Handbook of liver disease /

Well-organized and vibrantly illustrated throughout, Handbook of Liver Disease is a comprehensive yet concise handbook providing authoritative guidance on key clinical issues in liver disease. The quick-reference outline format ensures that you'll find answers when you need them, and cover-to-c...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Elsevier Science (Firm)
Other Authors: Friedman, Lawrence S. (Lawrence Samuel), 1953- (Editor), Martin, Paul, M.D (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : Elsevier, 2018.
Edition:Fourth edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • Assessment of liver function and diagnostic studies
  • Acute liver failure
  • Hepatitis A and hepatitis E
  • Hepatitis B and hepatitis D
  • Hepatitis C
  • Hepatitis caused by other viruses
  • Autoimmune hepatitis
  • Alcoholic liver disease
  • Fatty liver and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
  • Drug-induced and toxic liver disease
  • Cirrhosis and portal hypertension
  • Portal hypertension and gastrointestinal bleeding
  • Ascites and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
  • Hepatorenal syndrome
  • Hepatic encephalopathy
  • Primary biliary cholangitis
  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis
  • Hemochromatosis
  • Wilson disease and related disorders
  • Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and other metabolic liver diseases
  • Budd-Chiari syndrome and other vascular disorders
  • The liver in heart failure
  • The liver in pregnancy
  • The liver in systemic disease
  • Pediatric liver disease
  • Liver disease in the elderly
  • Hepatobiliary complications of HIV
  • Granulomatous liver disease
  • Hepatic tumors
  • Hepatic abscesses and cysts
  • Other infections involving the liver
  • Surgery in the patient with liver disease and postoperative jaundice
  • Liver transplantation
  • Cholelithiasis and cholecystitis
  • Diseases of the bile ducts
  • Tumors of the biliary tract.