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Primarily aimed at the undergraduate medical student only, the textbook focuses on the core pediatric topics. Written in a simple language and style, the text is concise yet complete in most respects. The description of topics is to-the-point, keeping the paragraphs short with minimum jargon to enhance readability and comprehension. The narrative approach is not just theoretical but follows a judicious mix with clinical scenarios and common presentations of common pediatric illnesses. The text provides sufficient information, completely independent of the tables, which are interspersed in the text to give an overview of the statistical perspectives. Though contributed by more than 30 different teachers of pediatrics, all chapters are written and presented in a uniform and consistent style to facilitate easy and clear understanding. This lends the textbook an exclusive feature - making it an invaluable asset for the students preparing for the final examinations as well as attempting mul