1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460055403321

Autore

Shimizu Ichiro <1958->

Titolo

Female hepatology [[electronic resource] ] : favorable role of female factors in chronic liver disease / / Ichiro Shimizu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2009

ISBN

1-61728-419-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

Hepatology research and clinical developments series

Disciplina

616.3/62

Soggetti

Liver - Diseases - Sex factors

Women - Diseases

Chronic diseases - Sex factors

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Liver cancer is predominant in men and postmenopausal women -- Chronic hepatitis C and B progress more slowly in females than males -- Hepatic fibrosis and oxidative stress -- Female sex hormones in hepatic fibrosis -- Ms, you can never become an 'iron lady' -- Immune response is affected by estrogens, progesterone and testosterone -- Females and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease -- 'Female paradox' in alcoholic liver disease -- Autoimmune liver diseases in females -- Are estrogens useful as a therapeutic drug for chronic liver disease? -- Sex and gender specific medicine in chronic liver disease.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910165257003321

Autore

Hough Emerson

Titolo

The Young Alaskans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Auckland : , : Floating Press, The, , 2008

©2017

ISBN

1-77667-655-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 pages)

Disciplina

823.8

Soggetti

Alaska--Juvenile fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title -- Contents -- I - At Home in Alaska -- II - Afloat on the Pacific -- III - The Journey to the North -- IV - Lost in the Fog -- V - The Missing Dory -- VI - Adrift on the Ocean -- VII - The Hut on the Beach -- VIII - The Salmon Run -- IX - The Big Bear of Kadiak -- X - The Savage Refugee -- XI - A Troublesome Prisoner -- XII - Ways of the Wilderness -- XIII - Making a Living -- XIV - The Surprise -- XV - The Whale-Hunt -- XVI - The Missing Prisoner -- XVII - The Aleut Boy -- XVIII - Unwelcome Visitors -- XIX - Hope Deferred -- XX - The Silver-Gray Fox -- XXI - An Aleut Goose-Hunt -- XXII - Sport with the Salmon -- XXIII - Among the Eagles -- XXIV - An Adventure on the Gull Rocks -- XXV - Cripples' Castle -- XXVI - The Journey and the Storm -- XXVII - The Man-Hunt -- XXVIII - A Hunt for Sea-Otter -- XXIX - Uncertainty -- XXX - "Blown Out to Sea! -- XXXI - The Search-Party -- XXXII - The Deserted Camp -- XXXIII - Saved!.

Sommario/riassunto

In this exciting action-adventure novel for younger readers, a group of three young friends who have grown up in a booming but small oil town in Alaska explore the starkly beautiful territory and get up close and personal with its wonders -- and its dangers.