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Book review
Arachnoiditis: the silent epidemic
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Edited by J Antonio Aldrete (Pp 339, US$110.00). Published by Futuremed Publishers, Denver, and the Arachnoiditis Foundation Inc, Seaside, 2000. ISBN 968-7860-56-1
This book provides a comprehensive analysis, and comments on a condition we hope will be significantly reduced in incidence with new imaging modalities. It provides an extensive bibliography providing reference on the views expressed, the likely multifactorial aetiological factors responsible for the development of a very disabling combination of signs and symptoms, and management strategies. The earlier chapters provide a historical …