Handbook of Liver Disease

Handbook of Liver Disease
By Lawrence S. Friedman MD, Emmet B. Keeffe MD


  • Publisher: Churchill Livingstone

  • Number Of Pages: 481

  • Publication Date: 2004-04-22

  • ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0443066337

  • ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780443066337



Product Description:

Here's instant access to the symptoms, signs, differential diagnosis, and treatment for the full range of liver disorders. Written by an international 'who's who' of hepatology-and now in full color-this new 2nd Edition provides readers with top-notch, authoritative guidance they can count on!

  • Discusses the hottest topics in the field, such as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and the latest information on liver transplantation.

  • Includes expanded coverage of chronic hepatitis C, most notably the use of combination therapy with peginterferon and ribavirin and improvements in the management of the side effects of antiviral therapy.

  • Offers the most recent therapeutic options for the management of chronic hepatitis B and advances in the understanding of the molecular biology of this virus.

  • Updates the approach to the diagnosis of many liver diseases due to newer tests based on molecular techniques and advances in imaging.

  • Features over 340 full-color illustrations.

  • Uses a redesigned templated, outline format that makes reference a snap.

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