Handbook of liver disease / edited by Lawrence S. Friedman, Emmet B. Keeffe ; foreword by Eugene R. Schiff.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Friedman, Lawrence S. (Lawrence Samuel), 1953-

Keeffe, Emmet B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liver--Diseases--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Liver.

Liver Diseases.

Liver--Diseases.

Medical Subjects:

Liver Diseases.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xii, 481 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Liver disease

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Churchill Livingstone, 2004.

Summary:

Here's instant access to the symptoms, signs, differential diagnosis, and treatment for the full range of liver disorders. Written by an international 'who's who' of hepatologyand now in full colorthis new 2nd Edition provides readers with top-notch, authoritative guidance they can count on!

Contents:

Assessment of liver function and diagnostic studies / Paul Martin, Lawrence S. Friedman

Acute liver failure / Gabriel Garcia, Emmet B. Keeffe

Acute viral hepatitis / Raymond S. Koff

Chronic viral hepatitis / Lorna M. Dove, Teresa L. Wright

Autoimmune hepatitis / Albert J. Czaja

Alcoholic liver disease / Ayman Koteish, Anna Mae Diehl

Fatty liver and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis / Brent A. Neuschwander-Tetri, Bruce R. Bacon

Drug-induced and toxic liver disease / Thomas D. Schiano, Martin Black

Cirrhosis and portal hypertension: an interview / Catherine Petruff Cheney, Eric Mathew Goldberg, Sanjiv Chopra

Portal hypertension and gastrointestinal bleeding / Elena M. Stoffel, James Puleo, Norman D. Grace

Ascites and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis / Ke-Qin Hu, Bruce A. Runyon

Hepatorenal syndrome / Mónica Guevara, Juan Rodés

Hepatic encephalopathy / Kevin D. Mullen

Primary biliary cirrhosis / Marshall M. Kaplan, Young-Mee Lee

Primary sclerosing cholangitis / Russell H. Wiesner

Hemochromatosis / Anthony S. Tavill, Kris V. Kowdley

Wilson disease and related disorders / John L. Gollan, Wisam F. Zakko

Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and other metabolic liver diseases / Hugo R. Rosen, Jonathan M. Schwartz

Budd-Chiari syndrome and other vascular disorders / Mack C. Mitchell, Jr.

The liver in heart failure / Florence Wong, Laurence M. Blendis

The liver in pregnancy / Seema Maroo, Jacqueline L. Wolf

The liver in systemic disease / Timothy R. Orchards, John A. Summerfield

Pediatric liver disease / Richard J. Noel, William F. Balistreri

Liver disease in the elderly / Santiago J. Muñoz, Ajit Challa, Adrezej Marzec

HIV and the liver / Mical S. Campbell, K. Rajender Reddy

Granulomatous liver disease / Jay H. Lefkowitch

Hepatic tumours / Adrian M. Di Bisceglie

Hepatic abscesses and cysts / Helen M. Ayles, Kevin M. De Cock

Other infections involving the liver / Wolfram Goessling, Raymond T. Chung

Surgery in the patient with liver disease and postoperative jaundice / Lawrence S. Friedman

Liver transplantation / Joanne C. Imperial, Emmet B. Keeffe

Cholelithiasis and cholecystitis / Peter F. Malet

Diseases of the bile ducts / Ira Jacobson, David Purow

Tumors of the biliary tract / Keith D. Lillemoe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0443066337

OCLC:

55215865