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Softcover
216 pages
234 x 156 mm page size
287 colour and b/w illustrations
ISBN: 978-1-874545-55-2
Price £29.95
A second edition of this title is now in preparation
and will be available in 2007.
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H.
J. F. Hodgson, DM,
FRCP
Professor of Medicine and Head of Gastroenterology Section, Hammersmith
Hospital, London, UK.
Ralph A. Boulton, MBBS (Hons), PhD, MRCP, Consultant Physician,
North Middlesex Hospital, London, UK.
Sanjeev Gupta, MD,
Associate Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
New York, USA.
Claire Cousins, BMS (Hons), BMBS, MRCP (UK), FRCR, Consultant
Vascular Radiologist, Addenbrooke's Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridge,UK.
A convenient and user-friendly handbook of clinical gastroenterology
providing systematic yet concise coverage of the diseases and disorders
of the digestive tract. The wide experience of the authors' background
in both clinical gastroenterology and imaging is reflected in the
informative text which is illustrated with colour photos, imaging
and diagrams of the highest quality.
The book will appeal to those preparing for higher qualifications
in gastroenterology and general medicine, and to physicians and
medical students who want a handy general reference source to problems
of the digestive system.
Contents:
Gastroenterological Problems. Major presenting complaints,
Physical examination. Mouth and Pharynx. Oral Problems, Oral
Cancer, Oral Keratoses and Leukoplakia, Bullous Lesions. Oesophagus.
Anatomy, Investigating Achalasia, Columnar-lined Oesophagus, Carcinoma
of the Oesophagus, Oesophageal Varices, Infections, Webs and Rings,
Diverticulae and Pouches, Hiatus Hernia, Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux
Disease and Oesophagitis. Stomach. Anatomy, Investigation,
Gastritis, Helicobacter Pylori, Gastric Cancer and Lymphoma, Complications
of Gastric Surgery, Disorders of Gastric Motility, Gastric Antral
Vascular Ectasia, Gastric Polyps and Benign Gastric Tumours. Duodenum.
Peptic Ulcers, Chronic Duodental Ulceration. Jejunum and Ileum.
Investigations of Diarrhoe and Malabsorbtion, Coeliac Disease, Tropical
Sprue, Whipples Disease Short Gut Syndrome, Protein-losing Enteropathy,
Radiation Enteritis, Bacterial Overgrowth, Immunodeficiency States,
Crohn's Disease, Ileostomies, Lymphoma of Small Intestine &
Tumours, Anatomy, Intestinal Obstruction, Infections of Small Intestine,
Vascular Disease of Small Intestine. Pancreas. Acute &
Chronic Pancreatitis, Inherited Pancreatic Disorders. Inherited
Pancreatic Disorders, Cancer of the Exocrine/Endocrine Pancreas.
Biliary Conditions. Extrahepatic Biliary Disease, Choledochal
Cysts, Gallbladder Cancer, Primary Schlerosing Cholangitis, Cholangiohepatitis,
Cholangiocarcinoma. Colonic Disease. Colonic Polyps, Polyposis
Syndromes, Colon Carcinoma, Ulcerative Colitis, Proctitis, Collagenous
Colitis/Lymphocytic Colitis, Radiation, Infectious Colitis, Proctocolitis,
Drug and Chemical Colitis, Cathartic Colon, Parasitic Infestations
of Colon, Parasitic Infestations, Schistosomiasis, Chagas' Disease,
Enterobius vermicularis, Hirschsprung's Disease and Congenital Megacolon,
Diverticular Disease, Solitary Rectal Ulcer, Vascular Disorders,
Haemorrhoids. Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Upper GI
Bleeding, Small Intestinal Bleeding, Lower Bleeding, Miscellaneous
Conditions. Constipation, Miscellaneous, Ascites, Acute Peritonitis.
Index.
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