Hepatology : a textbook of liver disease

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Hepatology : a textbook of liver disease

[edited by] David Zakim, Thomas D. Boyer

Saunders, 1990

2nd ed

  • : set
  • v. 1
  • v. 2

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Called "the Cadillac of hepatology textbooks" by the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, this text presents both comprehensive coverage of normal hepatic physiology and cell biology and all aspects of clinical liver disease. This integrated approach ensures the most thorough review available on liver disease. Included in this edition is new information on viral hepatitis, connective tissue metabolism, and surgical management of liver tumours. The second edition has 50 new contributors, 19 chapters with new authors, and an additional 11 completely new chapters.

Table of Contents

  • Physiology and biochemistry of normal hepatic function
  • manifestations of abnormal liver function
  • evaluation of hepatic function
  • clinical characteristics, etiologies and management of specific diseases of the liver
  • infectious agents and liver disease
  • liver disease in association with disorders of immunity
  • inherited diseases of the liver and diseases that primarily affect children
  • special topics
  • diseases of the biliary tree.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA10090364
  • ISBN
    • 0721621082
    • 0721633811
  • LCCN
    89006018
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Philadelphia
  • Pages/Volumes
    2 v. (xviii, 1568, xlvii p.)
  • Size
    29 cm
  • Classification
  • Subject Headings
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