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This extremely good book concerns hyper-tensive disorders in pregnancy - a very complex situation that an obstetrician has to deal with in his day-to-day practice. Essential hypertension and renal hypertension, though more sinister but fortunately rarer than pregnancy-induced hyertension (PIH), are rightly dealt with at the beginning. Immunology and genetic aspects along with controversies regarding Aetiopathology of PIH are nicely depicted. Evaluation of fetal condition and assessment of damage to maternal organs are methodically discussed and the utility of sonography, colour doppler and electronic fetal monitoring is well worked out. Difficult decisions regarding timing, mode, and conduct of delivery are very crucial ones and they are adequately covered. Eclampsia and its management is well described in detail; while prophylaxis, preventive therapy and long-term prognosis are properly handled in a thought- provoking manner. On the whole, this excellent book very ably covers each and every aspect of PIH in