Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System in Children, 2nd Edition

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Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System in Children, 2nd Edition

Deirdre A. Kelly

Description

An extremely practical text, this new edition of Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System in Children covers the essentials of paediatric hepatology. The range of material is wide and has been revised and updated to include the latest advances. Many helpful algorithms and tables are included and the references at the end of each chapter have been carefully selected so as to provide the most up-to-date information available. A concluding section comprising some 100 carefully annotated plates, completes this text.

Containing the contributions of 23 internationally acclaimed authorities, active both clinically and in research, the book provides an essential guide to the diagnosis and management of paediatric liver diseases, both common and uncommon for all those involved in the care of the child with liver disease. Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System in Children has become THE REFERENCE of choice for the paediatric gastroenterologist, hepatologist and surgeon.

About the Author

Dr Deirdre Kelly is a consultant pediatric hepatologist at the Liver Unit of Birmingham Children's Hospital and Reader in Paediatric Hepatology at the University of Birmingham.
She was born and brought up in Calcutta, India, in the post-Raj era while her father was working for Lipton's Tea. She spent her early childhood in India and went to boarding school in Dublin when she was 12 years old. She first decided to become a doctor at the age of 8 and despite much opposition from family and nuns at her convent school, persisted and went to Trinity College Dublin to study medicine in 1967.

Features

* introduces, in depth, the clinical investigations of choice for confirming a diagnosis and then surveys the major diseases of the liver in childhood * each disease chapter includes a summary of how investigations should best be used in diagnosis, i.e. when and how to use them, how to interpret them * includes clear algorithms indicating differential diagnosis and treatment options * provides detailed advice on how to treat disease

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