Contributors

Preface

    SECTION I CARDINAL MANIFESTATIONS OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE

1 Abdominal Pain

    William S！len.

2 Oral Manifestations of Disease

    Samuel C. Durso

3 Atlas of Oral Manifestations of Disease

    Samuel C. Durso, Janet A. Yellowitz, Jane C. Atkinsot

4 Dysphagia

    Raj K. Goyal

5 Nausea,Vomiting, and Indigestion

    William L. Hasler

6 Diarrhea and Constipation

    Michael Camilleri, Joseph A. Murray

7 Weight L.oss

    Carol M. Reife

8 Gastrointestinal Bleeding

    Loren Laine

9 Jaundice

    Daniel S. Pratt, Marshall M. Kaplan

10 Abdominal Swelling and Ascites

    Robert M. Glickman, Roshini Rajapaksa

    SECTION II EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT WITH ALl M ENTARY TRACT SYM PTOMS

11 Approach to the Patient with Gastrointestinal

    Disease

    William L. Hasler, Chung OwTang

12 Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

    Louis Michel WongKeeSong, Mark Topazian

    SECTION III DISORDERS OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT

13 Diseases of the Esophagus

    Raj K. Goyal

14 Peptic Ulcer Disease and Related Disorders

    John Del Valle

15 Disorders of Absorption

    Henry J. Binder

16 Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    Sonia Friedman, Richard S. Blumberg

17 Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    Chung Owyang

18 Diverticular Disease and Common

    Anorectal Disorders

    Susan L. Gearhart

19 Mesenteric Vascular Insufficiency

    Susan L. Gearhart

20 Acute Intestinal Obstruction

    Susan L. Gearhart, William Silen

21 Acute Appendicitis and Peritonitis

    Susan L. Gearhart, William Silen

    SECTION IV INFECTIONS OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT

22 Acute Infectious Diarrheal Diseases

    and Bacterial Food Poisoning

    Joan R. Butterton, Stephen B. Caldenvood

23 Clostridium DifficileAssociated Disease,

    Including Pseudomembranous Colitis..

    Dale N. Gerdin2, Stuart Johnson

24 Intraabdominal Infections and Abscesses

    Miriam]. Baron, Dennis L. Kasper

25 Helicobacter Pylori Infections

    John C. Atherton, Martin J. Blaser

26 Salmonellosis

    David A. Pegues, Samuel I. Miller

27 Shigellosis

    Philippe Sansonetti,Jean Bergounioux

28 Infections Due to Campflobacter

    and Related Species

    Martin Blaser

29 Cholera and OtherVibrioses

    Matthew K. Waldor, Gerald T Keusch

B0 Viral Gastroenteritis

    Umesh D. Parashar, Roger I. Glass

31 Amebiasis and Infection with

    FreeLiving Amebas

    Sharon L. Reed

32 Protozoal Intestinal Infections

    and Trichomoniasis

    Peter E Weller

33 Intestinal Nematodes

    Peter E Weller, Thomas B. Nutman

    SECTION V EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT WITH LIVER DISEASE

34 Approach to the Patient with

    Liver Disease

    Marc GhanT, day H. Hoofnagle

35 Evaluation of Liver Function

    Daniel S. Pratt, Marshall M. Kaplan

    SECTION VI DISORDERS OF THE LIVER AND BILIARY TREE

36 The Hyperbilirubinemias

    Allan 1/I4. Wolkoff

37 AcuteViral Hepatitis

    Jules L. Dienstag

38 Toxic and DrugInduced Hepatitis

    Jules L. Dienstag

39 Chronic Hepatitis

    Jules L. Dienstag

40 Alcoholic Liver Disease

    Mark E. Mailliard, Michael E Sorrell

41 Cirrhosis and Its Complications

    Bruce R. Bacon

42 Genetic, Metabolic, and Infiltrative

    Diseases Affecting the Liver

    Bruce R. Bacon

43 Diseases of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts

    Norton Greenberger, Gustav Paumgartner

    SECTION VII

    LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

44 Liver Transplantation

    Jules L. Dienstag, Raymond T Chung

    SECTION VIII

    DISORDERS OF THE PANCREAS

45 Approach to the Patient with

    Pancreatic Disease

    Phillip R Toskes, Nonon Greenberger

46 Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis

    Norton Greenberger, Phillip P Toskes

    SECTION IX

    NEOPLASTIC DISEASES OF THE

    GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM

47 Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer

    Robert J. Mayer

48 Tumors of the Liver and Biliary Tree

    Brian I. Carr

49 Pancreatic Cancer

    Yu Jo Chua, David Cunningham

50 Endocrine Tumors of the Gastrointestinal

    Tract and Pancreas

    Robert T. Jen