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Handbook of liver disease

edited by Lawrence S. Friedman, Emmet B. Keeffe

Churchill Livingstone, c1998

  • : pbk

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Liver disease

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Foreword by Willis C. Maddrey

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The only handbook available on liver diseases! Hepatology is a large and important subspecialty in gastroenterology. This pocket-sized guide features tinted boxes, algorithms, flow charts, colour photos and marginal notes to help elucidate this complex subject for gastroenterologists and general internists.

Table of Contents

Assessment of Liver Function and Diagnostic Studies. Acute Liver Failure. Acute Viral Hepatitis. Autoimmune Hepatitis. Alcoholic Liver Disease. Fatty Liver and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis. Drug-Induced Liver and Toxic Disease. Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension: Overview. Portal Hypertension. Ascites and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis. Hepatorenal Syndrome. Hepatic Encephalopathy. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. Hemochromatosis. Wilson's Disease. Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and Other Liver Disease. Budd-Chiari Syndrome and Other Vascular Disorders. The Liver in Heart Failure. The Liver in Pregnancy. The Liver in Systemic Disease. Pediatric Liver Disease. Liver Disease in the Elderly. HIV and the Liver. Granulomatous Liver Disease. Hepatic Tumors. Hepatic Cysts and Abscesses. Other Infections Involving the Liver. Surgery in the Patient with Liver Disease and Postoperative Jaundice. Liver Transplantation. Choleithiasis and Cholecystitis. Diseases of the Bile Ducts. Tumors of the Biliary Tract

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