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Edited by Seung-Kyung Hann and James J. Nordlund. 306 pp., illustrated. Malden, Mass., Blackwell Science, 2000. $120. ISBN 0-632-05071-3.

This book is a timely, comprehensive monograph about a highly noticeable condition characterized by enlarging areas of cutaneous depigmentation. Current therapies are generally unsatisfactory, and recent advances justify this up-to-date review. The book has a foreword by Aaron B. Lerner of Yale University, founder and developer of modern pigment-cell biology and a pioneer in basic and clinical research in this largely ignored field.

The monograph is well organized, and the excellent choice of topics provides a balanced view of the basic and clinical sciences. The 33 chapters are by recognized experts in the field and are organized into five sections, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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