Diseases of the liver and biliary system / Sheila Sherlock, James Dooley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sherlock, Sheila, Dame

Contributor:

Dooley, James (James S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liver--Diseases.

Liver.

Biliary tract--Diseases.

Biliary tract.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (724 p.)

Edition:

11th ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System continues to be the pre-eminent textbook of choice for trainee as well as practising gastroenterologists who want a clear and lucid description of the very latest issues in this growing discipline. Every chapter has been updated with the most recent advances in the study and control of hepatitis, in its various forms. Technical and therapeutic advances have appeared in all areas of hepatology, in particular portal hypertension, liver tumours, genetic diseases and imaging, both diagnostic and therapeutic. All are brought up-to-date in the very rea

Contents:

Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System; Contents; Preface to the Eleventh Edition; Preface to the First Edition; 1. Anatomy and Function; Functional anatomy: sectors and segments; Anatomy of the biliary tract; Development of the liver and bile ducts; Anatomical abnormalities of the liver; Surface marking; Methods of examination; Hepatic morphology; Electron microscopy and hepato-cellular function; Sinusoidal cells; Hepatocyte death and regeneration; Extra-cellular matrix; Altered hepatic microcirculation and disease; Adhesion molecules; Functional heterogeneity; Sinusoidal membrane traffic

Bile duct epithelial cells2. Assessment of Liver Function; Selection of biochemical tests; Bile pigments; Bilirubin; Urobilinogen; Bromsulphalein; Serum enzyme tests; Alkaline phosphatase; Gamma glutamyl transpeptidase; Aminotransferases; Other serum enzymes; Quantitative assessment of hepatic function; Galactose elimination capacity; Breath tests; Salivary caffeine clearance; Lignocaine metabolite formation; Arterial blood ketone body ratio; Antipyrine; Indocyanine green; Asialoglycoprotein receptor; Excretory capacity (BSP); Lipid and lipoprotein metabolism; Lipids; Lipoproteins

Changes in liver diseaseBile acids; Changes in disease; Serum bile acids; Amino acid metabolism; Clinical significance; Plasma proteins; Electrophoretic pattern of serum proteins; Carbohydrate metabolism; Effects of ageing on the liver; 3. Biopsy of the Liver; Selection and preparation of the patient; Techniques; Difficulties; Liver biopsy in paediatrics; Risks and complications; Pleurisy and peri-hepatitis; Haemorrhage; Intra-hepatic haematomas; Haemobilia; Arteriovenous fistula; Biliary peritonitis; Puncture of other organs; Infection; Carcinoid crisis; Sampling variability

Naked eye appearancesPreparation of the specimen; Interpretation; Indications; Special methods; 4. The Haematology of Liver Disease; General features; The liver and blood coagulation; Haemolytic jaundice; The liver in haemolytic anaemias; Hereditary spherocytosis; Thalassaemia; Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria; Acquired haemolytic anaemia; Haemolytic disease of the newborn; Incompatible blood transfusion; The liver in myelo- and lymphoproliferative disease; Leukaemia; Myeloid; Lymphoid; Hairy cell leukaemia; Bone marrow transplantation; Lymphoma; Jaundice in lymphoma

Primary hepatic lymphomaLymphosarcoma; Multiple myeloma; Angio-immunoblastic lymphadenopathy; Extra-medullary haemopoiesis; Systemic mastocytosis; Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (histiocytosis X); Lipid storage diseases; Primary and secondary xanthomatosis; Cholesteryl ester storage disease; Gaucher's disease; Niemann-Pick disease; Sea-blue histiocyte syndrome; 5. Ultrasound, Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Radio-isotope scanning; Positron emission tomography (PET); Ultrasound; Doppler ultrasound; Endoscopic ultrasound; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging

MR spectroscopy

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611319922

9781281319920

1281319929

9780470986813

0470986816

9780470986820

0470986824

9781405110327

1405110325

OCLC:

476170464