Principles and practice of gastroenterology and hepatology /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Norwalk, Conn. :
Appleton & Lange,
[1994]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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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.