Walker's Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease: 2 Volumes - Physiology, Diagnosis, Management Kleinman Ronald E.Pevná vazba

Specifikacia Walker's Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease: 2 Volumes - Physiology, Diagnosis, Management Kleinman Ronald E.Pevná vazba

The revision of this definitive two volume reference work is dedicated to the maintenance of a comprehensive approach to the practice of pediatric gastroenterology The text of the fifth edition was extensively reviewed to assess the continuing relevance and as a result the size and content of various sections have been modified and new chapters have been added Each author selected because of particular expertise in the field has provided an authoritative and comprehensive account of his or her topic In addition new sections have been added to reflect the expanding complexity of the field particularly new techniques now used to accurately establish complex diagnoses As with previous editions the size and content of each section has been modified and new chapters added to reflect an increasing evolution of subspecialty programs within gastroenterology and a better understanding of subspecialty conditions motility inflammation and autoimmune bowel disease that have emerged in pediatric gastroenterology As the importance of genetics and molecular biology in the pathophysiology and diagnosis of complex pediatric conditions of the gut pancreas and liver have become appreciated expanded chapters cover their importance in the field Furthermore a more comprehensive representation of world leaders in pediatric gastroenterology among the editors of this edition has expanded the authorship to reflect experts in specific diseases within various continents rather than principally in North America In other words the edition is dedicated to a comprehensive worldwide approach to the practice of pediatric gastroenterology