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Liver disorders in childhood /
Liver Disorders in Childhood.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; Boston :
Butterworth-Heinemann,
1994.
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| Edición: | Third edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Dedication; Liver Disorders in Childhood; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the third edition; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Chapter 1. Anatomy and physiology of the liver; Anatomy of the liver; Hepatic development; Physiology of the liver; Hepatic ultrastructure and function; Clinical assessment of liver size and texture; Chapter 2. Anatomy and physiology of the biliary tract; Anatomy and physiology; Cholestasis: impaired bile formation and secretion; Chapter 3. Unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia; Jaundice
- Genetic abnormalities in bilirubin metabolismNeonatal unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia; Physiological jaundice of the newborn; Pathological neonatal unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia; Control of hyperbilirubinaemia; Jaundice in later infancy and childhood; Chapter 4. Hepatitis and cholestasis in infancy: intrahepatic disorders; Hepatitis syndrome of infancy; Genetically determined metabolic disorders; Familial syndromes with as yet uncharacterized biochemical basis; Chromosomal abnormalities; Endocrine disorders associated with hepatitis syndromes
- Infections associated with hepatitis in infancyLiver disease associated with total parenteral nutrition; Circulation disturbances
- anaemia and hypoxia associated with cholestasis; Drugs, environmental toxins and iatrogenic disorders; Post-haemolytic cholestasis (inspissated bile syndrome); Cholestasis in the ill premature infant; Idiopathic or cryptogenic hepatitis (hepatocellular jaundice) of infancy; Intrahepatic biliary hypoplasia; Chapter 5. Extrahepatic biliary atresia and other disorders of the extrahepatic bile ducts presenting in infancy; Introduction; Definitions
- Pathology and pathogenesisAetiology; Clinical features in the first 3 months of life; Early biochemical features; Diagnostic investigations; Surgery; Liver transplantation; Emotional support for parents and families; Rare surgical causes of bile duct obstruction; Chapter 6. Viral infections of the liver; Viral hepatitis; Acute viral hepatitis type A; Viral hepatitis type B; Viral hepatitis type C; Delta hepatitis; Viral hepatitis E; Other viruses sometimes causing hepatitis as the main clinical manifestation; Cytomegalovirus (human herpes virus, Type V); Herpes simplex hepatitis
- Other common viral illnesses of childhood frequently causing anicteric hepatitisMosquito borne viral hepatitis; Chapter 7. Bacterial, protozoal, fungal and helminthic infections of the liver; Pyogenic abscess of the liver; Leptospirosis; Hepatic amoebiasis; Helminthic diseases of the liver and biliary system; Schistosomiasis and liver flukes; Liver flukes; Nematode (round worm) infestation; Hepatic granuloma; Chapter 8. Fulminant and severe acute liver failure; Management; Major complications; Chapter 9. Reye's syndrome; Classic Reye's syndrome; Chapter 10. Chronic hepatitis; Clinical aspects