The Bedside Dysmorphologist
"I like the idea of Willie Reardon's dysmorphology book directed to the non-expert. It may also be useful for teaching clinical genetics fellows. The purpose for such a book is to arrive at a diagnosis and thus I think it will be essential not only to have clear descriptions, definitions, and illustrations, but also a differential diagnosis for each of the anomalies. In addition to the excellent descriptions that will allow a proper identification of the physical abnormality, there would be real value in having a differential diagnosis. Certainly, the idea of a book with exceptionally good new photographic illustrations is an excellent idea. Thus, I am enthusiastic about it and don't think that it really does overlap with previous books."-- Judith Hall, Professor of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia"The book proposed by Dr. Reardon will fill a gap pediatricians and other nonspecialists find in the literature and their training.  Most existing textbooks and reference books on Dysmorphology are very technical, deal with etiological theories, or show the extreme of the spectrum, those cases that are so unusual that one rarely sees them.  Some of them have poor quality illustrations. Dr. Reardon proposes a practical book, one that will be illustrated with high quality figures and very comprehensive in nature, a book that will help the nonspecialist determine whether a child has or does not have a dysmorphic feature. Dr. Reardon has the credentials to do this and the very complete Table of Contents confirms that this will be an extremely useful addition to our bookshelves."--Diego Wyszynski, Genetics Program, Boston University School of Medicine