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Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Bench to Bedside

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Editors:
  1. Naga Chalasani

    1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA

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  2. Gyongyi Szabo

    1. Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA

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  • Combines coverage of both alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

  • Includes the most up-to-date clinical information

  • Volume editors are senior investigators in the fields of alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

  • Chapters written by experts in the field

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Alcoholic Liver Disease

    • Mariana Lazo, Mack C. Mitchell
    Pages 1-20

  3. Global Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

    • Abhijit Chowdhury, Zobair M. Younossi
    Pages 21-40

  4. Pathogenesis of Alcoholic Liver Disease

    • Gavin E. Arteel, David W. Crabb
    Pages 41-69

  5. Pathogenesis of NAFLD and NASH

    • Jacquelyn J. Maher
    Pages 71-101

  6. Animal Models of Alcoholic Liver Disease

    • Jun Xu, Hidekazu Tsukamoto
    Pages 103-119

  7. Animal Models of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

    • Mariana Luisa Verdelho Moutinho Machado, Anna Mae Diehl
    Pages 121-145

  8. Genetic Basis of Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

    • Silvia Sookoian, Carlos Jose Pirola
    Pages 147-163

  9. Clinical Features, Disease Modifiers, and Natural History of Alcoholic Liver Disease

    • Luis S. Marsano, Vatsalya Vatsalya, Ammar Hassan, Craig J. McClain
    Pages 165-182

  10. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Clinical Features, Disease Modifiers, and Natural History

    • Dawn M. Torres, Stephen A. Harrison
    Pages 183-194

  11. Diagnostic Approaches and Clinical End Points of Treatment in Alcoholic Liver Disease

    • Jaeyoun Cheong, Eva Stein, Ramon Bataller
    Pages 195-209

  12. Diagnostic Considerations and Clinical End Points for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

    • Arun J. Sanyal
    Pages 211-221

  13. Pathology of Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

    • Pierre Bedossa, David E. Kleiner
    Pages 223-247

  14. Hepatic and Extrahepatic Malignancies in Alcoholic Liver Disease

    • Samir Zakhari, Svetlana Radaeva, Vasilis Vasiliou
    Pages 249-269

  15. Hepatic and Extrahepatic Malignancies in NAFLD

    • Fabio Nascimbeni, Vlad Ratziu
    Pages 271-290

  16. Treatment of Alcoholic Liver Disease Including Emerging Therapies, Novel Targets, and Liver Transplantation

    • Jan Petrasek, Gyongyi Szabo
    Pages 291-311

  17. Current and Emerging Therapies for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

    • Samer Gawrieh, Naga Chalasani
    Pages 313-337

  18. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children

    • Hannah I. Awai, Kimberly P. Newton, Jeffrey B. Schwimmer
    Pages 339-362

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 363-372
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About this book

This volume is the first text to concisely yet comprehensively cover developments for both alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in an organized fashion. Aspects of these two diseases covered in the book include global epidemiology and risk factors, pathogenesis, animal models, hepatic and extra-hepatic malignancies, treatment models, and current and emerging therapies.

Written by experts in the field, Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Bench to Bedside is a valuable resource for gastroenterologists, pathologists, and hepatologists who treat patients with alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Reviews

“The purpose is to serve as a review of both mechanisms of liver disease. The book is meant to compare the two unique diseases, which share several mechanisms. … The book summarizes current knowledge and contains updates on recent research. … This is a high quality resource on the topic of alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, providing an in-depth discussion of the mechanisms … .” (Ryan R. Sefcik, Doody's Book Reviews, June, 2016)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA

    Naga Chalasani

  • Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA

    Gyongyi Szabo

About the editors

Drs. Chalasani and Szabo are senior investigators in the field of fatty liver disease and have had extensive federal funding to investigate these areas. They both hold leadership positions and are recognized as experts in the field of fatty liver disease. For example, Dr. Chalasani is the lead author of the multi-society practice guideline on the diagnosis and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease& Dr. Szabo is the president-elect of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease which is the largest liver society in the world. They are also actively practicing clinicians and thus aware of clinically relevant knowledge gaps in the field.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

  • Book Subtitle: Bench to Bedside

  • Editors: Naga Chalasani, Gyongyi Szabo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20538-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-20537-3Published: 18 December 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79308-5Published: 27 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-20538-0Published: 10 December 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 372

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 36 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Gastroenterology, Pathology, Hepatology

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