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an organic set up and display of the most modern trends concerning the brochem- istry of the factors responsible for the various phases of coagulation and of their inhibitors. \-arious chapters are dedicated to the physiopathology and biochemistr>- of platelets The last IO chapters of the book are devoted to the study of the most important pathologic conditions - main!!- of genetic origin - concerning coagulation, discussed on the basis of the most recent knowledge : hemophilia, \-OS \\S~~~~~~_~~~'~ disease, CHRISTX_XS’ disease , the defects rn the stabilization ok fibrin , the anomalous fibrinogen. the hemostatic defects in the course of hepatic disease The effects of several drugs, of hepnrinic substances, of specrfic inhibitors of coagulation represent. therefore, the subject of a deep discussion

An important feature of thts book, besrdes its orgaruc structure and the balance among the x-arious chapters, consists in the careful attention the dither- ent authors pard to the preparation of each single chapter (26, as a whole) These results on the one hand in an easy reading and understanding of topics 1~ hich are normally comples (and not onl>- for the neoph?;te), and on the other hand 111 the completeness of the bibliographic references (more than 3.500 items at the end of each chapter). An analytical indes of 20 pages makes the finding out of the various topics In the book very easy and comfortable

The limited space hinders us to illustrate in detail the content of the chap- ters ; a randomized samplmg of topics to be dealt with ZPZ es-lenso would have lrttle meaning. \ve lrmit ourselves therefore to add that the book has an elegant editorial form ; In our opinion this book will be of great help not only for anybody initiating the specialrzed study of hematology. but also for all those persons already working in this branch of bromedrcrne

L. SILVESTROSI

J STR_XDISS and S ~L-\IRAso\-SKY, Polarogrn~lty: Problems and Trends (in Rus- Sian). Zinntne, Riga (1977). 411 pp , Rubel 2 60

This volume contains about 30 selected papers, mostly from electrochem- ical laboratories in So\-iet Union. The main part deals with polarography of organrc and complex components, on both adsorption and electron eschange bchaviour Two chapters gather up papers of special methods and new instru- mentations. However. in the field of biopolymers there are only two papers Besides this cross-sectlon of research, the last chapter presents some landmarks in the de\-elopment of polarograph>- _ - polarographlc conferences in USSR, - structural-bibliographic analysis of polarographtc research in the USSR, - XI HeyroL-Sk\- Discussion.

This book gives a comprehensive review of many branches of electrochem- ical work In the So\-iet Union.

H. BERG