Practical Gastroenterology And Hepatology - Small And Large Intestine And Pancreas V2

In this textbook for gastrointestinal trainees, practitioners, fellows, medical students, internists, primary care physicians, and surgeons, Talley (medicine, U. of Newcastle, Australia) et al. compile 67 brief chapters that cover essential knowledge relating to the small and large intestine and pancreas. A group of gastroenterologists, surgeons, and other specialists from North America, Europe, Israel, and Australia address pathobiology; colonoscopy, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, and endoscopic ultrasound; other investigations of the intestine and pancreas; diagnosis and differential diagnosis; specific diseases of the small intestine, colon and rectum, and pancreas; functional gastrointestinal disorders; transplantation; and peritoneal and other abdominal disease. Clinical cases are provided. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Editor-in-Chief:

Nicholas J. Talley, MD, PhD, Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Associate editors:

Sunanda V. Kane, MD, MSPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Miles and Shirley Fitterman Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA

Michael B. Wallace, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA