From Basic Science to Clinical Practice
THIRD EDITION
SECTIONS 1–10 AND INDEX
EDITORS
Juan Rodés MD
Director General, Hospital Clinic; Professor of Medicine,
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Jean-Pierre Benhamou MD
Professor of Hepatology, Université Denis Diderot Paris 7,
Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris and Inserm U773,
Service d’Hépatologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France
Andres T. Blei MD
Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Jürg Reichen MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Bern; Chief of Hepatology,
University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
Mario Rizzetto MD
Professor of Gastroenterology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Jean-François Dufour MD
Professor of Hepatology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Scott L. Friedman MD
Fishberg Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Liver Diseases,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Pere Ginès MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Chief, Liver Unit,
Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Dominique-Charles Valla MD
Professor of Hepatology, Université Denis Diderot Paris 7,
Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris and Inserm U773,
Chief, Service d’Hépatologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France
Fabien Zoulim MD PhD
Professor of Medicine, Université Lyon 1, Liver Department,
Hospices Civils de Lyon, Head, Inserm U8712, Lyon, France
FOREWORD
Neil McIntyre MD
Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Royal Free and University College
School of Medicine, London, UK