Cholestasis

Part 1 Pathophysiology of bile secretion: cholestasis - definition and classification of the major clinical forms, S. Sherlock; the bile secretory apparatus, V.J. Desmet; regulation of bile secretion, S. Erlinger; effects of bile acids and other amphipathic anions on bile flow and biliary lipid secretion, A.F. Hofmann; molecular mechanisms of bile acid transport in hepatocytes, P.J. Meier; the role of vesicle transport and exocytosis in bile formation and cholestasis, J.L. Boyer; cholesterol secretion in bile, M. Bertolotti et al; biliary epithelial cells - biochemical and cytoskeletal characteristics, M. Parola et al. Part 2 Mechanisms of intrahepatic cholestasis: morphological aspects of cholestasis, L. Landmann et al; transhepatic transport, bile secretion and cholestasis mechanisms, I.M. Arias; cholestasis and fibrinogenesis, M. Pinzani et al; drug-induced cholestasis, A.M. Jezequel et al; etiopathogenesis of primary sclerosing cholangitis, R.H. Wiesner; recent insights into the immunopathology of primary biliary cirrhosis, F.B. Bianchi et al. Part 3 Pathophysiological and clinical aspects of cholestasis: impact of cholestasis on hepatic function - retention of cholephiles and their potential targets, J. Reichen et al; immunological syndromes in cholestatic liver diseases, P.A. Berg and R. Klein; lipids and lipoproteins in cholestatic liver disease, D.S. Harry and N. McIntyre; plasma membrane abnormalities in chronic liver disease, G. Laffi et al; renal impairment in chronic liver diseases with and without cholestasis, P. Gentilini et al; renal glomerular involvement in patients with liver disease, K.Z. Casey and H.E. Abboud; pattern of bile acids in cholestasis, A. Stiehl; cholestasis - pathogenetic role and therapeutic action of bile acids, H. Fromm. Part 4 Treatment of cholestatic syndromes: medical treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis, R. Poupon and R.E. Poupon; treatment for hepatocellular cholestatic liver diseases, M. Podda et al; treatment of pruritus of chronic cholestasis, J. Rodes and A. Parees; transmethylation in liver diseases, J.D. Finkelstein; bile acid therapy in gallstones and after liver transplantation, L. Barbara et al; lithotripsy of gallstones, G. Paumgartner; diagnosis and treatment of osteodystrophy in cholestatic liver diseases, M.R. Biagini et al. Part 5 Diagnosis and surgical approach to cholestatic syndromes: diagnosis of cholestatic syndromes - imaging techniques, L. Gandolfi et al; ERCP and endoscopic sphincterotomy in laparoscopic cholecystectomy, A. Morelli and L. Santucci. (Part Contents).