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Liver Disease in Children
Edited by F. J. Suchy, R. J. Sokol, and W. F. Balistreri
3rd ed, 1048 pp, $185.25
New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2007
ISBN-13 978-0-5218-5657-7
JAMA. 2008;299(9):1076-1077.
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Pediatric hepatology continues to evolve as a critically important medical discipline. This vital transformation is the result of the extensive application of liver transplantation in children and of focused pediatric research, leading to greater understanding of the development and function of the liver in pediatric health and disease. The distinctive epidemiologic, clinical, and therapeutic aspects of liver ailments in children underscore the need for a reliable pediatric reference independent from what is available in the adult literature. In the third edition of Liver Disease in Children, a cadre of truly international experts provides comprehensive and in-depth reviews of relevant topics in pediatric hepatology.
The textbook is conveniently divided into 5 sections: "Pathophysiology of Pediatric Liver Disease," "Cholestatic Liver Diseases," "Hepatitis and Immune Disorders," "Metabolic Liver Disease and Other Conditions," and "Issues in Pediatric Hepatology." The first section is devoted to the development and function of the liver in pediatric . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Aymin Delgado-Borrego, MD, MPH, Reviewer
Pediatric Clinical Research
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology
Batchelor Children's Research Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida
Regino P. Gonzalez-Peralta, MD, Reviewer
Pediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplantation
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
University of Florida
Gainesville
regino@peds.ufl.edu
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