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Bone Disease in Children

The fourth volume in this collection of monographs is of the same high standard as the preceeding three, and brings the reader up to date on some newer concepts and ideas on a large variety of common and rare bone disorders. The authorship is truly global, many experts of international reputation having contributed. The list of contents ranges from relatively common disorders such as osteogenesis imperfecta, osteopetrosis, and muccopolysacoharidosis and mucolipidoses to some of the rarer conditions such as familial hyperphosphatasemia, the disorders of mesomelic dwarfism, acromesomelic dwarfism, pseudochondroplastic dyplasia, and the campomelic syndrome, etc. Some of these conditions are so uncommuon that they rarely come into the orbit of most practising clinicians. There is also a valuable section on general topics. This includes an excellent introductory chapter on the genetic basis of intrinsic disease of bone and a useful contribution on the biochemical basis of bone dysplasia and the role of internal resorption and its control. It would be invidious in view of the large number of contributors to pick out any for special comment individually; the reader will find that throughout the book the editor has done a very good job in maintaining a high level of contributions of such an even standard. This is a very splendidly produced volume which will be of great help and value to practising paediatricians and paediatric radiologists. The reproductions and annotations are excellent and the references too are right up to date. There is, however, one major drawback. The cost of the book, considering its size, is prohibitive. It is therefore unlikely that many individuals will be able to afford it, and at best it will find its place on the shelf of medical libraries.