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Brain, Vol. 122, No. 8, 1600-1602, August 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press

Book Reviews

GENETICS OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE.

Edited by Mark J. Alberts.1999. Pp. 386. Armonk: Futura Publishing Company.Price $120. ISBN 0-87993-584-7..

P. J. Martin

Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Early misconceptions that this would be a volume about a narrow subject written in a dry manner were quickly dispelled. So too was the belief that in a rapidly moving field such as genetics it would be rapidly out of date. In fact this book is creditably broad in content and will appeal to all neurologists caring for patients with cerebrovascular diseases.

What this book is really concerned with is the recognition of and causes of `unusual strokes in unusual folks'. Hence, the common causes of stroke in the young are included as are the unusual causes of stroke in the elderly.

It is divided into four sections: genetic principles and techniques, the genetics of risk factors for cerebrovascular disease, the genetics of specific stroke aetiologies and syndromes, and clinical applications. Each . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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