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 - This is a must have reference for pediatriciansThis is a totally new book. I purchased the fourth edition about 15 years ago. A long way has elapsed for medicine, pediatrics and genetics. This new edition incorporated all the new advances in the field of molecular genetics. Although the genetic syndromes are explained in the classic form, with Abnormalities, Natural History and Etiology, the recent advances in genomic medicine are fully explained for each genetic syndrome or disease. Also the pictures are now in color, they have always been great pictures but now with the color they bring much more to clarity and teaching. I like very much this book, not only because the depth and comprehensive review but because it is indeed a perfect picture of what has changed in the last years, and indeed, it is a new world, particularly in the field of genetics. Dr. Ricardo Guraieb Ibarrola. Pediatrician. Mexico City Rating: - Outstanding work!I am not a physician, nor a pediatrician, and the full explanation, the references, the completeness of the book, full of images, specific and general at the same time makes it one of the best books anyone interested in the subject can hope for. The explanations of the mechanisms are also concise and clear. Rating: - Out of wardIt is essential for any pediatrician. It has fully colored pictures and simple and easy to remeber discreptions of a good number of syndromes that you might see in your practice but better to prepare your self with this book. For me, It helps me alot to understand the language of dysmorphology and thus I became more confedint to describe more dysmorphic features to the dysmorphologist to get thier feedback. Rating: - Simply the bestI am a neonatal nurse and have been using this book in successive editions for years and years and years. It's one of the few books that are easier to use than the internet when one admits a "funny looking kid" (I do not intend this to be a joke). The illustrations are so good that you can look at the book, then remember it when you admit a baby with a syndrome, perhaps years later. Another reviewer says he feels a sense of awe that, given that so much can go wrong, there are actually any healthy babies. I can relate to that! One of the things that can mitigate the recognition of a nasty set of congenital abnormalities is to be able to recognise them and name them, and have an idea about the aetiology and prognosis - it gives you back a bit of the power that you lost when you discovered the baby was abnormal - and that means you can help the parents. Good stuff. Rating: - Required Reference for Pediatric PractitionersStill the best resource on birth defects & syndromes, now in full color (and a pretty new blue cover). OMIM on the NIH website is also outstanding, but not the easiest to navigate (google it to find). In association with Amazon.com | |