Artificial Liver Support
Schmidt, F. W.. Ed(S): Brunner, G.
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Paperback. Proceedings of an International Symposium, Held in Celle, June 2 - 4, 1980 Editor(s): Brunner, G. Num Pages: 332 pages, 69 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MJH; MJJ; MNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 620.
The regenerative capacity of the liver cell is almost unlimited. Therefore after acute liver damage, be it viral, toxic, hypoxic, or surgical in origin, restitutio ad integrum is the usual outcome. In two forms of liver disease, however, this is not the case: in fulmi nant hepatic failure, liver regeneration often is not fast enough to keep the organism alive; in end-stage cirrhosis, regeneration is dis turbed by a hypertrophic architecture of fibrotic tissue. For these extreme forms of liver disease and for critical situations before and after liver surgery, artificial liver support is needed. This book contains the latest ... Read more
The regenerative capacity of the liver cell is almost unlimited. Therefore after acute liver damage, be it viral, toxic, hypoxic, or surgical in origin, restitutio ad integrum is the usual outcome. In two forms of liver disease, however, this is not the case: in fulmi nant hepatic failure, liver regeneration often is not fast enough to keep the organism alive; in end-stage cirrhosis, regeneration is dis turbed by a hypertrophic architecture of fibrotic tissue. For these extreme forms of liver disease and for critical situations before and after liver surgery, artificial liver support is needed. This book contains the latest ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642966316
SKU
V9783642966316
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