Hepatology: A Textbook of Liver Disease

Abstract

4th ed. Ch. 1. Anatomy and physiology of the liver -- Ch. 2. Hepatic regeneration -- Ch. 3. Metabolism of glucose and fatty acids by the liver -- Ch. 4. Amino acid metabolism and synthesis of urea -- Ch. 5. Liver disease, alcohol, and lipoprotein metabolism -- Ch. 6. Hepatic metabolism of vitamin A -- Ch. 7. Vitamin D metabolism and metabolic bone disease -- Ch. 8. Hepatic metabolism of xenobiotics in humans -- Ch. 9. Bilirubin metabolism and its disorders -- Ch. 10. Mechanisms of bile secretion -- Ch. 11. The porphyrias -- Ch. 12. Fibrosis of the liver: representative molecular elements and their emerging role as anti-fibrotic targets -- Ch. 13. Hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis -- Ch. 14. Iron metabolism and pathophysiology -- Ch. 15. Clinical features of hepatic encephalopathy -- Ch. 16. Acute liver failure -- Ch. 17. Renal function in cirrhosis: pathophysiology and clinical features -- Ch. 18. Cardiovascular and pulmonary complications in patients with liver disease -- Ch. 19. The liver and hematopoiesis -- Ch. 20. Hemostasis -- Ch. 21. Portal hypertension and bleeding esophageal varices -- Ch. 22. Diagnosis and management of cirrhotic ascites -- Ch. 23. Laboratory evaluation of the patient with liver disease -- Ch. 24. Laparoscopy in liver disease -- Ch. 25. Histopathologic diagnosis of liver disease -- Ch. 26. Mechanisms of chemically induced liver disease -- Ch. 27. Drug-induced liver disease and environmental toxins -- Ch. 28. Preoperative and postoperative hepatic dysfunctions -- Ch. 29. Alcoholic liver disease -- Ch. 30. Clinical features and management of alcoholic liver disease and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Ch. 31. Hepatitis A and E -- Ch. 32. Hepatitis B and D -- Ch. 33. Hepatitis C -- Ch. 34. Other hepatitis viruses -- Ch. 35. Parasitic diseases of the liver -- Ch. 36. Bacterial and miscellaneous infections of the liver -- Ch. 37. Immune mechanisms in the production of liver diseases -- Ch. 38. Autoimmune liver disease -- Ch. 39. Primary biliary cirrhosis -- Ch. 40. Hepatobiliary complications of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's Disease -- Ch. 41. Wilson's Disease -- Ch. 42. Hemochromatosis and the iron overload syndromes -- Ch. 43. Granulomatous diseases of the liver -- Ch. 44. Molecular pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma -- Ch. 45. Tumors of the liver -- Ch. 46. Surgical therapy of hepatic tumors -- Ch. 47. [alpha]₁-antitrypsin deficiency -- Ch. 48. Inborn errors of metabolism that lead to permanent hepatic injury -- Ch. 49. Cystic diseases of the liver -- Ch. 50. Cholestatic syndromes of infancy and childhood -- Ch. 51. HIV-associated hepatobiliary disease -- Ch. 52. The liver in systemic illness -- Ch. 53. Budd-Chiari Syndrome -- Ch. 54. The liver in pregnancy -- Ch. 55. Liver transplantation -- Ch. 56. Recurrent disease after liver transplantation --Ch. 57. Liver disease and parenteral nutrition -- Ch. 58. The role of the liver in hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation -- Ch. 59. Pathogenesis of gallstones -- Ch. 60. The medical management of gallstones -- Ch. 61. Non-surgical treatment of biliary tract diseases.