Brain, Vol. 126, No. 7, 1716-1717,
July 2003
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doi: 10.1093/brain/awg181
Book Review |
CLINICAL TRIALS IN NEUROLOGY
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
CLINICAL TRIALS IN NEUROLOGY
By Roberto J. Guiloff
2001. Heidelberg: L. Springer-Verlag
Price £135. ISBN 1-85233-239-5.
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As a clinical trials aficionado, I was intrigued to see what this multi-author book, edited by Roberto Guiloff, would turn out to be. This list of contributors, drawn from both sides of the Atlantic, certainly includes some very distinguished names. The task set for this group of authors was to comprehensively tackle the methodology and design of clinical trials in neurological disease. I am not sure that target has necessarily been met, but there are certainly many contributions that stand out: Ethical considerations (Hope and Savulescu); Ethics, Outcome Variables and Clinical Scales (Buskens and van Gijn); The Role of Meta-Analyses (Stewart); Cerebrovascular