Previously the Oxford Textbook of Clinical Hepatology, this two-volume textbook is now with Blackwell Publishing. It covers basic, clinical and translational science (converting basic science discoveries into the practical applications to benefit people).

Edited by ten leading experts in the liver and biliary tract and their diseases, along with outstanding contributions from over 200 international clinicians, this text has global references, evidence and extensive subject matter - giving you the best science and clinical practice discussed by the best authors.

It includes unique sections on:

Symptoms and signs in liver disease
Industrial diseases affecting the liver
The effects of diseases of other systems on the liver
The effects of liver diseases on other systems
CONTENTS: Section 1 Architecture of the liver

Section 2 Functions of the liver

Section 3 Basic concepts in pathobiology

Section 4 Pathology

Section 5 Investigation of hepatobiliary disease

Section 6 Cirrhosis

Section 7 Portal hypertension and its complications

Section 8 Congenital hepatic fibrosis and non-parasitic cystic lesions of the liver and bile ducts

Section 9 Viral infections of the liver

Section 10 Other infections of the liver

Section 11 Immune disorders of the liver

Section 12 Alcoholic liver disease

Section 13 Hepatic non-alcoholic steatosis

Section 14 Toxic liver injury

Section 15 Acute liver failure

Section 16 Genetic and metabolic diseases

Section 17 Vascular diseases

Section 18 Tumours of the liver

Section 19 Biliary tract diseases

Section 20 The liver in diseases of other systems

Section 21 The impact of liver disease on other systems

Section 22 The liver in specific settings

Section 23 The management of liver diseases

Section 24 Surgery, anaesthesia and the liver

Section 25 Liver transplantation

Section 26 Mathematics in hepatology

Section 27 Appendices