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Edited by John M. Papadimitriou, Douglas W. Henderson, and Dominic V. Spagnolo. 728 pp., illustrated. New York, Churchill Livingstone, 1992. $375. ISBN 0-443-03464-8.

The aim of this ambitious book is to present pathologists with basic and reliable information about the ultrastructure of nonmalignant diseases. As the editors stress in their preface, many of these disorders can be diagnosed by techniques other than microscopy, but ultrastructural examination often adds useful and sometimes critical information. Given the broad scope of the topic, a rather schematic text accompanied by representative illustrations of each of the numerous entities might have been expected. In this book, however, crisp descriptions, clear tables, and an extensive bibliography provide a comprehensive introduction to superb electron micrographs enhanced by illuminating legends.

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