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Book review
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Guide For Patients And Their Families.
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Guide For Patients And Their Families. 2nd edition. Edited by Stein SH, Rood RP. (Pp 256; illustrated; $22.00/£13.75, Int. $25.00/£15.63.) Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 1998. ISBN 0-397-51771-8.
This is without question an excellent book. It attempts with considerable success to provide a “textbook” for the patient with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). As with most textbooks, it is not an easy read but sets out to give an exhaustive account of the cause, symptoms, investigation, and management of patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. As a result it does …