UID:
almafu_9958069763702883
Format:
1 online resource (626 p.)
ISBN:
1-280-63137-6
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9786610631377
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0-08-045926-9
Series Statement:
Principles of medical biology, v. 15
Content:
The Liver in Biology and Disease was conceived as a sequel in the series Principles of Medical Biology, whose general aim continues to be the integration of human biology and molecular cell biology into modern molecular medicine. It is a volume molded by the Information Revolution which few will deny has forced the teaching faculties in our medical schools to curtail and prune the teaching load and focus on fundamentals and principles. With this intention in mind, a volume of this nature takes into account the close dependence of progress in the medical sciences on bioinformati
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; 1. THE INTRAHEPATIC BILIARYTREE; 2. FUNCTIONAL HETEROGENEITYOF INTRAHEPATICCHOLANGIOCYTES; 3. THE ACTIN CYTOSKELETONIN LIVER FUNCTION; 4. MECHANISMS OF BILEFORMATION AND CHOLESTASIS; 5. THE ROLE OF BILE ACIDSIN THE MODULATION OFAPOPTOSIS; 6. GROWTH FACTORS AND THELIVER; 7. CHEMOKINE AND CYTOKINEREGULATION OF LIVER INJURY; 8. DRUG METABOLISM ANDHEPATOTOXICITY; 9. ASSEMBLY AND SECRETION OFHEPATIC VERY-LOW-DENSITYLIPOPROTEIN; 10. BILIRUBIN METABOLISM; 11. CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRYOF THE LIVER; 12. ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE; 13. FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE
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14. PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS15. CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; 16. HEPATITIS B VIRUS; 17. CURRENT ISSUES INHEPATITIS B VACCINES; 18. THE MOLECULAR VIROLOGYOF HEPATITIS C VIRUS; 19. THE ROLE OF THE HEPATICSTELLATE CELL IN LIVERFIBROSIS; 20. ORTHOTOPIC LIVERTRANSPLANTATION; 21. BIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES ANDNOVEL THERAPIES IN LIVERCELL TRANSPLANTATION; 22. FLUID TRANSPORT INTHE GALLBLADDER; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-50653-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7623-1124-X
Language:
English
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