Diseases of the liver and biliary system
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Diseases of the liver and biliary system
Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1993
9th ed
Available at / 30 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Previous eds.: Diseases of the liver and biliary system / Sheila Sherlock
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Numerous new techniques have opened fresh windows on the liver, including interventional radiology and scanning, molecular biology and recombinant technology, and novel antiviral and targeted chemotherapy. Those advances are reflected in the ninth edition of this work. The new ninth edition contains over 140 new figures and charts, and references have been extensively revised.
Table of Contents
- Preface to the Ninth Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Anatomy and Function
- Assessment of Liver Function
- Needle Biopsy of the Liver
- The Haematology of Liver Disease
- Ultrasound, Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Hepato-cellular Failure
- Hepatic Encephalopathy
- Fulminant Hepatic Failure
- Ascites
- The Portal Venous System and Portal Hypertension
- The Hepatic Artery and Hepatic Veins: the Liver in Circulatory Failure
- Jaundice
- Cholestasis
- Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
- Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Virus Hepatitis
- Chronic Hepatitis
- Drugs and the Liver
- Hepatic Cirrhosis
- Alcohol and the Liver
- Iron Overload States
- Wilson's Disease
- Nutritional and Metabolic Liver Disease
- The Liver in Infancy and Childhood
- The Liver in Pregnancy
- The Liver in Systemic Disease
- Hepatic Trauma
- The Liver in Infections
- Hepatic Tumours
- Imaging of the Biliary Tract: Interventional Radiology and Endoscopy
- Cysts and Congenital Biliary Abnormalities
- Gallstones and Inflammatory Gallbladder Diseases
- Benign Stricture of the Bile Ducts
- Diseases of the Ampulla of Vater and Pancreas
- Tumours of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts
- Hepatic Transplantation
- Index.
by "Nielsen BookData"