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Hepatotoxicity - Hyman J. Zimmerman

Hepatotoxicity

The Adverse Effects of Drugs and Other Chemicals on the Liver
Buch | Hardcover
800 Seiten
1999 | 2nd Revised edition
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Verlag)
978-0-7817-1952-0 (ISBN)
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Examines the interface between chemicals and the liver. This book is a research in experimental hepatotoxicology, the hepatotoxic risks of household, industrial, and environmental chemicals, and the adverse effects of drugs on the liver. It includes a section on the wide variety of drugs that can cause liver injury.
Written by the foremost authority in the field, this volume is a comprehensive review of the multifaceted phenomenon of hepatotoxicity. Dr. Zimmerman examines the interface between chemicals and the liver; the latest research in experimental hepatotoxicology; the hepatotoxic risks of household, industrial, and environmental chemicals; and the adverse effects of drugs on the liver. This thoroughly revised, updated Second Edition features a greatly expanded section on the wide variety of drugs that can cause liver injury. For quick reference, an appendix lists these medications and their associated hepatic injuries. Also included are in-depth discussions of drug metabolism and factors affecting susceptibility to liver injury

Part 1 General considerations: the spectrum of hepatotoxicity; hepatic metabolism of foreign compounds; vulnerability of the liver to toxic injury; expressions of hepatotoxicity; classification of hepatotoxins and mechanisms of toxicity; hepatotoxic effects of ethanol; chemical hepatocarcinogenesis. Part 2 Experimental hepatotoxicity: experimental hepatotoxicity; direct hepatotoxins - haloaliphatics, phosphorus, iron and copper; indirect cytotoxic hepatotoxins; toxic cholestasis. Part 3 Environmental hepatotoxicity: syndromes of environmental hepatotoxicity; occupational toxicity; hepatotoxicity in the household; the hepatotoxic potential of a polluted environment. Part 4 Iatrogenic hepatic injury: drug-induced liver disease; anaesthetic agents; psychotropic and anticonvulsant agents; drugs used to treat rheumatic and musculospastic disease; hormonal derivatives and related drugs; hepatic injury from the treatment of infectious and parasitic diseases; drugs used in cardiovascular disease; hepatotoxic effects of oncotherapeutic and immunosuppressive agents; miscellaneous drugs and diagnostic chemicals; afterthoughts on hepatotoxicity; appendices.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 7.9.1999
Zusatzinfo 474
Verlagsort Philadelphia
Sprache englisch
Maße 216 x 280 mm
Gewicht 2061 g
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Lexikon / Chroniken
Medizinische Fachgebiete Innere Medizin Gastroenterologie
Medizinische Fachgebiete Innere Medizin Hepatologie
Studium 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) Pharmakologie / Toxikologie
ISBN-10 0-7817-1952-6 / 0781719526
ISBN-13 978-0-7817-1952-0 / 9780781719520
Zustand Neuware
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