| Description |
1 online resource (348 pages) |
| Contents |
Editors and contributors; Foreword; Part I Diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract; 1 Acid-related diseases; 2 Upper gastrointestinal motility; 3 Advances in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease; 4 Nutrition; Part II Diseases of the lower gastrointestinal tract; 5 Colorectal neoplasia; 6 Therapy for Crohn's disease; 7 Epidemiological studies in inflammatory bowel disease; 8 Inflammatory bowel disease genetics; 9 Risk factors and treatment for pouchitis; 10 Overview of irritable bowel syndrome; Part III Gastrointestinal endoscopy and pancreatic diseases |
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11 Endoscopic ultrasonography12 Biliary endoscopy; 13 Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs -- cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition; 14 Pancreatic disease; Part IV Hepatology and liver transplantation; 15 Chronic viral hepatitis; 16 Cholestatic liver diseases; 17 Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and portal hypertension; 18 Hepatobiliary malignancies; 19 Overview of liver transplantation; List of abbreviations; Index of papers reviewed; General index |
| Summary |
From one of the world's leading medical institutions, The Year in Gastroenterology and Hepatology brings the reader up to date on recent developments in a specialty that presents a variety of challenges to those concerned with the treatment of disorders of the digestive and hepatobiliary systems. Organized on a broadly anatomical basis, this volume is divided into four sections covering the upper and lower GI tract, the pancreas and liver, and deals with medical and surgical problems, new therapeutic agents, techniques and procedures, and advances in genetics and cell biology that are likely to have an impact on clinical practice |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Gastroenterology.
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Liver -- Diseases.
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Gastroenterology
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Gastroenterology.
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Liver -- Diseases.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lashner, Bret
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| ISBN |
9780203025543 |
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0203025547 |
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