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Nathan and Oski's Hematology of Infancy and Childhood: Expert Consult: Online and Print, 7e (Hematology of Infancy and Childhood (Nathan & Oski's))

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the book is a classic tecnical hematology textbook for hematologists and pediatrics and in the new edition, with the on line access , it's been better.. very good..

For over 35 years Nathan and Oski's Hematology has been the precious companion for the pediatrician in pediatric hematology or the pediatrician on the ward looking for answers to thorny clinical questions. The present heavy book on my desk is the seventh edition. The oncology part of this book has been taken out in this edition and a new textbook (Oncology of infancy and childhood) created to deal with this vast field (see another review in this issue).

Personally I am very fond of history, because I believe it is important to know our past in order to understrand our present and future, so I am very delighted to again see the first chapter of this book with the history of pediatric hematology put in perspective by Wolf Zuelzer, who passed away in 1987 and updated by David Nathan. I am especially happy to see the reference to two of my mentors from my time at the University Hospital (Rigshospitalet) in Copenhagen, Svend Heinild (1907-1994) and Preben Plum (1906-2002), who as general pediatricians also contributed to the field of hematology with their research and treatment.

The chapter on the Thalassemias is also very profound and saw the discussion of the alpha Thallassemia with intellectual disability/mental retardation, which is rare but maybe an under-diagnosed entity.

All in all a book that should be in the library of every pediatric department around the world.

Professor Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc
Ministry of Social Affairs, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel and Kentucky Children's Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States.[...]