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Edited by Ali F. Krisht and George T. Tindall. 427 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999. $175. ISBN 0-683-30143-8.

Harvey Cushing described the pituitary gland as "a tiny organ, which lies enveloped by an additional capsule and membrane like the nugget in the innermost of a series of Chinese boxes." The neurosurgeon has occupied center stage in the management of the enlarged pituitary for more than 100 years, but recently the endocrinologist has achieved considerable success with drug therapy and is moving in from the wings.

In 1986, Tindall and Barrow (from Atlanta) chose to write the well-known predecessor of this book almost entirely by themselves, in the belief that textbooks with just one or two authors avoid the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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