Published December, 2011
By Heinz Menge, M. Gregor, Guido N.J. Tytgat, Barry J. Marshall and Cliodna A.M. McNulty
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Published December, 2011
By K. Kochsiek, P. Frick, E. O. Riecken, M. Brandis and A. Fanconi
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Ergebnisse der Inneren Medizin und Kinderheilkunde. Neue Folge Advances in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
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Published December, 2011
By Wolfram Clauss, M. Avella, K. E. Barrett, H. J. Binder, D. C. Dawson, W. V. Engelhardt, R. Greger, J. P. Hayslett, R. Krattenmacher, D.C. Dawson, G. Rechkemmer, W. Clauss, K.E. Barrett, H.J. Binder, W.v. Engelhardt, J.P. Hayslett, K. Kunzelmann, B. Lahlou, M.A. Post, V.M. Rajendran, G.I. Sandle, E. Skadhauge, M. Tilman and Wolfgang Clauss
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology
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Studies on the colon not only serve medical interest or clinical purposes, but are also a highly interesting subject of comparative physiology, from which we can learn much about the basic principles in physiology.

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Published December, 2011
By Helmut K. Seitz and B. Kommerell
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Alcohol abuse ranks among the most common and also the most severe environmental hazards to human health. Adolescents and young people drink more alcoholic beverages than ever, and growing alcohol abuse by pregnant women has let to an increase of the incidence of the fetal alcohol syndrome.

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Published December, 2011
By R. Pichlmayr, G. Brunner, M. Burdelski, P. Neuhaus, M. Mito, K. Akamatsu, H. Aoki, W. S. Arnaout, J. Bahlmann, S. Bengmark, J. Chang, A.A. Demetriou, F.W. Schmidt, T.M.S. Chang, M. Kusano, B Ringe, O Klinge, W.S. Arnaout, G. Backfisch, P.D. Berk, R. Beyrau, G. Blumhardt, G.-M. Eisenbach, N. Fausto, P. Flake, M. Gaab, G. Gubernatis, B.V. Harmon, D. Henne-Bruns, A.A. Ivanyuk, B. Jeppsson, S. Kasai, J.F.R. Kerr, M. Kodama, P. Lamesch, W. Lauchart, T.S. Lie, H. Lösgen, P.S. Malchesky, G.A. Martini, B. Mathieu, G.K. Michalopoulos, Y. Miura, A.D. Moscioni, V.G. Nikolaev, H. Nomura, Y. Nose, M. Oellerich, Y. Ohta, V. Otto, K. Ozawa, B.J. Potter, V.V. Sarnatskaya, M. Sawa, J. Searle, Y. Shimahara, T. Tani, D. Tsikas, N. Tygstrup, R. Viebahn, S. Wagner, K. Yagi, N. Yamamoto, L.A. Yushko, L. Zieve and Hideo Aoki
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For these extreme forms of liver disease and for critical situations before and after liver surgery, artificial liver support is needed.

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Published December, 2011
By Masamichi Kojiro, Takayoshi Tobe, Haruo Kameda, Masahiko Okudaira, Masao Ohto, Yasuo Endo, Michio Mito, Eizo Okamoto and Kyuichi Tanikawa
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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Published December, 2011
By Naoyuki Taniguchi, Michio Mori, Michihiro C. Yoshida and Noritoshi Takeichi
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The LEC strain of rats, which spontaneously develop acute hepatitis as sociated with jaundice, chronic hepatitis, and ultimately hepatocellular carcinomas, was established by scientists in Sapporo, Japan.

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Published December, 2011
By J.W. Reeders, G.N.J. Tijtgat, G. Rosenbusch and S. Gratama
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The disease is a great masquerader of other conditions and can be mistaken for ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease or almost any other inflammatory disease of the large bowel.

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Published December, 2011
By Christopher P. Duggan, Tom Jaksic and Kathleen M. Gura
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
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Published December, 2011
By Geza Csomos, Heribert Thaler, H. Popper, H. Thaler and G. Csomos
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Concern with envi ronmental pollution has also raised the interest in liver diseases, in part because the liver acts as a guardian against polluting chemicals and in part because it is considered, possibly to an exaggerated degree, a vulnerable target of such chemicals.

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