RD Collins. 591 pages. New York: Igaku-Shoin; 1995. $35.00. ISBN 0-89640-283-5. Order phone 800-765-0800.
A fat pocket manual that considers diagnostic approaches to presenting symptoms (such as fatigue) and signs (such as hepatomegaly). Each section includes questions to be posed to the patient, a description of diagnostic choices and procedures, and an algorithm illustrating appropriate selection and sequences of studies and conclusions to be drawn. Cost implications are not developed in detail. Thoroughly indexed.
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