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Central Nervous System Angiitis, 1e

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Central Nervous System Vasculitis is extremely rare, so I was very pleased to discover Dr. Schmidley's book here on Amazon. I am not a medical professional, but I found it a very helpful summary and synthesis of just about everything known about Central Nervous System Angiitis (also called Central Nervous System Vasculitis -- CNSV) as of 1999. The first 4 chapters deal with clinical aspects, pathology & pathogenesis, diagnosis & therapy, and angiographic & postpartum matters. The remaining chapters concern CNSV in association with other diseases. I found the book well organized and very useful, even if difficult to understand at times. I would recommend it to medical professionals and to others who are strongly interested in this subject.

My wife was diagnosed with Central Nervous System Vasculitis early in 2001, and we found no patient-oriented information on the Internet at that time. Since then, we have discovered CNSV-net [url] -- a resource for people with CNSV, their families and the health care community. People who are interested in Dr. Schmidley's book will be interested in CNSV-net.

My father was recently diagnosed with CNS Vasculitis based on tissue obtained from a craniotomy. There's still little help on the internet about this very rare disease, and the website [CNSV.net] seems to have gone away. I was hoping for some information that might help with the interpretation of the pathology reports. While this book is good for an overall look at some of the possible causes and treatments of CNS Vasculitis, it wasn't as comprehensive as I was hoping it might be. I realize that this could be because CNS Vasculitis (Angiitis) is still largely a puzzle to physicians and researchers and most of the data is still obtained post-mortem, however, given the severity of the treatment regimens, I was hoping to find more conclusive evidence about their efficacy, as well as more clearly defined diagnostic criteria.

If you don't know much about this rare disease, this is a good primer. It just might leave you with more questions than answers, though.