415 disease is entirely too long, nonselective, and fails to highlight adequately the author's own excellent work on the pathophysiology of ascites formation. Drs. Berl and Schrier's chapter on water metabolism and hypo-osmolar syndromes too closely resembles their recently published review. in their discussions of the renal regulation of extracellular fluid volume and the role of the kidney in...

BACKGROUND Nasal septal surgery and rhinoplasty are controversial in children. Traditionally, an attitude of restraint has been employed by most surgeons till an empirical age of 16 to 18 years. This is to avoid the possible adverse effects that the growth spurts may have on the nose and midface region. AIM The aim of this paper was to present the results of rhinoplasty in children in order t...