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(Vol. I.) By Enrique Pimentel. 370 pp. Boca Raton, Fla., CRC Press, 1994. $85. ISBN 0-8493-2505-6.
(Vol. II.) By Enrique Pimentel. 362 pp. Boca Raton, Fla., CRC Press, 1994. $85. ISBN 0-8493-2506-4.
(Vol. III.) By Enrique Pimentel. 370 pp. Boca Raton, Fla., CRC Press, 1994. $85. ISBN 0-8493-2507-2.

This three-volume set, unassumingly entitled Handbook of Growth Factors, is in fact an encyclopedic review of the entire field of mitogens and signaling pathways. The books are comprehensive, detailed, and well written and, in my opinion, will serve as valuable references for investigators working in the field of growth factors.

On reading through these books I found little to criticize beyond the inevitable failure to cite the absolutely latest material. The most obvious of these deficiencies are commented on below. Most chapters cite references up to 1993.

The first volume, General Basic Aspects, deals with the general principles of cell . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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