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Medical and Nutritional Complications of Alcoholism

Mechanisms and Management

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Charles S. Lieber

    1. Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New York, USA
      Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York, New York, USA

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Metabolism of Ethanol

    • Charles S. Lieber
    Pages 1-35

  3. Acetaldehyde and Acetate

    • Charles S. Lieber
    Pages 37-53

  4. Alcohol, Hormones, and Metabolism

    • Gary G. Gordon, Charles S. Lieber
    Pages 55-90

  5. Ethanol and Lipid Disorders, Including Fatty Liver, Hyperlipemia, and Atherosclerosis

    • Charles S. Lieber
    Pages 91-126

  6. Effects of Ethanol on Amino Acid and Protein Metabolism

    • Siamak A. Adibi, Enrique Baraona, Charles S. Lieber
    Pages 127-163

  7. Interaction of Ethanol with Other Drugs

    • Charles S. Lieber
    Pages 165-183

  8. Alcohol and the Liver

    • Charles S. Lieber, Maria A. Leo
    Pages 185-239

  9. Alcohol and the Hematologic System

    • John Lindenbaum
    Pages 241-281

  10. Immunologic Reactions in Alcoholic Liver Disease

    • Fiorenzo Paronetto
    Pages 283-305

  11. Alcohol and the Digestive Tract

    • Lawrence Feinman, Mark A. Korsten, Charles S. Lieber
    Pages 307-340

  12. Alcohol and the Pancreas

    • Mark A. Korsten, Romano C. Pirola, Charles S. Lieber
    Pages 341-358

  13. Cardiovascular Effects of Ethanol

    • Howard S. Friedman
    Pages 359-401

  14. Effects of Alcohol Abuse on Skeletal Muscle

    • Finbarr C. Martin, Timothy J. Peters
    Pages 403-412

  15. The Effects of Alcohol on the Nervous System

    • Maurice Victor
    Pages 413-457

  16. Alcohol Abuse: Carcinogenic Effects and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

    • Anthony J. Garro, Barbara H. J. Gordon, Charles S. Lieber
    Pages 459-493

  17. Alcohol and the Kidney

    • Murray Epstein
    Pages 495-513

  18. Nutrition

    • Lawrence Feinman, Charles S. Lieber
    Pages 515-530

  19. Biological Markers of Alcoholism

    • Alan S. Rosman, Charles S. Lieber
    Pages 531-563

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 565-579
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About this book

In the Western world, alcohol is the most abused drug. recognized that a majority of patients with cirrhosis do For all the attention being directed toward heroin, co­ admit to excessive alcohol consumption. Other tissues caine, and marijuana, the favorite mood-altering drug in can also be severely affected, including brain, gut, the United States, as in almost every human society, is heart, endocrine systems, bone, blood, and muscle. A question often raised is, "In what way does an alcoholic alcohol. In nature, the fermentation of sugars is the differ from a nonalcoholic?" Inquiries have focused on major source of ethanol, but how humans first encoun­ tered it is unclear. It most likely occurred in either psychological make-up, behavioral differences, and socio­ fermented fruit juices (wine), fermented grain (beer), or economic factors. More recently, however, physical dif­ fermented honey (mead). Whether the Paleolithic Stone ferences have been delineated. Prior to the development Age man knew of ethanol is undetermined, but it is of various disease entities, chronic ethanol exposure abundantly clear that his Neolithic descendants were results in profound biochemical and morphological familiar with the product of fermentation. With the changes. Consequently, an alcoholic does not respond exception of the original inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego, normally to alcohol, other drugs, or even other toxic the Australian aborigines, and some polar tribes, all agents.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New York, USA

    Charles S. Lieber

  • Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York, New York, USA

    Charles S. Lieber

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Medical and Nutritional Complications of Alcoholism

  • Book Subtitle: Mechanisms and Management

  • Authors: Charles S. Lieber

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3320-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-43558-4Published: 01 October 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-6462-7Published: 09 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-3320-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 579

  • Topics: Psychotherapy, Psychiatry, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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