Signaling Pathways in Liver Diseases

This book serves as a source of information to facilitate the reading of the literature and the planning of trials.

Supplies in one place all the information on this active and complex research topic and may stimulate more research that can lead to more exchanges between the laboratory, the clinical ward and the operating room.

Fills the need of surgeons to understand the molecular mechanisms in hepatology.

Provides a quick and comprehensive overview.

Prof. J.-F. Dufour, hepatologist at the University of Bern, is internationally recognized for bridging basic science and clincial practice.

Prof. P.-A. Clavien, head of visceral surgery University Hospital Zürich, is a world renown investigator in the field of liver ischemia/reperfusion injury.

Prof. Clavien successfully lead multi-authored texts having already published 3 books as editor: 

Malignant Liver Tumors, Blackwell Science Inc., May 1999

Medical Care of the Liver Transplant Patient (Killenberg/Clavien), Blackwell Science Inc.

Diseases of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts: Diagnosis and Treatment (Clavien/Baillie),Blackwell Science Inc.