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Hepatology, Principles and Practice

History, Morphology, Biochemistry, Diagnostics, Clinic, Therapy

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  • A comprehensive guide on hepatology: 477 top-quality coloured figures

  • Coloured textual emphasis, flowcharts and tables for the best didactics and systematics: about 7000 up-to-date references

  • A short historical review on hepatology

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (40 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
  2. Introduction to hepatology

  3. Diagnostics in Liver Diseases

    1. Clinical findings

      Pages 73-88
    2. Laboratory diagnostics

      Pages 89-124
    3. Sonography

      Pages 125-140
    4. Radiological diagnostics

      Pages 169-190
  4. Symptoms and Syndromes

    1. Jaundice

      Pages 215-226
    2. Cholestasis

      Pages 227-242
    3. Portal hypertension

      Pages 243-262
    4. Hepatic encephalopathy

      Pages 263-285
    5. Oedema and ascites

      Pages 287-321
    6. Hepatorenal syndrome

      Pages 323-331
    7. Hepatopulmonary syndrome

      Pages 333-340

About this book

Hepatology -- a systematic overview
The 1st edition was sold out within one year and a reprint became necessary. The 2nd edition has been updated, revised and extended to include some 900 pages.

Unique
- 477 top-quality coloured figures containing clinical and immunological findings, laparoscopic and and histologic features as well as imaging procedures
- all figures directly integrated in the respective text; this results in a new form of learning from "seeing" to "understanding"

Attractive
- 306 tables in colour
- coloured highlighting of important principles and statements for better reading
- well-structured and systematic approaches support the content
- derived from clinical hepatology for practical use by specialists and in hospital

Instructive
- detailed presentation of morphology and its integration in liver disease
- precise recommendations for therapy and summarized descriptions of special forms of treatment (inlcuding a separate chapter on "Therapy"

Manual
- about 7,000 references are listed in full; quotations of significant historical publications
- first authors of therapy procedures, methods, medical techniques and invasive measures are given as far as possible
- comprehensive subject index and register of abbreviations

Authors and Affiliations

  • Wetzlar, Germany

    Erwin Kuntz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Hepatology, Principles and Practice

  • Book Subtitle: History, Morphology, Biochemistry, Diagnostics, Clinic, Therapy

  • Authors: Erwin Kuntz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28977-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-28977-7Published: 20 January 2006

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 906

  • Number of Illustrations: 477 illustrations in colour

  • Additional Information: Original German edition published by Johann Ambrosius Barth Verlag, Heidelberg, Leipzig, 1998

  • Topics: Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine

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eBook USD 149.00
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