Clinical Hepatology

A.Basic principles.- part 1: structure and function of the liver.- section i. embryology, anatomy, and histology.- section ii. fundamentals of hepatic physiology and biochemistry part 2: pathophysiology and morphology of liver injury.- section iii. causes and mechanisms of liver injury.- section iv. morphologic patterns of liver injury.- section v. scoring systems in hepatology.- b.clinical methods: part 3: evaluation of the patient with hepatobiliary disease.- section vi. history and physical examination.- section vii. laboratory testing.- section viii. hepatobiliary imaging and manometric studies.- section ix. approaches to common hepatobiliary problems.- c.hepatobiliary diseases part 4: diseases of the liver.- section x. developmental anomalies.- section xi. circulatory and vascular disorders.- section xii. infectious liver diseases.- section xiii. hepatobiliary diseases in hiv-infected patients.- section xiv. automimmune liver diseases.- section xv. cute liver failure.- section xvi. liver cirrhosis and sequelae.- section xvii. genetic and metabolic liver disorders.- section xviii. drug-induced and toxic liver injury.- section xix. granulomatous liver diseases.- section xx. interaction between the liver and other organ systems.- section xxi. pregnancy-specific liver diseases.- section xxii. primary tumors of the liver and intrahepatic bile ducts.- section xxiii. liver transplantation and surgery in liver disease.- section xxiv. gene therapy.- part 5: disease of the gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts.- section xxv. anatomy, histology and physiology.- section xxvi. developmental anomalies.- section xxvii. motility disorders.- section xxviii. gallstones.- section xxix.infectious disorders.- section xxx.tumors of the gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts.