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Challenges in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Second edition. Edited by Derek P. Jewell, Neil J. Mortensen, A. Hillary Steinhart, John H. Pemberton, and Bryan F. Warren. 400 pp., illustrated. Malden, MA, Blackwell, 2006. $129.95. ISBN 978-1-4051-2234-4.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: Clinical Management and Patients' Quality of Life
Edited by Gian Gaetano Delaini. 481 pp., illustrated. Milan, Springer-Verlag Italia, 2006. $259. ISBN 978-88-470-0433-7.

It was not the intention of the editors and authors of Challenges in Inflammatory Bowel Disease to produce yet another comprehensive book on inflammatory bowel disease, but instead to consider specific issues. The book's chapters are divided into five major sections: "Clues to Etiology and Pathogenesis," "Diagnosis and Assessment," "Management of Ulcerative Colitis," "Management of Crohn's Disease," and "Special Management Problems."

Have the authors succeeded in their ambitious aims? On balance, the answer is a qualified yes. Indeed, many of the chapters — all written by recognized experts in their fields — contain important information. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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