To my many teachers and mentors over the years, most especially Lewis Rowland, Robert Fishman, Sidney Carter, Donald Silberberg, Donald Schotland, and Arthur Asbury in neurology, Burton Zweiman in immunology and clinical immunology, Marian Kies in neuroscience, neurochemistry and glial biology, and Elvin Kabat in immunology. To my collaborators, colleagues, students, residents, fellows, and patients over the years. And finally and most importantly to my family, including my late parents Irving and Sylvia Lisak, my sister Nancy Lisak Sager, my wife Deena, my children Ilene and Michael, and my grandchildren Samuel, Isabella, Vivienne, and Sophie.
RPL
To my mother Cam Tran, my wife Diane Truong, and my friend Marcia Manker for whose support I am indebted, to my associates Thong Nguyen, Mayank Pathak, Karen Frei, Anumantha Kanthasamy, Rae Matsumoto, KK Tai, Phuong Pham, Steven Jenkins, Dave Brown and Christina Nguyen whose loyalty I cherish, and to Emily Gelskey, Suzanne Mellor, Gianni Pezzoli, Khalid Sheikh, Erik Wolters and Rick Warren from whose wisdom I learn.
DDT
To my wife Kathryn and our daughters Gemma, Bonita, and Laura, I thank you for your support, encouragement, and forbearance, and I thank all who have contributed so unstintingly to make this textbook truly unique.
WMC
To my beloved grandmother Pranom Chivakiat, my parents Mitr and Nisaratana Bhidayasiri, my family, Nucharee Yoovidhya and Bhiradej Yoovidhya Bhidayasiri, for their continuing support, love, and understanding, all my teachers of neurology, and lastly my patients who have taught me much about neurology.
RB
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Names: Lisak, Robert P., editor. | Truong, Daniel, editor. |
Carroll, William M., editor. |
Bhidayasiri, Roongroj, editor.
Title: International neurology / edited by Robert P. Lisak, Daniel D. Truong,
William M. Carroll, Roongroj Bhidayasiri ; foreword by John Walton (Lord
Walton Of Detchant).
Description: Second edition. | Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : John
Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015046045 (print) | LCCN 2015048295 (ebook) | ISBN
9781118777367 (cloth) | ISBN 9781118777350 (pdf) | ISBN 9781118777343
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Subjects: | MESH: Nervous System Diseases | Neurology—methods
Classification: LCC RC346 (print) | LCC RC346 (ebook) | NLM WL 140 | DDC
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