| Descript |
xv, 439 pages, unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations |
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Contributors, ix Foreword, xii Preface, xiv Acknowledgements, xv 1 Clinical assessment of the adult patient with possible liverdisease: history and physical examination, 1 Eberhard L. Renner 2 Initial diagnosis, workup, and assessment of severity of liverdisease in adults, 13 Scott K. Fung 3 Pediatric liver disease: an approach to diagnosis andassessment of severity, 31 Binita M. Kamath and Vicky L. Ng 4 Natural history of the cirrhotic patient, 45 Jordan J. Feld 5 Management of complications of portal hypertension in adultsand children: variceal hemorrhage, 63 E. Jenny Heathcote, Simon Ling, and Binita M. Kamath 6 Management of ascites, 80 David K.H. Wong 7 Masses in the liver, 93 Morris Sherman 8 Chronic portosystemic encephalopathy and its management,112 Leslie B. Lilly and Binita M. Kamath 9 Indications for liver transplantation in adults and children,119 Nazia Selzner and Vicky L. Ng 10 Management of fulminant hepatic failure, 132 Leslie B. Lilly 11 Management of the complications of liver transplantation,142 Eberhard L. Renner and Eve A. Roberts 12 Acute viral hepatitis in adults and children: hepatitis A, B,C, D, E, and others, 162 Hemant A. Shah and Eve A. Roberts 13 Chronic viral hepatitis in adults and children: hepatitis B,185 Jordan J. Feld 14 Chronic viral hepatitis in adults and children: hepatitis C,208 Eberhard L. Renner and Eve A. Roberts 15 Liver disease due to alcohol, 226 Nazia Selzner 16 Drug-induced liver disease, 235 Leslie B. Lilly 17 Obesity and its hepatic complications in adults and children,244 E. Jenny Heathcote and Eve A. Roberts 18 HIV-associated liver diseases, 263 David K.H. Wong 19 Autoimmune hepatitis in adults and children, 281 Gideon M. Hirschfield 20 Chronic cholestatic liver disease and its management inadults and children, 297 Gideon M. Hirschfi eld and Binita M. Kamath 21 Vascular diseases of the liver, 315 Jordan J. Feld 22 Approach to metabolic and storage diseases, 329 Hemant A. Shah and Eve A. Roberts 23 Wilson disease: when should you think of Wilson disease?,352 Eve A. Roberts and Gideon M. Hirschfield 24 Liver disease in pregnant women, 367 E. Jenny Heathcote 25 Cystic disease of the liver, 383 Morris Sherman 26 An internist s approach to radiologic examination ofthe liver, 396 Anthony E. Hanbidge and Korosh Khalili Index, 413 |
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400 annual accesses. UkHlHU |
| ISBN |
9781118314845 (e-book) |
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9780470656174 (pbk.) |
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