N Gitlin and R Strauss. 192 pages. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1995. $125.00. ISBN 0-7216-4356-6. Order phone 800-545-2522.
Patient appearances, endoscopic views, tomographic images, roentgenographs, gross lesions, histologic sections illustrating the major groups of hepatic diseases, drug hepatotoxicity, liver disorders associated with pregnancy, transplantation, and imaging methods. Short introductory texts open the chapters and some sections within the chapters; tables and diagrams appear occasionally. Most of the illustrations of gross lesions, endoscopic views, and tomographic images are of adequate quality, but the photoµgraphs of histologic sections range from adequate to just passable. Subject index.