Sherlock's Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System

Lok, Anna S. F.; Tsao, Guadelupe; Terrault, Norah; Trivedi, Palak; Tsochatzis, Emmanouil; Dooley, James S.

Updated edition of an internationally recognized book on liver diseases

With over 700 colour figures, Sherlock's Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System, 14th Edition provides concise, clinical guidance on liver disease from an international group of leading hepatologists. This new edition includes major updates to sections on genetics and liver disease, non-invasive assessment of liver disease, Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD), Alcohol-associated Liver Disease (ALD) and Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC), as well as new sections on evolving epidemiology and symptom-based management of liver diseases. A companion website features extra photographs, illustrations, and references.

Concentrating on clinical decisions and the relevant supporting data, Sherlock's Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System includes essential insights on topics such as:

• Anatomy and function of the liver, liver biopsy techniques and interpretation and fibrogenesis
• Liver and biliary diseases including acute liver failure, cirrhosis and complications of portal hypertension, acute chronic liver failure, hepatitis A-E, MASLD, and ALD, fibropolycystic liver diseases and benign biliary disease related to gallstones
• Drug-related liver injury, cholestatic, autoimmune and genetic liver diseases, benign and malignant tumours, and liver transplantation
• The liver in pregnancy, in the neonate, infancy and childhood, in systemic diseases and in infections
• Coagulation, non-invasive assessment of fibrosis and cirrhosis, vascular diseases of the liver, portal vein thrombosis and nutritional considerations in liver disease

This new edition of Sherlock's Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System is an ideal primer in hepatology for students and trainees in hepatology and gastroenterology. It is also a valuable working resource for all specialist gastroenterologists and hepatologists, paediatricians, pathologists, radiologists, general physicians and specialist nurses.

Details

Published by: Wiley

Publication Date: 2027-02-23

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781394360000

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Dimensions: cm xcm

Pages: 848