Preventive female sex factors against the development of chronic liver disease / / edited by Ichiro Shimizu

• Autore: Shimizu Ichiro <1958->
• Pubblicazione: [United Arab Emirates], : Bentham Books, [2012]
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (126 p.)
• Disciplina: 616
• Soggetto topico: Liver - Diseases - Sex factors; Liver - Diseases - Prevention
• Altri autori: ShimizuIchirō
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 01 Title.pdf; 02 Title page; 03 REVISED eBooks End User License Agreement-Website; 04 Contents; 05 Foreword; 06 Preface; 07 List of contributors; 08 Chapter1-Shimizu-revised; 09 Chapter2-Poovorawan-revised; 10 Chapter3-Shimizu-revised; 11 Chapter4-Puoti-revised; 12 Chapter5-Katakura; 13 Chapter6-Nakagawa-revised; 14 Chapter7-Asaki; 15 Chapter8-Ueno; 16 Chapter9-Fukita; 17 Chapter10-Nagoshi-revised; 18 Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Liver cancer, cirrhosis and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are observed predominately in men. Being male or female is believed to be an important human variable that affects health and liver disease throughout the life span. However, few works have been published on the biological mechanisms underlying gender specific differences in liver disease. Several mechanisms underlying sex-associated differences of progression of liver disease are demonstrated in this e-book based on biological factors as estrogen and hepatic iron stores. Readers will gain a better understanding of the pathogenesis o
• Titolo autorizzato: Preventive female sex factors against the development of chronic liver disease
• ISBN: 9781608052936; 1608052931
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910957172703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II