Overview
- Special emphasis on the comparison between human and animal disease
- Provides an overview of etiological agents
- Highlights new therapeutic approaches
- Close link between basic and clinical research
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases (BAID)
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About this book
Acute and chronic hepatitis and hepatitis-related diseases such as liver failure, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma are among the most important causes for disabilities and death. Hepatocellular injury is due to a variety of agents including viruses, toxins, radiation, injury and drugs but also bacteria, parasites and autoimmune reactions.
This volume reviews today’s knowledge about hepatitis with emphasis on comparative aspects between hepatitis in humans and animals, but also between different etiological agents. This particular viewpoint makes the book relevant for scientists from both human and veterinary medicine, gastroenterologists, pathologists, virologists and students of human and veterinary medicine.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Comparative Hepatitis
Editors: Olaf Weber, Ulrike Protzer
Series Title: Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8558-3
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Basel 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-8557-6Published: 23 June 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7643-8558-3Published: 25 September 2008
Series ISSN: 2504-3811
Series E-ISSN: 2504-3838
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 383
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour
Topics: Medical Microbiology