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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830283403321

Titolo

Fatty liver disease [[electronic resource] ] : NASH and related disorders / / edited by Geoffrey C. Farrell ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., 2005

ISBN

1-280-74334-4

9786610743346

0-470-79721-5

0-470-98743-X

1-4051-4100-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FarrellGeoffrey C

Disciplina

616.3

616.362

Soggetti

Fatty liver

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

Overview: an introduction to NASH and related fatty liver disorders / Geoffrey C. Farrell ... [et al.] -- Pathology of hepatic steatosis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and related conditions / Pauline de la M. Hall & Richard Kirsch -- The epidemiology and risk factors of NASH / Arthur J. Mccullough -- Insulin resistance in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: potential mechanisms and therapies / Varman T. Samuel & Gerald I. Shulman -- NASH as part of the metabolic (insulin resistance) syndrome / Giulio Marchesini & Elisabetta Bugianesi -- NASH is a genetically determined disease / C.P. Day & A.K. Daly -- The pathogenesis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: human studies / Arun J. Sanyal -- Animal models of steatohepatitis / Geoffrey C. Farrell -- Fatty acid metabolism and lipotoxicity in the pathogenesis of NASH/NAFLD / Nathan M. Bass & Raphael B. Merriman -- Cytokines and inflammatory recruitment in NASH: experimental and human studies / Z. Li & A.M. Diehl -- Mitochondrial injury and NASH / Bernard Fromenty & Dominique Pessayre -- Cell biology of NASH: fibrosis and cell proliferation / Isabelle A. Leclercq & Yves Horsmans -- Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of NAFLD / Stephen A. Harrison & Brent



Neuschwander-Tetri --

The clinical outcome of NAFLD including cryptogenic cirrhosis / Stephen H. Caldwell & Anita Impagliazzo Hylton -- Practical approach to the diagnosis and management of people with fatty liver diseases / Jacob George & Geoffrey C. Farrell -- Management of NASH: current and future perspectives on treatment / Paul Angulo & Keith D. Lindor -- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and orthotopic liver transplantation / Anne Burke & Michael R. Lucey -- Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)/non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is not just a 'Western' problem: some perspectives on NASH/NAFLD from the East / Shivakumar Chitturi & Jacob George -- Paediatric NASH / J. Lavine and J.B. Schwimmer -- Steatohepatitis due to intestinal bypass / Christiane Bode & J. Christian Bode -- Specific disorders associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) / Geraldine M. Grant, Vikas Chandhoke & Zobair M. Younossi -- Hepatocellular carcinoma in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease / Vlad Ratziu & Thierry Poynard -- Does NASH or NAFLD contribute to co-morbidity of other liver diseases? / Andrew D. Clouston & Elizabeth E. Powell.

Sommario/riassunto

Fatty Liver Diseases: NASH and Related Disorders is an unusual book: it combines a practical approach for students and physicians concerned with the problem with a clear overview on the causative mechanisms. It appeals to doctors and other health care workers who encounter this problem, as well as to pathologists and investigators interested in the field of liver disease.   It will improve your diagnostic acumen for people with abnormal liver tests, advance your knowledge about this important subject and help with your specialist or undergraduate exams, and management