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by David W. Smith, 369 pp, 618 illus, $16, Canada $17.50, Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1970.

Robert A. Goyer, MD, Reviewer
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

JAMA. 1970;213(13):2274.

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The Chromosome Disorders: An Introduction for Clinicians, by G. H. Valentine, ed 2; 172 pp, 86 illus, $8, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1970.

An "odd-looking baby" may challenge the knowledge and skill of the most experienced physician. The books by Smith and Valentine provide an attractive digest of much of the new knowledge that has evolved in recent years with regard to the malformed child.

The book by Smith is primarily an atlas of congenital malformations. The arrangement is convenient in that clinical descriptions are usually limited to one page; illustrations are on the adjacent page. Over 135 syndromes are described. These include disorders due to chromosomal defects, but many of the syndromes are classifiable only by the tissues or organs involved. An early chapter reviews pertinent embryology, including a section on morphogenesis of particular organs. A brief but wellillustrated section on mendelian genetics and cytogenetics appears later in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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