Principles and practice of gastroenterology and hepatology /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gitnick, Gary L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Norwalk, Conn. : Appleton & Lange, [1994]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Esophagus
  • Structural pathology of the esophagus
  • Disorders of esophageal motility
  • Inflammatory and infectious esophageal disorders
  • Neoplasms of the esophagus
  • Esophageal imaging
  • Stomach and duodenum
  • Structural abnormalities of the stomach and duodenum
  • Disorders of gastric motility and emptying
  • Gastric mucosal barrier and mucosal defense
  • Regulation of gastric acid secretion
  • Peptic activity and peptic inhibitors
  • Peptic ulcer disease
  • Hypergastrinemic peptic ulcer disease.
  • Gastritis
  • Gastric tumors
  • Gastric and duodenal imaging
  • Intestine
  • Relationship between physiology and clinical disorders of the small intestine
  • Morphology of the small intestine in health and disease
  • Neuromuscular disorders and intestinal pseudoobstruction
  • Motor functions and disorders of the large bowel
  • Sprue syndromes
  • Chemical maldigestion
  • Disaccharidase insufficiency and other disorders of carbohydrate digestion
  • Bacterial, mycobacterial and parasitic infections of the small and large intestine
  • Viral diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Ulcerative colitis
  • Crohn's disease
  • Radiologic general diagnostic and imaging studies of the small and large bowel
  • Endoscopic studies of the small intestine and colon
  • Pancreas
  • Congenital and inherited disorders of the pancreas
  • Pancreatic exocrine function
  • Acute pancreatitis
  • Chronic pancreatitis
  • Cancer and other neoplastic disorders of the exocrine pancreas
  • Diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
  • Biliary system
  • Structural abnormalities of the bile ducts.
  • Disorders of motility of the biliary system
  • Pathogenesis of gallstones
  • Natural history, clinical manifestations and diagnosis of gallstones
  • Medical management of gallstones
  • Surgical treatment of gallstones
  • Inflammatory and degenerative disorders
  • Neoplastic disorders
  • Radiologic diagnosis and treatment of biliary and pancreatic disorders
  • Liver
  • Approach to the patient with hepatobiliary disease
  • Structure-function relationship of the liver in health and disease
  • Immunology of hepatobiliary disease.
  • Bilirubin metabolism and its congenital disorders
  • Physiology and pathophysiology of bile secretion
  • Fibrosis and cirrhosis as alterations in homeostasis of the liver ecosystem
  • Molecular biology of hepatitis viruses
  • Drugs and the liver
  • Metabolism of alcohol and the pathophysiology of alcoholic liver disease
  • Viral hepatitis
  • Chronic hepatitis
  • Nonviral infections of the liver
  • Primary biliary cirrhosis
  • Fulminant hepatic failure
  • Portal hypertension
  • Hepatorenal syndrome.
  • Hepatic encephalopathy
  • Diseases of the liver in hyperlipidemia, obesity and diabetes
  • Hepatobiliary diseases associated with inflammatory bowel disease
  • Ischemic and congestive disorders of the liver
  • Liver in pregnancy
  • Neonatal jaundice and cholestasis
  • Metal storage diseases
  • Hepatic porphyria
  • Hepatic tumors
  • Liver transplantation
  • Hepatic imaging
  • Liver biopsy for the nonpathologist
  • Genetics in gastroenterology
  • Gastrointestinal hormones: physiology and clinical manifestations
  • Gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
  • Diarrhea
  • Abdominal pain
  • Jaundice
  • HIV in the gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary tract.