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Book review
Physician’s Guide to the Laboratory Diagnosis of Metabolic Diseases.
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Physician’s Guide to the Laboratory Diagnosis of Metabolic Diseases. Edited by Nenad Blau et al. (Pp 501; £65 paperback.) Chapman and Hall, 1996. ISBN 412-575-604.
The prognosis for infants and children with inborn errors of metabolism is often directly related to the speed of diagnosis and institution of appropriate treatment. Attempts to shorten the period of diagnostic uncertainty are to be applauded. Most short textbooks on metabolic disorders emphasise clinical presentation and treatment, but this publication takes a different approach and concentrates on the diagnostic process. It is …