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Portal Hypertension: Clinical and Physiological Aspects $336.00 This reference work describes both the basic aspects and clinical features of portal hypertension, an abnormal physiological state that can lead to serious complications with fatal consequences. The authors examine the physiology of portal hypertension, its histological basis and various causes. The changes in portal haemodynamics and the methods for investigating such changes are thoroughly discu... |
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Portal Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Treatment $26.70 Major complications of chronic progressive liver diseases can be due to the development of portal hypertension, affecting millions of people worldwide each year. Marked progress made recently in the study of portal hypertension has made for a great expansion of knowledge which in turn has resulted in new and effective therapies. This publication is a review of the proceedings of a Symposium held a... |
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Hepatic Fibrosis $14.66 This professional reference explains how traditional Chinese medicine and Western biomedicine can integrate to prevent and even reverse hepatic fibrosis. It begins with a general review of the disease, including its pathology and pathophysiology, then concentrates on pathogenesis, including cytology, the role of cytokines, and regeneration. It describes the etiology (including poison-induced and biliary hepatic fibrosis), pathological studies of hepatic fibrosis histological alteration, early hepatic cirrhosis, portal hypertension, diagnosis, and animal models. Two particularly interesting chapters include one of treatment, which explains both Western and Chinese methods as well as integrative approaches, and prevention techniques for viral hepatic fibrosis and that induced by chemical toxins, drugs and alcohol. |