Publication Year: 2006
Edition: 1st
Authors/Editor: Zein, N.; Lashner, B.
Publisher: Clinical Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-90-439281-1
Doody's Star Rating®:
Score: 78In this, the second volume dedicated to hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal disease, the editors again update the reader on the latest advances in diagnostics, pharmacological therapy and surgery.
All of the major disease entities are covered in this volume, including motility disorders, irritable bowel syndrome, neoplasia, hepatitis and cholestatic liver disease. This year’s volume also includes a new chapter on non-malignant complications of cirrhosis, such as portal hypertension, and also a section dedicated specifically to advances in paediatric hepatology, including the incidence and management of IBD in children.
Benefits:
* Evaluation and critical appraisal of the full range of published literature in the field
* Key papers for practice identified and summarised
* Single user-friendly volume
* Draws on the experience of leading authorities.