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Bronchial Asthma: Mechanisms and Therapeutics
3rd ed, edited by Earle B. Weiss and Myron Stein, 1259 pp, with illus, $210, ISBN 0-316-92899-2, Boston, Mass, Little Brown & Co, 1993.
Stuart W. Stoloff, MD, Reviewer
Private Practice Carson City, Nev
Arch Fam Med. 1994;3(3):288-289.
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The third edition of Bronchial Asthma: Mechanisms and Therapeutics is a lengthy and erudite dissertation of a complex disease. Each chapter was written by experts who have devoted many years to the study of asthma. The book follows a standard format. Chapters on pathophysiology, diagnostic methods, treatment of patients, and management of disease are both practical and up to date. The bibliography cites published literature from 1992. All of the chapters are easily crossreferenced, making it easier for the reader to fully understand basic sciences as they apply to issues of clinical care. While the book is easy to read it is particularly directed to pulmonologists, allergists, and physicians who are seriously interested in the complexity of asthma and want a major reference text to review. This book is not a text for reference in the midst of a busy office day when trying to decide which asthma medication
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