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Metabolic Diseases: Foundations of Clinical Management, Genetics and Pathology
by Enid Gilbert-Barness, MD, MBBS, FRCPA, and Lewis A. Barness,
MD, Vol I, 441 pp, with illus, and Vol II, 446 pp, with illus, ISBN 1-881299-11-2,
Natick, Mass, Eaton Publishing, 2000.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155:621-622.
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Ever since the great child care physician, Alexander Garrod, coined
the term inborn errors of metabolism and thereby
became the Father of Chemical Genetics, there has been a need for a book that
integrates the cornerstones of the field—namely, clinical medicine,
pathology, biochemistry/nutrition, and genetics. A variety of other books,
including The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited
Disease, have attempted to present this knowledge but have achieved
variable success because of the complexity of the subject matter and heterogeneity
of authors and writing styles. On the other hand, Drs Enid Gilbert-Barness
and Lew Barness have married their intellectual and writing talents to produce
what will become the "Bible of Biochemical Genetics." As in the case of the
Good Book, there are 2 components (volumes), but both can be considered the
New Testament because of the contemporary, comprehensive descriptions of hereditary
metabolic disorders.
Each volume provides approximately 400 pages . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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