Hepatology: A Textbook of Liver Disease
- ISBN-10
- 0721690513
- ISBN-13
- 9780721690513
- Series
- Hepatology
- Pages
- 1829
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-08
- Publisher
- Saunders
- Authors
- Thomas D. Boyer, David Zakim
Description
The editors have assembled 61 essays which distill data from numerous primary references and provide current information on every facet of liver disease. The first section covers the anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry of liver function, as well as the porphyrias, hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis. Subsequent sections cover systemic effects of liver disease, laboratory methods for evaluating liver disease, toxic injury and associated diseases, diagnosis of liver disease due to infectious agents, chronic forms of liver disease, tumors, pediatric liver disease, and diseases of the biliary tract. Zakim is a professor of medicine emeritus at Cornell University Medical College; Boyer is John J. Lee Professor of Medicine and Director of the Liver Research Institute at the University of Arizona. With a few exceptions (Europe, Japan, Hong Kong), contributors are from U.S. medical universities and institutes. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
