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Edited by Si-Chun Ming and Harvey Goldman. 945 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1992. $185. ISBN 0-7216-6398-2.
By Klaus J. Lewin, Robert H. Riddell, and Wilfred M. Weinstein. 1395 pp., illustrated. New York, Igaku-Shoin, 1992. $295. ISBN 0-89640-153-7.

Both these works are major textbooks that will interest all physicians concerned with gastroenterology and gastroenterologic surgery. Both are intended to serve as atlases of gross and microscopical pathology as well as reviews of the classic pathological features, pathophysiology, clinical background, current therapy, and clinical outcome of gastrointestinal diseases. Each succeeds to a varying degree in achieving all these goals.

Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract succeeds better as a textbook than as an atlas. Written by 34 experts in gastrointestinal pathology, its chapters vary in their emphasis on subjects, number and quality of supporting illustrations, and style. Most are well . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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