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Edited by Martin H. Steinberg, Bernard G. Forget, Douglas R. Higgs, and Ronald L. Nagel. 1266 pp., illustrated. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2001. $275. ISBN 0-521-63266-8.

Fifteen years ago, H. Franklin Bunn and Bernard G. Forget published their second book on hemoglobin, entitled Hemoglobin: Molecular, Genetic and Clinical Aspects (Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1986). In the first, entitled Hemoglobinopathies (Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1977), they were joined by Helen M. Ranney, the doyenne of hemoglobin studies. In those books, the authors described the length and breadth of hemoglobin, the molecule that ushered in the molecular biologic revolution in clinical medicine. The two books stand as examples of fine writing by experienced physician-scientists who have made extraordinary contributions to the field.

The study of hemoglobin has grown at such . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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