Title | Pancreatic Disease [electronic resource] : Towards the Year 2000 / edited by C. D. Johnson, C. W. Imrie |
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Imprint | London : Springer London, 1999 |
Edition | Second Edition |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0801-6 |
Descript | XVIII, 468 p. online resource |
Section 1: Acute Pancreatitis -- 1 Intracellular Calcium in the Pathogenesis of Acute Pancreatitis -- 2 Monocytes and Mediators in Acute Pancreatitis -- 3 Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Severe Acute Necrotising Pancreatitis -- 4 Prediction of Severity in Acute Pancreatitis -- 5 Prophylactic Antibiotics and Selective Digestive Decontamination in Severe Acute Pancreatitis -- 6 Platelet-Activating Factor and Results of PAF Antagonist Therapy -- 7 Incidence, Mortality Rate and Underdiagnosis f Acute Pancreatitis -- 8 The Role of Magnetic Resonance in Acute Pancreatitis -- 9 Surgical Treatment of Infected Pancreatic Necrosis -- 10 Surgical Treatment of Infected Necrosis -- 11 The Management Costs of the Most Severe Acute Pancreatitis -- 12 Enteral Nutrition in Acute Pancreatitis -- 13 The Burden of Acute Pancreatitis -- Section 2: Transplantation -- 14 Pancreas Transplantation -- 15 Islet Transplantation -- Section 3: Chronic Pancreatitis -- 16 Growth Factors and Cytokines in Chronic Pancreatitis -- 17 Endoscopic Therapy of Chronic Pancreatitis -- 18 Endoscopic Treatment in Chronic Pancreatitis -- 19 Enzyme Therapy in Chronic Pancreatitis -- 20 Surgery in Chronic Pancreatitis -- 21 Pain Relief in Chronic Pancreatitis -- 22 The Lithostathine/PAP Family -- Section 4: Endocrine?โExocrine Interactions -- 23 Diabetes Mellitus and Exocrine Pancreatic Disease -- 24 The Role of Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (IAPP) in the Diabetes and Anorexia of Pancreatic Cancer -- 25 Endocrine Tumours of the Pancreas -- Section 5: Pancreatic Cancer -- Laboratory Studies -- 26 Molecular Basis of Pancreatic Cancer: Strategies for Genetic Diagnosis and Therapy -- 27 Metalloproteinases and Stromal Biology in Cancer -- 28 Pancreatic Cancer: Growth Factors and Growth Factor Receptors -- 29 n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer Cachexia -- 30 Anticancer Effects of Essential Fatty Acids -- Clinical Studies -- 31 Imaging in Pancreatic Cancer: Spiral Computed Tomography (CT), CT Arterial Portography (CTAP) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) -- 32 Laparoscopy and Laparoscopic Ultrasound in the Staging of Pancreatic and Periampullary Cancer -- 33 The Role of Endoscopic Ultrasonography in the Assessment of Pancreatic Tumours -- 34 Is Histological Diagnosis Essential Before Resection of Suspected Pancreatic Carcinoma? -- 35 Pancreatic Resection for Pancreatic Cancer: Outcome in Specialist Units -- 36 Resection in Cancer: Lymph Node Dissection -- 37 Results of Radical Lymphadenectomy in Pancreatic Carcinoma -- 38 Multimodal Therapies for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma -- 39 Adjuvant Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer -- 40 Quality of Life Assessment in Pancreatic Cancer