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By Francisco Leyva and Andrew Coats. 240 pp., illustrated. Malden, Mass., Blackwell Science, 2000. $99. ISBN 0-632-05073-X.

If one were to draw a map of publications on hypertension showing clumps of textbooks, clusters of manuals, and blocks of volumes of proceedings, this book would occupy a somewhat solitary position. In fact, it is a proper book — a textbook written by two authors from beginning to end — and not, against the tide of fashion, a multiauthored rhapsody of different themes. Consequently, it is a slim volume, a welcome feature for everyone busy or overloaded with information. The tone is that of a long essay, the format halfway between a manual and an extended review.

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