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Edited by Peter J. Morris and Stuart J. Knechtle
6th ed, 872 pp, $250
Philadelphia, PA, Saunders, 2008
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-3343-1

JAMA. 2009;301(18):1934-1935.

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This is the sixth edition of a multiauthored text written by renowned experts and researchers in the fields of transplantation surgery, nephrology, urology, and anesthesiology. This encyclopedic compendium of kidney transplantation is likewise intended for physicians, clinicians, and basic scientists, with particular interest in the specialty of kidney transplantation. It has been 7 years since the previous edition was published, and the rapid evolution and continuing understanding of issues related to kidney transplantation have once again been formulated by Peter Morris, with Stuart Knechtle joining as coeditor.

The book opens with a 22-page section of color plates. Throughout, several tables, diagrams, and other illustrations provide clinical and laboratory correlates for the different facets of kidney transplantation. Accordingly, the book provides a unique and comprehensive review of the latest developments and discoveries in the field of kidney transplantation.

The 872 pages are divided into 39 chapters. Each chapter is divided into . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Edgar V. Lerma, MD, Reviewer
Section of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago
elerma@uic.edu

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