This volume presents aspects of the importance of growth hormone and the complexity of its actions, from biochemistry to its relevance to the growth of an individual.

This book provides an in-depth coverage not only of liver pathology but also of diagnosis of the numerous types of liver disease, placing specific emphasis on current treatments of liver pathology including the most up-to-date information on liver transplantation.The first part of provides an in-depth account of the liver pathology in different conditions such as Hepatits, liver ischaemia reperfusion injury, Lyme disease, cirrhotic cardiomyopathy and hepatocellular carcinoma. The second part provides a comprehensive overview of diagnostic methods. Of particular interest are chapters on the latest techniques in Patient-specific 3D printing and transient elastography (FibroScan). The final part focuses on treatment and provides a step-by step guide to the therapeutic management of liver diseases starting with pharmacological treatment and techniques including surgery and liver transplantation. This is an invaluable book for clinicians, practitioners including academics, scientists/researchers and postgraduates to provide the newest knowledge in the field of liver pathogenesis. It is written by a multidisciplinary team of experts in hepathology, gastroenterology, and surgery especially from liver transplantation.

This book discusses topics highly correlated with тon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) such as the regulation of iron metabolism, the role of the enzyme heparanase in liver steatosis, transcriptional regulation by ERR and its role in pathogenesis, hepatic lipid homeostasis, therapeutic approaches to NAFLD, and pathogenesis and significance of HDL as a molecular modifier in NAFLD.

This book includes chapters on liver transplantation for acute and chronic liver failure, liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease, and economic considerations of liver transplantation.

This book reviews the mechanisms and pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus (HBV), as well as discusses current and potential future treatments.

This book offers remarkable coverage of liver cancer from etiology to prevention and treatment. It provides an updated and new vision of this major cancer that continues to affect hundreds of thousands of people and remains one of the leading causes of cancer deaths around the world. To ensure the high quality of this book, important insights are included and rigorously discussed in a simple and authentic way.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) currently ranks as the third most common cause of death. This volume is dedicated to recent diagnostic advancements and novel therapeutic solutions.

This book discusses clinical advances in hepatology, with a focus on metabolic diseases and chronic hepatitis C.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the diagnosis and management of diseases of the biliary tree. Topics covered include: congenital biliary abnormalities, genetic cholangiopathies, autoimmune cholangiopathies, inflammatory and drug-related cholangiopathies, and cholangiocarcinoma.

This volume presents hemodynamic topics of functional hemodynamic monitoring and computational modeling.

This book has been prepared for all physicians. The distinguished authors in the book wrote their chapters by combining their scientific knowledge with their experiences.