Edited by John Harper, Arnold Oranje, and Neil Prose. 1931 pp. in two volumes, illustrated. Malden, Mass., Blackwell Science, 2000. $495. ISBN 0-86542-939-1.
It is quite fitting that as board certification in pediatricdermatology finally becomes a reality, the first major textbookin this subspecialty with the gravitas to stand up to its "adult"counterparts has been published. The Textbook of Pediatric Dermatology,an outstanding contribution edited by three highly experiencedconsultants from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and theUnited States, is the first edition of a two-volume work thatcovers the spectrum of childhood mucocutaneous disorders fromthe prenatal period through adolescence. It is perhaps not surprisingthat the format chosen for this textbook is by and large thesame as . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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