Hepatology(2vols): Principles and Practice of Hepatobiliary Diseases

Clinical Hepatology - Principles and Practice of Hepatobiliary Diseases provides clear and comprehensive coverage of
the etiology, mechanisms of disease, diagnosis, and practical management of the entire spectrum of liver and biliary
disorders. It also affords an excellent, evidence-based review of the rapidly expanding field of hepatobiliary
diseases.

Henryk Dancygier is Chief of the Department of Medicine II at the Klinikum Offenbach, and Professor of Medicine at the
Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main. He graduated from the University of Heidelberg and trained in Pathology, Internal
Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology. He holds degrees from the University of Heidelberg, Frankfurt and the
Technical University of Munich and currently is Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine,
New York.

Henryk Dancygier is author of a number of books including (English translations) "AIDS ? a Clinical Compendium"
(1993), "Memorix ? Gastroenterology and Hepatology" (1998), "Endosonography in Gastroeneterology: Principles,
Techniques, Findings" (1999), "Liver Diseases ? the ABC of Therapy" (2003) and "Clinical Hepatology ? Diagnosis and
Therapy of Hepatobiliary Disorders" (2003) that have been translated into several languages and he has also contributed
numerous chapters in Medical Textbooks.

A.Basic principles.- part 1: structure and function of the liver.- section i. embryology, anatomy, and histology.-
section ii. fundamentals of hepatic physiology and biochemistry part 2: pathophysiology and morphology of liver injury.-
section iii. causes and mechanisms of liver injury.- section iv. morphologic patterns of liver injury.- section v.
scoring systems in hepatology.- b.clinical methods: part 3: evaluation of the patient with hepatobiliary disease.-
section vi. history and physical examination.- section vii. laboratory testing.- section viii. hepatobiliary imaging
and manometric studies.- section ix. approaches to common hepatobiliary problems.- c.hepatobiliary diseases part 4:
diseases of the liver.- section x. developmental anomalies.- section xi. circulatory and vascular disorders.- section
xii. infectious liver diseases.- section xiii. hepatobiliary diseases in hiv-infected patients.- section xiv.
automimmune liver diseases.- section xv. cute liver failure.- section xvi. liver cirrhosis and sequelae.- section xvii.
genetic and metabolic liver disorders.- section xviii. drug-induced and toxic liver injury.- section xix. granulomatous
liver diseases.- section xx. interaction between the liver and other organ systems.- section xxi. pregnancy-specific
liver diseases.- section xxii. primary tumors of the liver and intrahepatic bile ducts.- section xxiii. liver
transplantation and surgery in liver disease.- section xxiv. gene therapy.- part 5: disease of the gallbladder and
extrahepatic bile ducts.- section xxv. anatomy, histology and physiology.- section xxvi. developmental anomalies.-
section xxvii. motility disorders.- section xxviii. gallstones.- section xxix.infectious disorders.- section xxx.tumors
of the gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts.