Description |
1 online resource (126 pages) |
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text file |
Contents |
01 Title.pdf; 02 Title page; 03 REVISED eBooks End User License Agreement-Website; 04 Contents; 05 Foreword; 06 Preface; 07 List of contributors; 08 Chapter1-Shimizu-revised; 09 Chapter2-Poovorawan-revised; 10 Chapter3-Shimizu-revised; 11 Chapter4-Puoti-revised; 12 Chapter5-Katakura; 13 Chapter6-Nakagawa-revised; 14 Chapter7-Asaki; 15 Chapter8-Ueno; 16 Chapter9-Fukita; 17 Chapter10-Nagoshi-revised; 18 Index. |
Summary |
Liver cancer, cirrhosis and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are observed predominately in men. Being male or female is believed to be an important human variable that affects health and liver disease throughout the life span. However, few works have been published on the biological mechanisms underlying gender specific differences in liver disease. Several mechanisms underlying sex-associated differences of progression of liver disease are demonstrated in this e-book based on biological factors as estrogen and hepatic iron stores. Readers will gain a better understanding of the pathogenesis o. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Liver -- Diseases -- Sex factors.
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Liver -- Diseases. |
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Liver -- Diseases -- Prevention.
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Liver -- Diseases -- Prevention. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Shimizu, Ichiro. Preventive Female Sex Factors against the Development of Chronic Liver Disease. Sharjah : Bentham Science Publishers, ©2012 |
ISBN |
9781608052936 (electronic book) |
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1608052931 (electronic book) |
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