Liver Under Constant Attack - From Fat to Viruses

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

Sections cover viral hepatitis, immunosuppressive approaches in liver patients, malignant liver diseases, inflammatory liver diseases and complications of liver cirrhosis.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-06-30
Mått:155 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt:459 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Falk Symposium
Antal sidor:196
Förlag:Springer
ISBN:9789048127580

Utforska kategorier

Gastroenterologi inom Medicin

Innehållsförteckning

Viral liver disease.- State-of-the-Art Lecture: Immune responses and viral escape mechanisms in hepatitis C virus infection.- Hepatitis C virus immunology.- Hepatitis C therapy.- The hepatitis B virus — virology.- Hepatitis B virus — therapy.- Fat and viral liver disease.- Interdisciplinary hepatology.- Molecular pathogenesis of liver cancer: early lesions.- Targeted therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma.- Cholangiocellular carcinoma: medical and interventional endoscopic strategies, new options.- Cholangiocarcinoma — role of surgery.- Gut attack: Liver in LPS crossfire.- Lymphocyte recruitment to the liver; the role of chemokines.- Lipopolysaccharide in liver disease.- Alcoholic hepatitis.- Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis — therapeutic interventions.- Fibrosis, cirrhosis and protal hypertension.- State-of-the-Art Lecture: Mechanisms of liver fibrosis — targets for therapy.- Non-invasive serum markers of liver fibrosis.- Assessment of liver fibrosis: gold standard biopsy?.- Variceal bleeding.- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS).