Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1
Alcohol Metabolism and Alcoholic Liver Disease
(Director, Liver Tumor Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA)
Chapter 2
Inflammation in Alcoholic Liver Disease
(Laura Hand & Mark A. Exley, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, and others)
Chapter 3
Purinergic Signaling and the Inflammasome in Acute Alcoholic Liver Disease
(Paola de Adrade Mello, Trishan Vaikunthanathan, Simon C. Robson, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and others)
Chapter 4
Assessment of Malnutrition in Alcoholic Liver Disease
(Audrey Paradis, Transplant Dietitian at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, MA, USA)
Chapter 5
Vitamins and Supplements in Alcoholic Liver Disease
(Katelyn R Richards, Clinical Pharmacist – Solid Organ Transplant, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA)
Chapter 6
Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease
(Saikiran Kilaru, Michael P Curry, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA)
Chapter 7
Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
(Gary Trey, Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Attending Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA, USA)
Chapter 8
Pathologic Features and Mechanisms in Alcoholic Liver Disease
(Imad A. Nasser, E. Yee, Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA)
Chapter 9
Alcohol and the Liver: Role of Mitochondria
(Alfredo Saavedra-Molina, Héctor Riveros-Rosas, Adriana Julián-Sánchez, Rocío Montoya-Pérez, Ruth Noriega-Cisneros, Instituto de Investigaciones Químico-Biológicas. Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mich, México, and others)
Index
Additional Information
The book provides a deep understanding of all aspects of alcoholic liver disease. It should appeal to both clinicians and non-clinicians that cope daily with alcohol abusers.
