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Fatty liver disease : NASH and related disorders /

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Fatty liver disease, especially non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), is emerging as the most common form of liver disease - affecting at least 5% of the population of western countries with increasing incidence in developing economies in other continents (particularly Asia, Australia, South America...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Farrell, Geoffrey C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2005.
Subjects:
Fatty liver.
Fatty Liver
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Overview: an introduction to NASH and related fatty liver disorders / Geoffrey C. Farrell [and others]
  • Pathology of hepatic steatosis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and related conditions / Pauline de la M. Hall & Richard Kirsch
  • The epidemiology and risk factors of NASH / Arthur J. Mccullough
  • Insulin resistance in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: potential mechanisms and therapies / Varman T. Samuel & Gerald I. Shulman
  • NASH as part of the metabolic (insulin resistance) syndrome / Giulio Marchesini & Elisabetta Bugianesi
  • NASH is a genetically determined disease / C.P. Day & A.K. Daly
  • The pathogenesis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: human studies / Arun J. Sanyal
  • Animal models of steatohepatitis / Geoffrey C. Farrell
  • Fatty acid metabolism and lipotoxicity in the pathogenesis of NASH/NAFLD / Nathan M. Bass & Raphael B. Merriman
  • Cytokines and inflammatory recruitment in NASH: experimental and human studies / Z. Li & A.M. Diehl
  • Mitochondrial injury and NASH / Bernard Fromenty & Dominique Pessayre
  • Cell biology of NASH: fibrosis and cell proliferation / Isabelle A. Leclercq & Yves Horsmans
  • Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of NAFLD / Stephen A. Harrison & Brent Neuschwander-Tetri.
  • The clinical outcome of NAFLD including cryptogenic cirrhosis / Stephen H. Caldwell & Anita Impagliazzo Hylton
  • Practical approach to the diagnosis and management of people with fatty liver diseases / Jacob George & Geoffrey C. Farrell
  • Management of NASH: current and future perspectives on treatment / Paul Angulo & Keith D. Lindor
  • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and orthotopic liver transplantation / Anne Burke & Michael R. Lucey
  • Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)/non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is not just a 'Western' problem: some perspectives on NASH/NAFLD from the East / Shivakumar Chitturi & Jacob George
  • Paediatric NASH / J. Lavine and J.B. Schwimmer
  • Steatohepatitis due to intestinal bypass / Christiane Bode & J. Christian Bode
  • Specific disorders associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) / Geraldine M. Grant, Vikas Chandhoke & Zobair M. Younossi
  • Hepatocellular carcinoma in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease / Vlad Ratziu & Thierry Poynard
  • Does NASH or NAFLD contribute to co-morbidity of other liver diseases? / Andrew D. Clouston & Elizabeth E. Powell.