The Liver in Systemic Disease
Published on 1. March 1993
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-88167-969-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume is a clinical reference on the ways in which the liver is affected by diseases and physiological alterations in other organ systems. Over 20 specialists provide information on the wide variety of conditions and medical interventions that can produce changes in the liver, including AIDS, parasitic infections, haemochromatosis, cardiac diseases, collagen-vascular diseases, inflammatory bowel disease, alcoholism, metabolic diseases, Wilson's disease, aging, pregnancy, endocrine disorders, coagulation disorders and anaesthesia and surgery. A special feature is a review of how organ transplantation affects the liver.
This volume is a clinical reference on the ways in which the liver is affected by diseases and physiological alterations in other organ systems. Over 20 specialists provide information on the wide variety of conditions and medical interventions that can produce changes in the liver, including AIDS, parasitic infections, haemochromatosis, cardiac diseases, collagen-vascular diseases, inflammatory bowel disease, alcoholism, metabolic diseases, Wilson's disease, aging, pregnancy, endocrine disorders, coagulation disorders and anaesthesia and surgery. A special feature is a review of how organ transplantation affects the liver.
This volume is a clinical reference on the ways in which the liver is affected by diseases and physiological alterations in other organ systems. Over 20 specialists provide information on the wide variety of conditions and medical interventions that can produce changes in the liver, including AIDS, parasitic infections, haemochromatosis, cardiac diseases, collagen-vascular diseases, inflammatory bowel disease, alcoholism, metabolic diseases, Wilson's disease, aging, pregnancy, endocrine disorders, coagulation disorders and anaesthesia and surgery. A special feature is a review of how organ transplantation affects the liver.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
14 line drawings, 32 halftones, 4 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
960 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88167-969-4 (9780881679694)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Haemochromatosis; the liver in cardiac diseases; the liver in collagen-vascular disease; hepatobiliary complications of inflammatory bowel disease; alcoholic liver disease; the liver in anaesthesia and surgery; metabolic disease of the liver; Wilson's disease; the liver and parasitic infections; the liver and aging; the liver in pregnancy; the liver in endocrine disorders; the liver in coagulation disorders; hepatobiliary manifestations of AIDS; the liver in transplantation.