Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology, 6th Edition

Abstract

James T. Cassidy, Ross E. Petty, Ronald Laxer, Carol Lindsley. Philadelphia: Saunders/Elsevier, October 2010, 794 pages, $199 USThis is an encyclopedic textbook covering the major areas of interest to pediatric rheumatologists. As such it suffers from the problems of any encyclopedic work. While virtually every area is discussed, there are more complete and more up to date discussions in more focused texts and more recent review articles. This is particularly true of the basic science sections. With 50 chapters and 64 authors, the quality of the …