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Review of John B Stanbury et al, 'The Metabolic Basis of Inherited Disease,' (1962), in Annals of Human Genetics

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Correspondence regarding the review and corrections for the subsequent edition. Includes:
 Letter to Renwick from Prof Hermann Lehmann offering an explanation for errors in his chapter in 'The Metabolic Basis of Inherited Disease, 28 Oct 1962, and response letter from Renwick sympathising with the difficulties Dr Lehmann's was faced with when writing the paper, 29 Oct 1962;
 Letter to Renwick from Dr John B Stanbury of Massachusetts General Hospital which thanks him for his "generally favorable review" and discusses the proposed second edition of the book, 21 Nov 1962; Correspondence between Renwick and Dr Howard D Hiatt of Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, discussing Dr Hiatt's chapter on pentosuria in the new "Stanbury textbook", 6 Apr 1964.

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Review of John B Stanbury et al, 'The Metabolic Basis of Inherited Disease,' (1962), in Annals of Human Genetics

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