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Title Ethanol and the liver : mechanisms and management / edited by David I.N. Sherman, Victor R. Preedy and Ronald Ross Watson
Published London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2002
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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 689 pages) : illustrations
Contents Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Biographies; Specific lesions; 1 Alcoholic fatty liver; 2 Alcoholic hepatitis; 3 Fibrosis in alcoholic cirrhosis; 4 Genetics of ethanol metabolism and alcoholic liver disease; 5 Acetaldehyde adducts role in ethanol induced liver disease; 6 Free radicals and alcohol induced liver injury; 7 Ethanol and the hepatic microcirculation; 8 Cytokines and alcohol liver disease; 9 Adhesion molecules and chemokines in alcoholic liver disease; 10 Role of endotoxin and Kupffer cells as triggers of hypoxia reoxygenation in alcoholic liver injury
Summary An in-depth look at the effects of alcohol and liver pathologies in general this book will be of interest to both scientists and clinicians involoved in systemic toxicology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Alcoholic liver diseases -- Pathophysiology
Alcohol -- Physiological effect.
Liver -- Diseases.
Liver Diseases, Alcoholic -- etiology
Ethanol -- adverse effects
Liver Diseases, Alcoholic -- pathology
Liver Diseases, Alcoholic -- therapy
MEDICAL -- Hepatology.
Alcohol -- Physiological effect
Liver -- Diseases
Form Electronic book
Author Sherman, David I. N
Preedy, Victor R
Watson, Ronald R. (Ronald Ross)
ISBN 0203301382
9780203301388
9781420024272
1420024272