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Book review
HIV neurology
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B J Brew. Oxford University Press, New York, 2001, £75.00, pp 252. ISBN 0-19-513363-3
Do we need books anymore? I found myself asking this rather shocking question when an exceptionally keen medical student brought a series of current reviews relating to a patient we had seen in clinic together, downloaded from the internet within minutes of the clinic ending. HIV neurology provides at least one rationale for book publishing. Given the epidemiology of HIV in the UK, most neurologists will encounter HIV associated neurological problems rarely. Most of the physicians who look after patients with HIV disease are familiar with common neurological problems. Neurologists will therefore tend …