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Organelle Diseases. Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Management. Edited by D A Applegarth, J E Dimmick, J Hall. (Pp 454; £150 hardback). Chapman and Hall Medical, 1997. ISBN 0-412-54910-7.
Hands up all of you who know what an organelle is. I asked a colleague, a general practitioner, what he thought one was. “A small thing with long arms”, he replied. That is not exactly right but patients rarely present stating “It’s my organelles doctor”. Knowledge of organelle disease is not really required in general practice. However, at least a rudimentary knowledge of organelle function and the recognition of organelle disorders are becoming increasingly important for paediatricians.
This book deals primarily with three organelles: lysosomes, peroxisomes, …