Brain, Vol. 122, No. 7, 1393-1394,
July 1999
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IMMUNOLOGICAL AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVES.
By N. Latov, John H. J. Wokke and John J. Kelly, Jr.1998. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Price £95. ISBN 0-521-46265-7..
Section of Neurology, University of Wales, college of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
Just over 40 years ago, the connection between immunology and peripheral neuropathy was proposed by Waksman and Adams with the discovery of experimental allergic neuritis. Byron Waksman's introduction to this textbook provides a fascinating account of the science behind the development of experimental allergic