Assessment and Management of Hepatobiliary Disease [Paperback]

Hepatic Transport Mechanisms, Intrahepatic Cholestasis and Gallstone Disease.- Liver Transplantation: State of the Art.- Mathematical Models for the Study of Liver Metabolism.- Mechanisms of Hepatic Fatty Acid Uptake.- Vesicular Transport of Fluid Phase Markers by Hepatocytes.- The Hepatic Uptake of Organic Anions: an Overview.- Mechanisms of Transport of Tauroconjugated Bile Acids in the Hepatocyte: Functional Significance.- Determinants of Biliary Cholesterol Secretion.- The Enterohepatic Circulation of Sulfated and Nonsulfated Bile Acids.- Esterogens and Bile Secretion.- Transport of UDPG in Vitro and Reversal of Ethanol-Induced Effects.- Associated Factors in Gallstone Disease.- Epidemiology of Gallstone Disease in Hungary.- The Role of the Gallbladder in Cholesterol Gallstone Pathogenesis.- Mechanism of Gallstone Formation in Obese Subjects.- Medical Treatment of Cholesterol Gallstones: Present and Future.- Bile Acid Treatment of Cholesterol Gallstones: A Reappraisal.- Biliary Lipid Composition after Endoscopic Sphincterotomy in Postcholecystectomy Patients: Effect of Short-Term Ursodeoxycholic Acid Administration.- Concluding Remarks.- Assessment of Liver Function.- Drug-Induced Liver Injury.- Biochemical Liver Tests: Recent Developments and Challenges.- Should Serum Bile Acid Determinations be performed Routinely in Patients with Liver Disease?.- Clinical Significance of Serum Bilirubins: Recent Advances.- Enzyme Pattern Changes in Preneoplastic and Neoplastic Lesions of the Liver.- The Value of Quantitation of Liver Function.- Quantitation of Liver Function: Antipyrine Metabolism, an Update.- Antipyrine Clearance: Evaluation of Simplified Methods in Chronic Liver Diseases.- Preoperative Care of Adult Patients Chosen for Liver Transplantation.- Assessment of Liver Function Before and After Liver Transplantation.- Hormones and Liver: Some Aspects of the Problem.- Effects of Thyroid Hormone Administration and of Thyroidectomy on the Metabolism of Bilirubin in Rl$