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Second edition. Edited by Ronald W. Busuttil and Goran B. Klintmalm. 1485 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, Saunders, 2005. $329. ISBN 0-7216-0118-9.

Nearly a decade ago, when I reviewed the first edition of this book, I was impressed with the high quality of the individual chapters and the fact that, despite the length of the book, there was very little repetition. The second edition is even more comprehensive than the first because of the many recent advances in liver transplantation.

Nearly 1500 pages of text cover virtually every aspect of liver transplantation, including speculations on xenografting and interesting sections on ethics. Since the publication of the first edition, the most important advances have been in the management of immunosuppression, particularly the recent . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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