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Third edition. Edited by Frederick J. Suchy, Ronald J. Sokol, and William F. Balistreri. 1030 pp., illustrated. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2007. $185. ISBN 978-0-521-85657-7.

The rapidly expanding field of pediatric hepatology deals with a set of diseases that are vastly different from those that are addressed in the field of adult hepatology. The pediatric diseases are a varied mix of inborn errors of metabolism, congenital anatomic defects, genetic problems, autoimmune diseases, and acquired infections. In pediatrics, the age of the patient is extremely important when laboratory values, clinical presentation, and therapies are considered. The third edition of Liver Disease in Children covers these complexities with thoughtfulness and thoroughness in 41 chapters.

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