Practical gastroenterology and hepatology
Subtitle: Liver and biliary disease
By: editor-in-chief, Nicholas J. Talley ; editors, Keith D. Lindor, Hugo E. Vargas
Contributors: Wiley online library
Series: Practical gastroenterology and hepatology
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
ISBN-13: 9781444325249
Subjects: Diseases; Liver Diseases; Biliary tract; Liver; Biliary Tract Diseases
Other titles: Liver and biliary disease
Description: "This comprehensive resource for fellows/trainees and candidates for recertification in gastroenterology summarizes the field in a modern, fresh format. Prominent experts from around the globe write on their areas of expertise, and each chapter follows a uniform structure. The focus is on key knowledge, with the most important clinical facts highlighted in boxes. Color illustrations reinforce the text."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Front Matter; title: Pathobiology of the Liver and Biliary Tract. The Liver and Biliary Apparatus: Basic Structural Anatomy and Variations / Nirusha Lachman, Wojciech Pawlina; title: Immunology of the Liver and Mechanisms of Inflammation / Konstantinos N Lazaridis; title: Diagnostic Approaches in Liver Disease. Approach to History Taking and Physical Examination in Liver and Biliary Disease / David D Douglas; title: Assessment of Abnormal Liver Injury Tests / Mashal Jatoi Batheja, Hugo E Vargas; title: Imaging of the Liver and Biliary Tree / Alvin C Silva; title: Endoscopic Techniques in Management of the Liver and Biliary Tree: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy / Hugo E Vargas; title: Endoscopic Techniques in Management of the Liver and Biliary Tree: Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography and Biliary Manometry / Todd H Baron; title: Endoscopic Techniques in Management of the Liver and Biliary Tree: Endoscopic Ultrasonography / Ferga C Gleeson, Elizabeth Rajan; title: ^; title: Liver Biopsy and Paracentesis / John J Poterucha, Timothy J Gunneson; title: Problem-Based Approach to Liver Disease. Jaundice and Pruritus: A Diagnostic Approach / Andrea A Gossard, Keith D Lindor; title: Liver Mass Found on Abdominal Imaging / Thomas J Byrne; title: Right Upper Quadrant Abdominal Pain / Feng Li, Cuong C Nguyen; title: Acute Liver Failure / J Eileen Hay; title: Problems Related to Chronic Liver Disease. Portal Hypertension / Nayantara Coelho-Prabhu, Patrick S Kamath; title: Hepatocellular Carcinoma / Lewis R Roberts; title: Pregnancy and Liver Disease / Elizabeth J Carey, J Eileen Hay; title: Biliary Atresia and Cystic Fibrosis: Transitioning Care from Pediatrics to Internal Medicine / Veena Venkat, Benjamin L Shneider; title: Diseases of the Liver. Acute Viral Hepatitis: Hepatitis A, Hepatitis E, and Other Viruses / Juan F Gallegos-Orozco, Jorge Rakela; title: Hepatitis B and C / W Ray Kim, John J Poterucha; title: ^; title: ^^; title: Bacterial and Other Non-Viral Infections of the Liver / Maria Teresa A Seville, Ann McCullough, Shimon Kusne; title: Metabolic Liver Diseases / John B Gross; title: Hepatic Steatosis and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / Paul Angulo; title: Drug-Induced Liver Injury / Einar S Bj̲rnsson, Naga Chalasani; title: Alcoholic Liver Disease / Helga Paula, Vijay Shah; title: Autoimmune Liver Diseases / Jayant A Talwalkar, Keith D Lindor; title: Vascular Diseases of the Liver / Bashar A Aqel; title: Hepatic Complications of Bone Marrow Transplantation / Kelly K Curtis, James L Slack, Hugo E Vargas; title: Hepatic Manifestations of Systemic Diseases / Stephen Crane Hauser; title: Liver Transplantation. Indications and Selection of Patients for Liver Transplantation / Saleh Alqahtani, Kymberly D S Watt; title: What Hepatologists Should Know about Liver Transplant Surgery / Kristin L Mekeel, David C Mulligan; title: Immunosuppression in Liver Transplantation / David J Post, David D Douglas; title: ^; title: ^^; title: Liver Transplantation: Early and Long Term Management and Complications / Chakri Panjala, Denise M Harnois; title: Problem-Based Approach to Biliary Tract and Gall-Bladder Disease. Gall Stones, Gall-Bladder Polyps and Their Complications: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management / Ethan D Miller, Edwyn Harrison; title: Functional Gall-Bladder and Sphincter of Oddi Disorders / Bret T Petersen; title: Cancer of the Gall Bladder and Biliary Tree / David J Rea, David M Nagorney, Charles B Rosen; title: Biliary Strictures and Leaks / Erin W Thackeray, William Sanchez; title: Index.; title: ^^