Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease

About this book

The standard two-volume reference textbook of gastroenterology and hepatology, here in its twelfth edition with 133 chapters in twelve parts. Opening parts cover gut biology, nutrition and obesity, and the assessment of symptoms and signs such as abdominal pain, diarrhoea and bleeding. Further parts deal with multisystem disease and neoplasia, then work organ by organ through the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum, pancreas, biliary tract, liver, and small and large intestine, before closing with complementary medicine and palliative care. Each chapter links pathophysiology to diagnosis and management, for specialists and trainees.