- Broadens our understanding of scientific advances in the field of biliary diseases
- Provides information on the new treatments of autoimmune cholestatic liver diseases
- Includes special topics like biliary disease in pregnancy and transplant in biliary disease
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. Given their particular importance (even for clinicians working with adults), pediatric conditions are also examined. In addition, a special section is devoted to pregnancy and diseases of the biliary tree, and to transplants and diseases of the biliary tree.
Each chapter offers up-to-date information on the management of the diseases discussed. Moreover, the book addresses new treatments for autoimmune cholestatic liver diseases, reflecting the new therapeutic targets that have recently been discovered. Examples include farnesoid X receptor (FXR) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-agonists, together with new drugs that affect the composition of bile flow.
Given its scope, the book offers a valuable guide for a broad range of practitioners.
Table of Contents- Biliary Atresia
- Congenital Cystic Lesions of the Biliary Tree
- Biliary Hamartomas
- Alagille Syndrome
- Caroli’s Diseases
- Liver Disease in Cystic Fibrosis
- Low Phospholipid-Associated Cholelithiasis (LPAC)
- Primary Biliary Cholangitis
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Immunoglobulin G4-Related Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Overlap Syndromes
- Inflammatory Cholangitis
- Drug-Induced Cholangiopathies
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Pregnancy and Diseases of the Biliary Tree
- Transplant and Autoimmune Diseases
