Preventive female sex factors against the development of chronic liver disease / edited by Ichiro Shimizu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shimizu, Ichiro, 1958- Author.

Contributor:

Shimizu, Ichirō.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liver--Diseases--Sex factors.

Liver--Diseases--Prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[United Arab Emirates] : Bentham Books, [2012]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Liver cancer, cirrhosis and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are observed predominately in men. Being male or female is believed to be an important human variable that affects health and liver disease throughout the life span. However, few works have been published on the biological mechanisms underlying gender specific differences in liver disease. Several mechanisms underlying sex-associated differences of progression of liver disease are demonstrated in this e-book based on biological factors as estrogen and hepatic iron stores. Readers will gain a better understanding of the pathogenesis o

Contents:

01 Title.pdf; 02 Title page; 03 REVISED eBooks End User License Agreement-Website; 04 Contents; 05 Foreword; 06 Preface; 07 List of contributors; 08 Chapter1-Shimizu-revised; 09 Chapter2-Poovorawan-revised; 10 Chapter3-Shimizu-revised; 11 Chapter4-Puoti-revised; 12 Chapter5-Katakura; 13 Chapter6-Nakagawa-revised; 14 Chapter7-Asaki; 15 Chapter8-Ueno; 16 Chapter9-Fukita; 17 Chapter10-Nagoshi-revised; 18 Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781608052936

1608052931

OCLC:

782879876