The Epidemiology of Alimentary Diseases

In offering this book to what we hope will be interested readers, we have several aspirations. We have aspired to present to students and clinicians a rather narrow view of epidemiology concentrating on the causal factors and setting of the more usual gastroenterological problems and giving greater...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Duggan, John M., Duggan, Anne E. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2006, 2006
Edition:1st ed. 2006
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Epidemiology and Clinical Practice
  • Some Epidemiological Concepts
  • Genetics and the Gut
  • Reflux Oesophagitis
  • Carcinoma of the Oesophagus
  • Peptic Ulcer
  • Chronic Gastritis/Gastric Erosions
  • Functional Dyspepsia
  • Carcinoma of the Stomach
  • Coeliac Disease/Celiac Sprue
  • Lactase Deficiency
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  • Traveller’s Diarrhoea
  • Food Poisoning/Bacterial Infections of the Gut
  • Parasitic Diseases of the Gut
  • Acute Appendicitis
  • Rare and Unusual Syndromes, Polyposis Syndromes and Polyps
  • Benign Colorectal Neoplasms - Adenoma
  • Malignant Colorectal Neoplasm - Carcinoma
  • Ulcerative Colitis
  • Microscopic Colitis/Lymphocyte
  • Diverticular Disease of the Colon
  • Haemorrhoids
  • Crohn’s Disease
  • Lymphoma
  • Acute Pancreatitis
  • Chronic Pancreatitis
  • Carcinoma of the Pancreas/Malignant Tumours
  • Hepatitis A
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Chronic Hepatitis
  • Alcoholic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis
  • Non Alcoholic Steathohepatitis (NASH)
  • Haemochromatosis
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  • Acute and Chronic Cholecystitis
  • Cholelithiasis
  • Cholangiocarcinoma
  • Alcohol and the Gut
  • The Gut in Aids
  • The Gut in Systemic Disorders