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Peripheral Neuropathy in Childhood. Second Edition.
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Peripheral Neuropathy in Childhood. Second Edition. Edited by ra ouvrier, jg mcleod, and jd pollard. (Pp 335, £50.00). Published By Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000. ISBN 1 898 68317 4.
Our understanding of peripheral nerve disease has come on in leaps and bounds. Although the anatomical description of nerve fibres flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries, it was the 19th century that saw the beginning of our understanding of nerve function and pathology (Dejerine, Freidreich, Charcot, Marie, and Tooth to name but a few of those responsible). Despite much progress through this century, …