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Edited by Bernard S. Kaplan, Richard S. Trompeter, and Joel L. Moake. 558 pp., illustrated. New York, Marcel Dekker, 1992. $175. ISBN 0-8247-8663-7.

This book on the hemolytic-uremic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura will have broad appeal to the medical community, especially because of physicians' fascination with these two related disorders. The scope and breadth of the book are impressive. There are 8 sections with 40 chapters and 64 authors. Functionally, it is helpful to view this book as divided into only three parts: (1) an introduction and historical review; (2) 29 chapters on the hemolytic-uremic syndrome; and (3) 8 chapters on thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Most of the chapters are valuable additions despite a tendency toward redundancy in some sections.

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