Female hepatology : favorable role of female factors in chronic liver disease / / Ichiro Shimizu.

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Superior document:Hepatology research and clinical developments series
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Hepatology research and clinical developments series.
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Physical Description:ix, 233 p. :; ill.
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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.