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Title

Liver disorders in childhood / Alex P. Mowat.

Author

Mowat, Alex P.

Publication

Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, c1994.

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Description

xii, 491 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

• This classic textbook provides a comprehensive account of modern paediatric hepatology. It will assist clinicians in detecting and diagnosing hepatobiliary disorders at the earliest possible stage and in providing the most effective management. All medical aspects of hepatobiliary disorders are covered, with sufficient details of surgical procedures to indicate their possible pathophysiological consequences and complications.
• Biochemical disturbances which facilitate diagnosis and treatment of inborn errors of metabolism are highlighted.
• There has been extensive revision of the whole text. Recent developments in cellular and molecular biology, inborn errors of metabolism, viral hepatitis and immunology and emphasized. The place of advances in ultrasonography, radiology, endoscopy and laparoscopy are considered. Developments in etiology, prevention, pathophysiological mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment in every area are detailed. Some chapters, such as that on liver transplantation, have been completely rewritten.
• New chapters have been added on alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, chronic hepatitis, autoimmune chronic active hepatitis and sclerosing cholangitis. Throughout the text, the latest research findings are summarised and areas in which further studies are urgently required are stressed.
• . Paediatricians, both practising and in the training grades, paediatric surgeons, gastroenterologists and pathologists involved in the investigation and treatment of children with hepatobiliary disorders will find the book indispensable. It will be an excellent resource for biochemists and molecular biologists involved in the study of liver disorders of childhood, basic science related to liver function and structure, or liver metabolism.

Subjects

• Liver > Diseases
• Pediatric gastroenterology
• Liver Diseases > Child

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Anatomy and physiology of the liver -- 2. Anatomy and physiology of the biliary tract -- 3. Unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia -- 4. Hepatitis and cholestasis in infancy: intrahepatic disorders -- 5. Extrahepatic biliary atresia and other disorders of the extrahepatic bile ducts presenting in infancy -- 6. Viral infections of the liver -- 7. Bacterial, protozoal, fungal and helminthic infections of the liver -- 8. Fulminant and severe acute liver failure -- 9. Reye's syndrome -- 10. Chronic hepatitis -- 11. Autoimmune chronic active hepatitis -- 12. Sclerosing cholangitis -- 13. Cirrhosis and its complications -- 14. Liver disorders caused by drugs or environmental toxins -- 15. Inborn errors of metabolism associated with disordered liver function or hepatomegaly -- 16. Genetic and familial structural abnormalities of the liver and biliary system -- 17. Wilson's disease -- 18. Indian childhood cirrhosis and copper toxicity or copper storage disorders.
• 19. Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (PIZZ) and other glycoprotein storage diseases -- 20. Hepatobiliary lesions in cystic fibrosis -- 21. Liver and gall bladder disease in sickle cell anemia -- 22. Disorders of the portal and hepatic venous systems -- 23. Liver tumours -- 24. Disorders of the gall bladder and biliary tract -- 25. Liver transplantation -- 26. Laboratory assessment of hepatobiliary disease.

ISBN

0750610395

LCCN

93031532

OCLC

• 28749067
• ocm28749067
• SCSB-4727002

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries