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(Gastroenterology and Hepatology.) Edited by Richard A. Willson. 532 pp. New York, Marcel Dekker, 1997. $175. ISBN 0-8247-9416-8.

In 1997, a total of 532 pages on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of viral hepatitis seems to make this book neither fish nor fowl. On one hand, 532 pages are insufficient for the adequate treatment of the literature on these subjects for hepatologists; when I received this book I looked up "viral hepatitis" on the Internet. In 1996 the total number of citations was 1706, and from 1994 to June 1997 there were 5869 citations. In this book, many chapters seem to have been written in 1995, which is too long ago. In the chapters on treatment there were . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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