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Clinical Hepatology

History · Present State · Outlook

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  • © 1983

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Editors:
  1. Géza Csomós

    1. Department of Clinical Research, Germany

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  2. Heribert Thaler

    1. School of Medicine, University of Vienna, Austria
      Wilhelminenspital of the City of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. History of Hepatology

    • F. H. Franken
    Pages 1-15

  3. Differential Diagnosis of Liver Diseases by Enzyme Patterns. A Historical Review

    • F. De Ritis, L. Cacciatore
    Pages 16-28

  4. Functional Dissection of the Diseased Liver

    • R. Preisig
    Pages 29-44

  5. Hepatic Drug Disposition in Liver Disease: Consequences for Dosage Adjustments

    • J. Bircher
    Pages 45-51

  6. Biliary Lipids and Gallstone Formation

    • M. C. Carey
    Pages 52-69

  7. Current Concepts on Bilirubin Metabolism and Gilbert’s Syndrome

    • L. Okolicsanyi
    Pages 70-77

  8. Protein Synthesis

    • R. E. Kirsch
    Pages 78-86

  9. The Position of Laparoscopy Among Methods Used in Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Liver Diseases

    • H. Henning
    Pages 87-100

  10. The Role of the Gallbladder and the Sphincter of Oddi in the Regulation of Enterohepatic Bile Acid Circulation and Biliary Lipid Secretion

    • W. Kurtz, M. Classen
    Pages 101-111

  11. Cultured Kupffer and Endothelial Cells from Human and Rat Livers — A New Means of Studying Viral Infections of the Liver

    • A. Kirn
    Pages 112-125

  12. Liver Fibrosis: A Dynamic Process?

    • M. Rojkind, D. Kershenobich
    Pages 126-142

  13. Liver Biopsy

    • H. Thaler
    Pages 143-158

  14. Ultrastructural Pathology of the Human Liver

    • U. Pfeifer
    Pages 159-194

  15. Immune Reactions in Liver Diseases

    • K.-H. Meyer zum Büschenfelde, T. H. Hütteroth, M. Manns
    Pages 195-209

  16. Viral Hepatitis — An Update

    • W. Arnold, G. Hess, T. Poralla
    Pages 210-235

  17. Vaccination Against Hepatitis B Virus: Past and Future Problems

    • J. Pillot
    Pages 236-243

  18. Animal Models in Hepatitis Research

    • S. M. Lemon
    Pages 244-260

  19. Present Status of Liver Transplantation

    • T. E. Starzl, S. Iwatsuki, B. W. Shaw Jr.
    Pages 261-267

  20. New Approaches to the Management of Portal Hypertension and Variceal Haemorrhage

    • D. Westaby, B. Macdougall, R. Williams
    Pages 268-280
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About this book

Hepatology has come of age in the last decades. Biology of the liver has flour­ ished long before. As the largest homogeneous organ of the body the liver served as useful model in the development of biochemistry and related discip­ lines. Only gradually were these biological investigations applied to the clinical study of liver disease. This was particularly stimulated by the recognition that in the greater part of the world, the developing countries and what we now call the Third World, liver disease represents a major threat to overall public health. It leads to morbidity and mortality of persons in their productive years from liver cancer, cirrhosis and parasitic disease, particularly, schistosomiasis. Moreover, the growing emphasis on the social impact of diseases focused on disorders of the liver because malnutrition, poverty, and drug addiction contrib­ ute greatly to their spread. This is compounded by the increase of alcohol abuse, recently on the rise even in the developing countries. Concern with envi­ ronmental pollution has also raised the interest in liver diseases, in part because the liver acts as a guardian against polluting chemicals and in part because it is considered, possibly to an exaggerated degree, a vulnerable target of such chemicals.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Clinical Research, Germany

    Géza Csomós

  • School of Medicine, University of Vienna, Austria

    Heribert Thaler

  • Wilhelminenspital of the City of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Heribert Thaler

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Clinical Hepatology

  • Book Subtitle: History · Present State · Outlook

  • Editors: Géza Csomós, Heribert Thaler

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68748-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-68750-1Published: 07 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-68748-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 436

  • Topics: Hepatology, Gastroenterology

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