Textbook of Gastroenterology

&Recommended by Brandon-Hill. The fourth edition of this massive two-volume textbook features the addition of chapters on liver diseases; the remaining chapters have been revised and about a third have been re-written by new authors. The text is divided into four major areas: basic mechanisms of normal and abnormal function, approaches to common problems, diseases, and diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Each of the 162 chapters is organized in an outline form, with numerous headings, and a lengthy list of references. There are several chapters each on topics that include motility; nutrition; and diseases of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, pancreas, gallbladder, liver, and abdominal cavity. Topics of individual chapters include parasitic diseases, intestinal ischemia, sedation, clinical decision making, enteroscopy, and angiography. The contributors practice mainly in the US, however, some are in Australia, the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Canada. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

About the Author

David H. Alpers, MD , William B. Kountz Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA

Anthony N. Kalloo, MD , Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Neil Kaplowitz, MD , Thomas H. Brem Chair, Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases; Director, Liver Disease Research Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

Chung Owyang, MD , Professor of Internal Medicine; H. Marvin Pollard Collegiate Professor and Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Don W. Powell, MD , The Bassel and Frances Blanton Distinguished Professor of Internal Medicine; Professor, Neuroscience and Cell Biology; Program Director, General Clinical Research Center; Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA