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Clinical Hepatology

Principles and Practice of Hepatobiliary Diseases: Volume 1

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  • Comprehensive and readable

  • Practical and up to date

  • Provides a rational basis for the practice of hepatology

  • Fast and easy access to common and rare problems encountered in practice

  • Your one-step resource for clinical hepatology

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (54 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
  2. Structure and Function of the Liver

    1. Section I Embryology, Anatomy, and Histology

      1. Embryonic Development
        • Henryk Dancygier
        Pages 7-10
      2. Gross Anatomy
        • Henryk Dancygier
        Pages 11-14
      3. Microscopic Anatomy
        • Henryk Dancygier
        Pages 15-51
    2. Section II Fundamentals of Hepatic Physiology and Biochemistry

      1. Hepatic Circulation
        • Henryk Dancygier
        Pages 55-59
      2. Hepatocellular Transport
        • Henryk Dancygier
        Pages 61-74
      3. Hepatic Metabolism
        • Henryk Dancygier, Uta Merle, Wolfgang Stremmel, Claus Niederau
        Pages 75-102
      4. Hepatic Biotransformation
        • Henryk Dancygier
        Pages 127-130
      5. Functional Heterogeneity and Metabolic Zonation
        • Henryk Dancygier
        Pages 131-136
      6. Liver Cell Hydration and Cell Function
        • Dieter Häussinger
        Pages 137-140
      7. The Liver as an Immune Organ
        • Henryk Dancygier
        Pages 141-152
      8. Aging and the Liver
        • Henryk Dancygier
        Pages 153-156
      9. Hepatic Regeneration
        • Henryk Dancygier
        Pages 157-168
  3. Pathophysiology and Morphology of Liver Injury

    1. Section III Causes and Mechanisms of Liver Injury

      1. Hypoxic Liver Injury
        • Henryk Dancygier, Peter Schirmacher
        Pages 181-183
      2. Reperfusion Injury
        • Henryk Dancygier, Peter Schirmacher
        Pages 185-187
      3. Drug-Induced and Toxic Liver Injury
        • Henryk Dancygier, Peter Schirmacher
        Pages 189-190
      4. Immune Mediated Liver Injury
        • Henryk Dancygier, Peter Schirmacher
        Pages 191-196
      5. Endotoxin Mediated Liver Injury
        • Henryk Dancygier, Peter Schirmacher
        Pages 197-198

About this book

Clinical Hepatology – Principles and Practice of Hepatobiliary Diseases provides clear and comprehensive coverage of the etiology, mechanisms of disease, diagnosis, and practical management of the entire spectrum of liver and biliary disorders. It also affords an excellent, evidence-based review of the rapidly expanding field of hepatobiliary diseases.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Chair, Department of Medicine II, Klinikum Offenbach, Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Offenbach, Germany

    Henryk Dancygier

  • Department of Medicine, Division of Liver Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA

    Henryk Dancygier

About the author

Henryk Dancygier is Chief of the Department of Medicine II at the Klinikum Offenbach, and Professor of Medicine at the Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main. He graduated from the University of Heidelberg and trained in Pathology, Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology. He holds degrees from the University of Heidelberg, Frankfurt and the Technical University of Munich and currently is Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York.

Henryk Dancygier is author of a number of books including (English translations) "AIDS – a Clinical Compendium" (1993), "Memorix - Gastroenterology and Hepatology" (1998), "Endosonography in Gastroenterology: Principles, Techniques, Findings" (1999), "Liver Diseases - the ABC of Therapy" (2003) and "Clinical Hepatology – Diagnosis and Therapy of Hepatobiliary Disorders" (2003) that have been translated into several languages and he has also contributed numerous chapters in Medical Textbooks.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Clinical Hepatology

  • Book Subtitle: Principles and Practice of Hepatobiliary Diseases: Volume 1

  • Authors: Henryk Dancygier

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-93842-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-93842-2Published: 27 October 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVIII, 652

  • Number of Illustrations: 63 b/w illustrations, 398 illustrations in colour

  • Additional Information: Original german edition published in 2002

  • Topics: Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Medical Biochemistry, Pathology

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