covered, as are spasticity and motor problems. Pain is clearly described, and suggestions are made as to drug therapy for pain, which is usually not very effective. There is a complex algorithm for bladder symptoms, but it makes sense, indicating that the postvoid residual is the key to the type of medication to be . . . [Full Text of this Article]