Liver Surgery. Edited by Roy Y. Calne, F.R.S. and G. Querci della Rovere, M.S., F.R.C.S. 296 pp. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1982. $88.00.
Charles S. Davidson, George H. A. Clowes – 1 January 1983
Hepatology: A Textbook of Liver Disease. Edited by David Zakim and Thomas B. Boyer. 1,318 pp. illustrated. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 1982. $95.00.
Charles S. Davidson, Charles Trey – 1 January 1983
Plasma Norepinephrine, Weak Neurotransmitters, and Renin Activity During Active Tilting in Liver Cirrhosis: Relationship with Cardiovascular Homeostasis and Renal Function
Mauro Bernardi, Franco Trevisani, Costanza Santini, Giorgio Zoli, Mario Baraldini, Amedeo Ligabue, Giovanni Gasbarrini – 1 January 1983 – Derangements in cardiovascular homeostasis are well‐known features of liver failure. To evaluate the role of possible alterations in adrenergic and reninangiotensin systems in this context, tilting‐induced changes in plasma norepinephrine, octopamine, β‐phenylethanolamine, and plasma renin activity were related to modifications in blood pressure, heart rate, plasma volume, and renal function in 10 healthy controls and 20 patients with liver cirrhosis.
Hepatitis B Virus Status of Southern African Blacks with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Comparison Between Rural and Urban Patients
Michael C. Kew, Elizabeth Rossouw, John Hodkinson, Alan Paterson, Geoffrey M. Dusheiko, J. Whitcutt Michael – 1 January 1983 – Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is less common and occurs at a much older age in urban than in rural southern African Blacks. These differences may reflect differences in the etiology of the tumor in the two populations.
Erratum
1 January 1983
Ultrastructural Evidence of Intrahepatic Cholestasis Before and After Chenodeoxycholic Acid Therapy in Patients with Cholelithiasis: The National Cooperative Gallstone Study
M. James Phillips, Rosemarie L. Fisher, Deborah W. Anderson, Shu‐Ping Lan, John M. Lachin, James L. Boyer, The Steering Committee for the National Cooperative Gallstone Study Group – 1 January 1983 – Electron microscopy was performed to assess potential hepatotoxicity before and after 9 and 24 months of chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) therapy (375 or 750 mg, daily) in 103 patients with cholelithiasis.
Analysis of Liver Disease, Nuclear HBcAg, Viral Replication, and Hepatitis B Virus DNA in Liver and Serum of HBcAg Vs. Anti‐HBe Positive Carriers of Hepatitis B Virus
Stephanos J. Hadziyannis, Harvey M. Lieberman, Gerassimos G. Karvountzis, David A. Shafritz – 1 January 1983 – Nine HBeAg+ and 24 anti‐HBe+ subjects with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection were studied for HBV DNA in the serum by molecular hybridization, for HBeAg in the liver by immunofluorescence, and for histologic evidence of liver disease.
A Prospective Randomized Study of Two Sclerotherapy Techniques for Esophageal Varices
David Westaby, Brian R. D. Macdougall, Walter Melia, Andrew Theodossi, Roger Williams – 1 January 1983 – In a study designed to compare the efficacy and safety of two techniques of injection sclerotherapy, 40 patients (30 with cirrhosis and 10 with portal vein block) were randomly allocated to the sheath or free‐hand technique. Although the former was associated with significantly less bleeding within the first 24 hr of injection (p < 0.05) but more postinjection pain (p < 0.05) and esophageal stricture, there was a trend toward earlier obliteration of varices.