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Edited by Charles R. Rizza and Gordon D.O. Lowe. 512 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1997. $95. ISBN 0-7020-1755-8.

Hemophilia is a relatively rare congenital disorder (80 severe cases per 1 million males), which medical students become acquainted with mainly as the prototype of an X-linked hereditary disease. Despite the rarity of the disorder, the bleeding manifestations (hemarthrosis, muscle bleeding, hematuria, intracranial hemorrhage, and bleeding during surgery) can involve many medical disciplines, and a single patient may see numerous physicians during his lifetime. This multiauthored book is a useful guide to the current management of hemophilia.

During the past four decades, the care of patients with hemophilia has been an extraordinary mix of success and failure. The hemophilias were . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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