Alcoholic Liver Disease

An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

C. B. Leevy (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2005
Saunders (Verlag)
978-1-4160-2778-2 (ISBN)

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Alcohol is the frequently used drug worldwide and is a socially acceptable hepatotoxin. Drinking is the common cause of liver-related mortality in US. This issue covers topics such as nutrient deficiency in alcoholic liver disease, long term management of lacholic liver disease, and the role of liver transplantation in alcoholic liver disease.

Alcohol is the most frequently used drug worldwide and remains a socially acceptable hepatotoxin. Drinking is the most common cause of liver-related mortality in the United States. Topics covered in this issue include nutrient deficiency in alcoholic liver disease, long term management of lacholic liver disease, and the role of liver transplantation in alcoholic liver disease.

1.Introduction (C. B. Leevy) 2.Metabolic Effects of Ethanol in the Liver (Lieber) 3.Nutritional Aspects of the Alcoholic Liver Disease (C. M. Leevy) 4.Immunology of Alcoholic Liver Disease (C. B. Leevy) 5.Liver Morphology in Alcoholic Liver Disease (Lefkowitch) 6.Alcoholic Fatty Liver (Sorrell) 7.Alcoholic Hepatitis (O'Shea) 8.Alcohol in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Voigt) 9.Effect of Alcohol on Viral Hepatitis and other Forms of Liver Dysfunction (Kowdley) 10.Long Term Management of Alcoholic Liver Disease (Wakim-Fleming) 11.Role of Liver Transplantation in Alcoholic Liver Disease (Zetterman)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.7.2005
Reihe/Serie	The Clinics: Internal Medicine ; v. 9-1
Verlagsort	Philadelphia
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Hepatologie
ISBN-10	1-4160-2778-5 / 1416027785
ISBN-13	978-1-4160-2778-2 / 9781416027782
Zustand	Neuware