Book Review: Fast facts: MS
Abstract: Chataway 77 (11): 1297 -- Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
It would perhaps seem a tall order to compress into 89 pages the essence of a puzzling disease—cause unknown and treatment evolving—but I think the two well-known authors of Fast facts: multiple sclerosis have largely managed to achieve this. They have been able to carry out this task, from their lifelong experience in managing patients with multiple sclerosis and as a result they have been able to pull out and then elaborate on both the common and the difficult cases, against a backdrop that is well illustrated and fast flowing, interspersed with clinical vignettes.
Some examples are as follows:

• A neat table defining the familial risk of disease development from the index case
• Common questions and their pragmatic answers covering scenarios such as the effects of pregnancy, vaccination and anaesthetic on the patient
• The newly updated McDonald criteria
• The pros and cons of the different ß interferons or glatiramer and . . .