Alcohol Related Diseases in Gastroenterology

Alcohol Related Diseases in Gastroenterology edited by Helmut K. Seitz, B. Kommerell.

Alcohol abuse ranks among the most common and also the most severe environmental hazards to human health. Its significance is heightened by the possibility of prevention by elimination of the habit, however, rarely exerted. The incidence of deleterious effects on human health has relentlessly risen...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Seitz, Helmut K. (Editor), Kommerell, B. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1985.
Edition:1st ed. 1985.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Hepatology.
Gastroenterology .
Biochemistry.
Pathology.
Pharmacology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Epidemiology of Alcohol Use and Its Gastrointestinal Complications
  • 2 Ethanol Metabolism and Pathophysiology of Alcoholic Liver Diseases
  • 3 Gamma-Glutamyltransferase and Other Markers for Alcoholism
  • 4 Ethanol and Lipid Metabolism
  • 5 Alcohol Effects on Albumin Synthesis
  • 6 Metabolism and Toxicity of Acetaldehyde
  • 7 Ethanol and Fibrogenesis in the Liver
  • 8 Ethanol, Mallory Bodies, and the Microtubular System
  • 9 Interaction of Ethanol with Drugs and Xenobiotics
  • 10 Cytochrome P-450: Its Involvement in the Microsomal Ethanol Oxidation and Quantitative and Qualitative Changes After Chronic Alcohol Consumption
  • 11 Ethanol and Carcinogenesis
  • 12 Ethanol and Biological Membranes: Experimental Studies and Theoretical Considerations
  • 13 Alcohol and Porphyrin Metabolism
  • 14 Ethanol and Hepatic Cell Regeneration
  • 15 Ethanol and the Immune System
  • 16 Pathology of Alcoholic Liver Disease with Special Emphasis on Alcoholic Hepatitis
  • 17 Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects of Alcoholic Liver Disease
  • 18 Ethanol and the Endocrine System
  • 19 Effect of Ethanol on Intestinal Morphology, Metabolism, and Function
  • 20 Esophageal and Gastric Lesions in the Alcoholic
  • 21 Acute and Chronic Actions of Alcohol on Pancreatic Exocrine Secretion in Humans and Animals
  • 22 Subject Index.

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