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By Robert M. Black, with contributions from Howard J. Alfred, Pang-Yen Fan, and Jeffrey S. Stoff. 597 pp. Boston, Little, Brown, 1996. $99.95. ISBN 0-316-75652-0.

The title of this book is slightly misleading. The book does not present clinical problems, each followed by a discussion and solutions. It is instead a concise textbook of clinical nephrology, and as Black states, it provides "quick access to the practical information clinicians need in their daily practice."

The book is an expanded revision of the Manual of Clinical Problems in Nephrology (Boston: Little, Brown, 1988). As often occurs with updated books, some chapters are not completely rewritten but only renovated, and the result is less homogeneous, like a painting with patches restored in different styles.

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