Female hepatology favorable role of female factors in chronic liver disease /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hauppauge, N.Y. :
Nova Science Publishers,
c2009.
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| Series: | Hepatology research and clinical developments series
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10680846 |
Table of Contents:
- Liver cancer is predominant in men and postmenopausal women
- Chronic hepatitis C and B progress more slowly in females than males
- Hepatic fibrosis and oxidative stress
- Female sex hormones in hepatic fibrosis
- Ms, you can never become an 'iron lady'
- Immune response is affected by estrogens, progesterone and testosterone
- Females and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- 'Female paradox' in alcoholic liver disease
- Autoimmune liver diseases in females
- Are estrogens useful as a therapeutic drug for chronic liver disease?
- Sex and gender specific medicine in chronic liver disease.