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Second Edition
By
Bruce Bacon, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
John O'Grady, MD, FRCPI, Consultant Hepatologist, Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London, UK
Adrian DiBisceglie, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
John Lake, MD, Professor of Medicine and Surgery; Director, Liver Transplantation Program, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
Description
Authoritative and highly illustrated in full color, this comprehensive resource is the result of a joint effort of four experienced senior
clinicians and educators. It focuses on the medical aspects of transplantation, offers an oasis of knowledge on key topics for clinical
practice and examination, and discusses the newest developments in the field, including NASH and chronic viral hepatitis.
Contents
Section 1: Normal Structure and Function
Anatomy of the Normal Liver
Cellular Biology of the Normal Liver
Function
of the Normal Liver
Section 2: Evaluation
Clinical Evaluation of the Patient with Liver Disease
Section
3: Signs and Symptoms
Jaundice
Gastrointestinal Hemorrahage and Portal Hypertension
Ascites and Spontaneous
Bacterial Peritonitis
Hepatorenal Syndrome and other Renal Diseases
Hepatic Encephalopathy
Associated Systemic Conditions
of Liver Disease
Section 4: Treatment Techniques
Non-transpant Surgery and the Liver
Section
5: Diseases and Disorders
Viral Hepatitis A & E
Viral Hepatitis B & D
Hepatitis C & G
HIV and the
Liver
Miscellaneous Infections of the Liver
Autoimmune Hepatitis
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Primary Schlerosing
Cholangitis
Alcoholic Liver Disease
Hemochromatosis
Wilson's Disease
Metabolic Diseases of the Liver
Benign
Tumours and Cystic Diseases of the Liver
Malignant Tumours of the Liver
Biliary and Cholestatic Diseases
Vascular
Diseases of the Liver
Drug- and Toxin-induced Liver Disease
Acute Liver Failure
Hepatobiliary Dysfunction in the
Critically Ill
The Liver and Systemic Disease
Section 6: Considerations in Special Populations
Pregnancy
and the Liver
Pediatric Liver Diseases
Section 7: Transplantation Hepatology
Indications and Patient
Selection
The Transplant Operation
Immunology and Immunosuppression
Infective Complications
Graft Dysfunction
Retransplantation
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 744 pages, publication date: NOV-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-03675-7
ISBN-10: 0-323-03675-9
Imprint: MOSBY
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Last update: 13 Jun 2009
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