The Textbook of Hepatology: From Basic Science to Clinical Practice - Tapa dura

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Professor Juan Rodés, Professor of Hepatology and Hospital Director, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain. Currently Editor of the Journal of Hepatology.

Professor Jean–Pierre Benhamou, Professor of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France, Former Editor of the Journal of Hepatology.

Professor Andres Blei, Department of Medicine, Lakeside Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago

Professor Jürg Reichen, University of Bern, Switzerland. Former Administrative Secretary of the European Association for the Study of the Liver.

Professor Mario Rizzetto, Professor of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Turin, Italy. Former Administrative Secretary of the European Association for the Study of the Liver.

Professor Jean–François Dufour, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Bern, Switzerland

Professor Scott Friedman, Division of Liver Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York

Dr Pere Ginès, Consultant Hepatologist, Liver Unit, University of Barcelona, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona

Dr Dominique–Charles Valla, Service d′Hépatologie, Fédération Médico–Chirurgicale d′Hépatogastroentérologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France

Dr Fabien Zoulim, INSERM Unit 271, Lyon

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THE encyclopedic guide to hepatology – for consultation by clinicians and basic scientists

Previously the Oxford Textbook of Clinical Hepatology, this two-volume textbook is now with Blackwell Publishing. It covers basic, clinical and translational science (converting basic science discoveries into the practical applications to benefit people).

Edited by ten leading experts in the liver and biliary tract and their diseases, along with outstanding contributions from over 200 international clinicians, this text has global references, evidence and extensive subject matter – giving you the best science and clinical practice discussed by the best authors.

It includes unique sections on:

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• Symptoms and signs in liver disease
  
• Industrial diseases affecting the liver
  
• The effects of diseases of other systems on the liver
  
• The effects of liver diseases on other systems

It’s bigger and more extensive than other books and discusses new areas in more depth such as stem cells, genetics, genomics, proteomics, transplantation, mathematics and much more.

Plus, it comes with a fully searchable CD ROM of the entire content.