In the spring of 1993 a meeting of the European Charcot Foundation was held in Bari as it was quite clear that there was a renaissance of Italian interest in cerebro- spinal fluid. Two of the influential figures with a long-standing commitment to this field were Professor Paolo Livrea and Dr. Maria Trojano. At this meeting we con- sidered the possibility of collecting together the various papers which had been presented, however the idea evolved further to the present volume, which incor- porates a broader view. This starts with the anatomical approach, including neuro- pathology, CSF cells...
In the spring of 1993 a meeting of the European Charcot Foundation was held in Bari as it was quite clear that there was a renaissance of Italian inte...