The Epidemiology of Alimentary Diseases

by Duggan, John M.; Duggan, Anne E.

• ISBN13: 9781402038396
• ISBN10: 1402038399
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

"Whilst the text is principally aimed at clinicians, both trained and in training, the authors envisage a role for public health workers and, in an era of growing interplay between medicine and litigation lawyers, a role for those approaching the subject from a forensic viewpoint."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Dedication	v
Contributing Authors	xi
Preface	xiii
Foreword	1	(2)
Acknowledgments	3	(2)
Epidemiology and Clinical Practice	5	(6)
Some Epidemiological Concepts	11	(6)
Genetics and the Gut	17	(4)
Reflux Oesophagitis	21	(6)
Carcinoma of the Oesophagus	27	(6)
Peptic Ulcer	33	(10)
Chronic Gastritis/Gastric Erosions	43	(4)
Functional Dyspepsia	47	(6)
Carcinoma of the Stomach	53	(8)
Coeliac Disease/Celiac Sprue	61	(6)
Lactase Deficiency	67	(4)
Irritable Bowel Syndrome	71	(6)
Traveller's Diarrhoea	77	(4)
Food Poisoning/Bacterial Infections of the Gut	81	(4)
Parasitic Diseases of the Gut	85	(6)
Acute Appendicitis	91	(4)
Rare and Unusual Syndromes, Polyposis Syndromes and Polyps	95	(4)
Benign Colorectal Neoplasms - Adenoma	99	(6)
Malignant Colorectal Neoplasm - Carcinoma	105	(14)
Ulcerative Colitis	119	(6)
Microscopic Colitis/Lymphocyte	125	(4)
Diverticular Disease of the Colon	129	(4)
Haemorrhoids	133	(4)
Crohn's Disease	137	(8)
Lymphoma	145	(4)
Acute Pancreatitis	149	(4)
Chronic Pancreatitis	153	(8)
Carcinoma of the Pancreas/Malignant Tumours	161	(4)
Hepatitis A	165	(4)
Hepatitis B	169	(6)
Hepatitis C	175	(12)
Chronic Hepatitis	187	(2)
Alcoholic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis	189	(6)
Non Alcoholic Steathohepatitis (NASH)	195	(4)
Haemochromatosis	199	(4)
Hepatocellular Carcinoma	203	(6)
Acute and Chronic Cholecystitis	209	(2)
Cholelithiasis	211	(18)
Cholangio carcinoma	229	(4)
Alcohol and the Gut	233	(4)
The Gut in AIDS	237	(4)
The Gut in Systemic Disorders	241	(4)
Index	245