Reviews and Notes: Endocrinology: Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility

Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility

Fifth edition. Leon Speroff, Robert H. Glass, and Nathan G. Kase. 1029 pages. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 1994. $109.00.

This is the fifth edition published in the last 20 years, and the authors write that "the increase in weight and size testify to the massive expansion of knowledge since the first edition." Still uses reasonably sized print and many black and red diagrams; large and easy to read. Would you like to know the difference between Southern, Northern, and Western blotting analyses? See pages 18 and 19. Want to know the authors' opinions on postmenopausal estrogen replacement? See page 617. Did you know that gonadotropin-releasing hormone is identical in all mammals and has been around for at least 500 million years? A user-friendly book.