Cholestatic Liver Disease

Over the past 2 decades, there has been a steady increase in knowledge associated with the clinical manifestations of cholestatic liver disease. In addition to a growing amount of information on the well-studied disorders of primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis, there has bee...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lindor, Keith D. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Talwalkar, Jayant A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:Clinical Gastroenterology,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-118-5
Table of Contents:
  • Diagnosis of cholestasis Liver tests/antibodies
  • Drug-induced cholestasis Include herbal remedies
  • PBC Usual (overlap and recurrence after transplant covered elsewhere)
  • PSC Usual (overlap and recurrence after transplant covered elsewhere) Risk of colon CA with IBD, colon CA post-transplant, and cholangiocarcinoma
  • Overlap Syndrome with autoimmune hepatitis
  • Rare causes of cholestasis (genetic disorders)
  • Cholestatic variants of alcohol, viral disease Alcohol Hepatitis (viral)
  • Cholestasis from systemic disorders Sarcoid, lymphoma, granulomatous disease, cystic fibrosis, rheumatologic diseases
  • Complications of cholestasis Osteoporosis Pruritus Lipids
  • Cholestasis post transplantation Drugs, strictures, viral disease, recurrent cholestatic liver disease.