| Description |
1 online resource (724 pages) |
| Contents |
Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System; Contents; Preface to the Eleventh Edition; Preface to the First Edition; 1. Anatomy and Function; 2. Assessment of Liver Function; 3. Biopsy of the Liver; 4. The Haematology of Liver Disease; 5. Ultrasound, Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging; 6. Hepato-cellular Failure; 7. Hepatic Encephalopathy; 8. Acute Liver Failure; 9. Ascites; 10. The Portal Venous System and Portal Hypertension; 11. The Hepatic Artery and Hepatic Veins: the Liver in Circulatory Failure; 12. Jaundice; 13. Cholestasis; 14. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis |
| Summary |
Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System continues to be the pre-eminent textbook of choice for trainee as well as practising gastroenterologists who want a clear and lucid description of the very latest issues in this growing discipline. Every chapter has been updated with the most recent advances in the study and control of hepatitis, in its various forms. Technical and therapeutic advances have appeared in all areas of hepatology, in particular portal hypertension, liver tumours, genetic diseases and imaging, both diagnostic and therapeutic. All are brought up-to-date in the very readable s |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Liver -- Diseases.
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Biliary tract -- Diseases.
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Biliary Tract Diseases
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Biliary tract -- Diseases
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Liver -- Diseases
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dooley, James
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| ISBN |
9780470986813 |
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0470986816 |
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