Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 190 pages
- Published by: Blackwell Science Inc. May 1994
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0865428468
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0865428461
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Book Dimensions:
9.5 x 6.5 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Product Description
Major complications of chronic progressive liver diseases can be due to the development of portal hypertension, affecting millions of people worldwide each year. Marked progress made recently in the study of portal hypertension has made for a great expansion of knowledge which in turn has resulted in new and effective therapies. This publication is a review of the proceedings of a Symposium held at the Biennial Scientific Meeting of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (Cancun, Mexico, May 1994). The Symposium focused on three areas of portal hypertension: the basic mechanisms that lead to its development and consequences; its natural history; and the therapy of ascites and variceal haemorrhage.