Bücher der Reihe Falk Symposium

Features the proceedings of Falk Symposium 133 on Mechanisms of Intestinal Inflammation: Implications for Therapeutic Intervention in IBD', held in Berlin, Germany, on 10-11 June 2003. This book is useful for scientists and physicians, who have an interest in research on IBD and in the clinical management of these diseases.

In recent years, our knowledge about the pathogenesis, pathophysiology and treatment of hepatobiliary diseases has increased considerably.

Symposium in Honour of Gustav Paumgartner

Liver cirrhosis is a major clinical problem worldwide and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality from its complications, such as liver cell insufficiency with coagulopathy and hepatic encephalopathy, portal hypertension with ascites and gastrointestinal bleeding, hepatorenal syndrome, HCC development and others.

The therapeutic handling of autoimmune liver disease is limited because basic mechanistic insights into immunologically mediated pathophysiology have not yet been translated into standard pharmacological treatments.

It covers our present knowledge of the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of liver diseases, including hepatitis B, hepatitis C and delta hepatitis as well as alcoholic liver diseases, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and the hereditary liver diseases haemochromatosis, Wilson's disease and alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency.

Cancer chemotherapy frequently attacks the gastrointestinal tract. This book is the proceedings of the Falk Workshop 'Side-effects of Chemotherapy on the Gastrointestinal Tract: Pathogenesis and Therapy', held in Freiburg, Germany, on October 11, 2002 (Part IV of the Freiburg Gastroenterology Week).

Features the proceedings of Falk Symposium 130 on 'Gastrointestinal Inflammation and Disturbed Gut Function: The Challenge of New Concepts', held in Freiburg, Germany, on October 4-6, 2002. This book reviews work in the field and aims to stimulate research in the functional GI disorders.

Short chain fatty acids (SFCA) are synthesized by the colonic microflora primarily from non-absorbed carbohydrate;

The IXth International Congress on Liver Diseases brought together experts from around the world to give information on developments in this field which are important both for research and clinical work. This title contains proceedings that is suitable for researchers and clinicians dealing with effects of liver diseases on the entire organism.

This book contains the proceedings of the XIIIth International Bile Acid Meeting (Falk Symposium 80), an official satellite meeting of the World Congress of Gastroenterology, held in San Diego, California, U.S.A., September 30--October 2, 1994.