Overview
- Provides a comprehensive reference work for the pathology of the upper and lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract
- Shares the knowledge of experts in the field
- Affords convenient, rapid access to authoritative and comprehensive information
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Pathology (EP)
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Table of contents (202 entries)
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Front Matter
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Paula Chaves (born in 1953) graduated in medicine in 1978. She obtained her Board Certification as Pathologist in 1988 and as Consultant Pathologist in 1993. Presently, she is Senior Pathologist at the Instituto Portugues de Oncologica de Lisboa de Francisco Gentil (IPOLFG EPE). She did her PhD in 2001 at the Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Currently, she is Full Professor of Pathology at the Faculdade de Ciencias da Saude, niversidade da Beira Interior, since 2007. Before, she was Auxiliar Professor of Pathology at the Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, since 1993. The mainstream of her professional career lies in the area of Gastrointestinal Pathology. She has published over 80 peer-reviewed papers and has contributed to almost 8 books in this field. Her research interest is in Barrett`s Esophagus, the premalignant condition for esophageal adenocarcima. Actually, her research work contributed for the understanding of differentiation of the distinct cellular phenotypes present in Barrett`s epithelium and theirrelationship to cancer. Professor Paula Chaves is presently the Director of the Research Center of the Instituto Portugues de Oncologica de Lisboa de Francisco Gentil (IPOLFG EPE).
Arzu Ensari finished her training in Pathology in Ankara in 1991, before moving to the UK to pursue a PhD on "Cellular and Molecular Pathology of Gluten Sensitivity" under the supervision of Dr. Michael N. Marsh from 1991 to 1994. She worked with Prof. Yo Kato (Japan) on GI cancer and precursor lesions for three months in 1995. Since then Dr. Ensari has been engaged in gastrointestinal pathology at the Department of Pathology, Ankara University Medical School. In 2008 she worked in Toronto, Canada as a visiting professor with Prof. Robert Riddell, mainly on IBD. Dr. Ensari is a former chair of the GI Pathology working group of the ESP, and is a faculty member of the EScoP GI Pathology working team. She is currently working as a full-time Professor at the Department of Pathology, Ankara University Medical School. Dr. Ensari has published many articels and book chapters on GI pathology. Her major research interests include malabsorption, IBD, polyps and colorectal cancer.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract
Editors: Fátima Carneiro, Paula Chaves, Arzu Ensari
Series Title: Encyclopedia of Pathology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40560-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Reference Module Medicine
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-40559-9Published: 28 June 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-40560-5Published: 29 June 2017
Series ISSN: 2366-6269
Series E-ISSN: 2366-6277
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 701
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 473 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pathology, Gastroenterology