Published February, 2010
By John L. Casey
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Hepatitis delta virus (HDV), which causes severe acute and chronic liver disease, was discovered nearly 30 years ago following the detection of a novel antigen-antibody system in hepatitis B virus carriers.

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Published January, 2010
By Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, Stefan Breitenstein, Pierre-Alain Clavien, Jacques Belghiti, Ravi S. Chari, Josep M. Llovet, Chung-Mau Lo, Michael A Morse, Tadatoshi Takayama, Pierre–Alain Clavien, Chung–Mau Lo, Jean–Nicolas Vauthey and PA Clavien
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd))
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This comprehensive and critical review of current and established treatment modalities for malignant liver tumors is designed to help you sort through the proliferation of competitive approaches and choose the best treatment options for your patient. Dr.

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Published December, 2009
By Pierre-Alain Clavien and Jean-Francois Dufour
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Signaling Pathways in Liver Diseases, 2nd edition focuses on signaling pathways which are particularly important in liver diseases. The increasing frequency of surgery on steatotic and cirrhotic liver obliges liver surgeons and hepatologists to understand the molecular mechanisms at play in these situations and how they can be influenced.

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Published December, 2009
By Stephen A. Harrison and Steven Harrison
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Presents the views of some of the experts on findings concerning the epidemiology, natural history, diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. This title includes articles on bariatric surgery, liver transplantation, cytokines and apoptosis, as well as insulin resistance and lipotoxicity.

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Published November, 2009
By Kirti Shetty, George Y. Wu and George Wu
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Clinical Gastroenterology
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In Chronic Viral Hepatitis, Second Edition, a panel of distinguished clinicians and clinical investigators build upon the first edition by comprehensively reviewing all the relevant new information regarding resistance, side effects, and therapies for chronic viral hepatitis.

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Published September, 2009
By David A. Sass
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Suitable for a practicing clinician, this book presents some of the best practices of caring for a cirrhotic patient. It covers topics such as diagnosis and epidemiology of cirrhosis; ascites: diagnosis and management; encephalopathy: pathophysiology and emerging therapies; and, portal hypertensive bleeding.

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Published September, 2009
By Victor R. Preedy, Ronald Ross Watson, Raj Lakshman and Rajaventhan Srirajaskanthan
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
Rating: 1.00
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Deals with the topic of nutrition and liver disease. This title provides a holistic understanding of the causative elements that precipitate liver disease, the nutritional factors and regimens that reverse deteriorating hepatic function, and the nutritional elements found in a wide range of liver diseases.

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Published September, 2009
By Vijay Gorantla, Faith Zor, Jelena M. Janjic and Fatih Zor
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press)
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This book summarizes rapid progress and innovation in transplantation and regenerative medicine - the merger of reconstructive plastic surgery and transplantation - called Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation. This merger includes a wide variety of previously impossible translplantations using grafts derived from organ donors.

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Published September, 2009
By Mark D Stringer
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd)
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This book explores the origins of seventy eponyms in the field of hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery and anatomy. Each section is deliberately short and intended for quick reference, providing accurate information about the origin of the eponym and the figure behind it.

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Published August, 2009
By Paul J. Pockros
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Presents articles that deals with therapies for treatment of HCV. This title addresses such novel therapies as interferons, viral kinetics and anti-viral resistance, anti-fibrotics, immunotherapeutics, hepatoprotectants and caspace inhibitors, and cyclosporine analogues.

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