First Principles of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

About this book

A Canadian teaching text, endorsed by the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology and the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver, that links basic science to clinical practice. It opens with common gastrointestinal symptoms and signs, then works through the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, coeliac disease, Crohn's disease, colon and anorectum, and a long run of liver chapters on hepatitis, fatty liver, autoimmune and metabolic disease, cirrhosis and its complications, and transplantation. Closing chapters cover the biliary system, pancreas and nutrition. Written for medical students, residents and those preparing for specialty examinations.