Buch, Englisch, Band 160, 287 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm
Reihe: Falk Symposium
Buch, Englisch, Band 160, 287 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm
Reihe: Falk Symposium
ISBN: 978-1-4020-8766-0
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Zielgruppe
Professional/practitioner
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
List of principal contributors List of chairpersons Preface SECTION I: DYSPHAGIA AND REFLUX.- 1 Physiology of swallowing and anti-reflux-mechanisms: anything new from a radiologist's view?.- 2 Oropharyngeal dysphagia, achalasia and other esophageal motility problems: clinical relevance and management.- 3 Outcomes of different approaches for GERD.- 4 Barrett's esophagus: screening, surveillance, treatment. Are all questions answered?.- SECTION II: HELICOBACTER PYLORI, NSAID, GASTRIC CANCER.- 5 Helicobacter pylori infection: diagnosis, treatment and risks of untreated infection.- SECTION III: INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE SECTION.- 6 Genetics, immunology and biomarkers in clinical practice: do they assist in clinical management?.- 7 Standard therapy for ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease: the ECCO guidelines.-8 Biologics, novel therapeutic alternatives in inflammatory bowel disease.- SECTION IV: LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT (COELIAC DISEASE, INFECTION AND MALIGNANCY).- 9 Recent advances in coeliac disease.- 10 Gastrointestinal manifestations of AIDS.- 11 Prevention and screening for colorectal cancer.- 12 Lymphomas of the gastrointestinal tract.- SECTION V: CLINICAL CHALLENGES IN LIVER DISEASES.- 13 Do we still need biopsies?.-14 Inflammation and human cancer.- SECTION VI: VIRAL HEPATITIS.- 15 New insights in the immunology of viral hepatitis B and C.- 16 New aspects of treatment of chronic hepatitis C.- SECTION VII: METABOLIC AND AUTOIMMUNE LIVER INJURY.- 17 NASH: metabolic syndrome of the liver.- 18 Autoimmune hepatitis.- 19 Immunology of primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis.- 20 Alcoholic hepatitis.- SECTION VIII: COMPLICATIONS OF CIRRHOSIS.- 21 Hepatorenal syndrome in cirrhosis.- 22 Variceal bleeding.- 23 Surveillance and prevention of hepatocellular carcinoma.- 24 Algorithms of diagnosis and options of HCC therapy.- 25 Surgical therapy of liver cancer: resection and transplantation.- Index