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" Problems in Gastroenterology. "
J Fry
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737299
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J Fry
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Problems in Gastroenterology.\ J Fry
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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1982
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9401172064
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: 9789401172066
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Preface.- Series Foreword.- 1 Common Problems.- 1 Common oesophageal problems.- Heartburn.- Problems with swallowing.- 2 Nausea and vomiting.- 3 The acute abdomen.- 4 Recurrent abdominal pain and discomfort.- Symptoms and diagnosis.- Investigation.- 5 Acute diarrhoea.- Acute infective diarrhoea.- Diarrhoea in travellers.- Diarrhoea due to drugs.- 6 Chronic and recurrent diarrhoea.- Causes and indications.- Investigations.- 7 Malabsorption.- Mechanisms of malabsorption.- Clinical features.- Investigation of suspected malabsorption.- 8 Problems with laxatives.- Laxative abuse.- Problems with specific laxatives.- 9 Constipation and other problems with defaecation.- Constipation.- Other problems.- 10 Gastrointestinal bleeding.- Acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage.- Chronic or recurrent bleeding.- Rectal bleeding.- 11 Diagnosis of the common causes of jaundice.- Unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia.- Hepatocellular and cholestatic jaundice.- 12 Miscellaneous gastrointestinal symptoms.- Anorexia.- The `abnormal' tongue.- Bad breath.- Wind and gaseousness.- 13 Gastrointestinal endoscopy.- 2 Common Diseases.- 14 Peptic ulcer.- Aetiological factors.- Clinical features.- Diagnosis.- Management.- 15 Some diseases that cause malabsorption.- Coeliac disease.- Malabsorption after gastric surgery.- Crohn's disease.- Malabsorption after small bowel resection.- Small intestinal lymphoma.- Chronic small bowel ischaemia.- Bacterial colonization of small intestine.- Post-infective malabsorption.- Giardiasis - Tropical sprue.- Whipple's disease.- Pancreatic insufficiency.- 16 The irritable bowel syndrome.- Aetiology and pathogenesis.- Clinical categories.- Management.- 17 Inflammatory bowel disease.- Ulcerative colitis.- Crohn's disease.- Complications and special problems.- 18 Diverticular disease of the colon.- Diffuse diverticulosis.- Sigmoid diverticulosis.- 19 Common liver diseases.- Viral hepatitis.- Hepatitis type A.- Hepatitis type B.- Hepatitis type non-A, non-B.- Complications of hepatitis.- Chronic hepatitis.- Chronic persistent hepatitis.- Chronic active hepatitis.- Drug induced liver disease.- Direct hepatotoxicity.- Toxicity due to drug metabolites.- `Hypersensitivity' induced damage.- Halothane.- Canalicular cholestasis.- Other hepatic reactions to drugs.- Alcoholic liver disease.- Cirrhosis.- Categories of cirrhosis.- Encephalopathy.- 20 Common pancreatic diseases.- Acute pancreatitis.- Chronic pancreatitis.- Further reading.
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J Fry
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K G D Williams
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M Lancaster-Smith
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