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Edited by Rex L. Jamison and Robert Wilkinson. 1152 pp., illustrated. New York, Chapman & Hall, 1997. $192.95. ISBN 0-412-60930-4.

The editors of this work had a new vision when they embarked on a single-volume textbook of nephrology. They wished to offer a readable textbook with an international perspective that falls somewhere between the tome and the practical manual. This book contains 1152 pages divided into 89 chapters. There are 114 authors, 74 of whom are European and 40 of whom are American. Of the American authors, 17 hail from Stanford. The book has three major sections that deal with the normal structure and function of the kidney, impaired renal function, and diseases of the kidney and their treatment.

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