TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shimizu,Ichiro
TI  - Preventive Female Sex Factors against the Development of Chronic Liver Disease
SN  - 9781608052936 (electronic bk.)
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Sharjah
PB  - Bentham Science Publishers
KW  - Liver
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Diagnosis
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Sex factors
KW  - Prevention
N1  - 01 Title.pdf; 02 Title page; 03 REVISED eBooks End User License Agreement-Website; 04 Contents; 05 Foreword; 06 Preface; 07 List of contributors; 08 Chapter1-Shimizu-revised; 09 Chapter2-Poovorawan-revised; 10 Chapter3-Shimizu-revised; 11 Chapter4-Puoti-revised; 12 Chapter5-Katakura; 13 Chapter6-Nakagawa-revised; 14 Chapter7-Asaki; 15 Chapter8-Ueno; 16 Chapter9-Fukita; 17 Chapter10-Nagoshi-revised; 18 Index
N2  - Liver cancer, cirrhosis and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are observed predominately in men. Being male or female is believed to be an important human variable that affects health and liver disease throughout the life span. However, few works have been published on the biological mechanisms underlying gender specific differences in liver disease. Several mechanisms underlying sex-associated differences of progression of liver disease are demonstrated in this e-book based on biological factors as estrogen and hepatic iron stores. Readers will gain a better understanding of the pathogenesis o
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