A comprehensive guide on hepatology: 530 top-quality coloured figures Coloured textual emphasis, flowcharts and tables for the best didactics and systematics: about 7000 up-to-date references A short historical review on hepatology INDICE: From the contents Introduction to hepatology: History of hepatology, morphology of the liver, biochemistry and functions of the liver.- Diagnostics in liver diseases: clinical findings, laboratory diagnostics, sonography, liver biopsy and laparoscopy, radiological diagnostics, scintigraphic diagnostics, neurological and psychological diagnostics.- Symptoms and syndromes: hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, jaundice, cholestasis, portal hypertension, hepaticencephalopathy, oedema and ascites, hepatorenal syndrome hepatopulmonary syndrome, coagulopathy and haemorrhage, acute and chronic liver insufficiency.- Clinical aspects of liver diseases: clinical and morphological principles, acuteviral hepatitis, acute concomitant viral hepatitis, bacterial infections and the liver, parasitic infections and the liver, mycotic infections and the liver, liver abscess, alcohol-induced liver damage, drug-induced liver damage, liver damage due to toxic substances, metabolic disorders and storage diseases, cholangitis and cholangiodysplasia, autoimmune hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, benign hepatic lesions and tumours, malignant liver tumours, systemic diseases and the liver, cardiovascular diseases and the liver, therapy of liver diseases.- Abbreviations.- Subject Index.
- ISBN: 978-3-540-76838-8
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 975
- Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés