Zakim and Boyer's Hepatology

About this book

A comprehensive textbook of liver disease arranged in eleven sections. It begins with liver anatomy, cell biology, the microbiome and the response to injury, then covers assessment of jaundice and abnormal liver tests, noninvasive and molecular diagnostics, and the complications of cirrhosis such as ascites, variceal bleeding and renal failure. Later sections deal with alcoholic and fatty liver disease, viral hepatitis A to E, other infections, autoimmune and cholestatic disease, vascular disorders, liver tumours, transplantation, pregnancy, drug-induced injury, and inherited and paediatric liver disease. It is aimed at hepatologists and gastroenterologists.