Suitable for internists and further learning specialists, this book presents an overview of the standard of research in hepatology. It provides basic information about morphology and pathophysiology and serves as a reference for various diseases.

The increasing frequency of surgery on steatotic and cirrhotic liver obliges liver surgeons and hepatologists to understand the molecular mechanisms at play in these situations and how they can be influenced. This title focuses on signaling pathways which are particularly important in liver diseases.

Deals with the topic of nutrition and liver disease. This title provides a holistic understanding of the causative elements that precipitate liver disease, the nutritional factors and regimens that reverse deteriorating hepatic function, and the nutritional elements found in a wide range of liver diseases.

Presents articles that deals with therapies for treatment of HCV. This title addresses such novel therapies as interferons, viral kinetics and anti-viral resistance, anti-fibrotics, immunotherapeutics, hepatoprotectants and caspace inhibitors, and cyclosporine analogues.

Helps you understand the differences of chronic liver disease between the sexes. This book offers information to design care of health and liver disease more effectively for individuals, both females and males.

A Textbook of Hepatobiliary Diseases. .

Cholestatic disorders of infancy and adulthood represent a major group of causes of end-stage chronic liver disease. Since secondary malnutrition plays an important role in inducing multiorgan morbidity in these patients, nutritional and metabolic aspects need better understanding. This book is suitable to various hepatologists and paediatricians.

Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a chronic disease of the intra- and extrahepatic bile ducts leading to obstructions and dilatations followed by liver cirrhosis and in some cases cholangiocarcinoma. This book is the proceedings of the Falk Workshop held on October 3, 1997, in Freiburg, Germany (Part II of the Liver Week Freiburg 1997).

Molecular diagnosis and gene therapy are of importance in clinical medicine. This book presents an understanding of the methodology of molecular diagnosis by hybridization analysis, polymerase chain reaction and others. It also offers basic strategies of gene therapy, including gene transfer and targeting.

The first exclusive guide to acute liver failure aetiology, pathology and treatment.

A teaching class in the range of problems in hepatology, from unusual aspects of common diagnoses through to rarer diseases. Hepatologists at any level of their career will find this informative and stimulating reading.

Enables the practitioner to assess liver function using biochemical markers, other tests, signs, symptoms and disease knowledge. This practical guide covers background information on liver function, the principles of drug use in liver disease and includes a section of worked examples of commonly asked questions.

Fatty liver disease, especially non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), is emerging as the most common form of liver disease - affecting at least 5 per cent of the population of western countries. This book combines a practical approach for students and physicians concerned with the problem with an overview on the causative mechanisms.

Die rasanten Fortschritte in der Leberforschung und die steigende Anzahl der operativen Eingriffe an der Leber verlangen vom praktizierenden Chirurgen das Verstandnis der molekularen Mechanismen , die in solchen Fallen zugrundeliegen. Dieses Buch vermittelt das notwendige Wissen in gut strukturierter Form und erlaubt einen schnellen und gleichzeitig umfassenden Uberblick.

Designed as reference material to increase knowledge of the human body. Beautiful full-colour illustrations help enhance understanding of the body or illness. Suitable for healthcare professions, patients, students, educators and parents.

The histological features of what we call non-alcoholic steatohepatitis were described as early as 1962 by the Honorary President of the Symposium, Professor Herbert Thaler, from Vienna. This book is the proceedings of the Falk Symposium number 121 on 'Steatohepatitis (NASH and ASH)', held in Den Haag, The Netherlands, on October 14-15, 2000.

Designed as reference material to increase knowledge of the human body. Beautiful full-colour illustrations help enhance understanding of the body or illness. Suitable for healthcare professions, patients, students, educators and parents.

An in-depth look at the effects of alcohol and liver pathologies in general this book will be of interest to both scientists and clinicians involoved in systemic toxicology.