Basic Research and Clinical Applications of Liver Fibrosis. Second Edition

Author: Cheng Mingliang, Yang Changqing (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publishing Date: 2002-09-01
Features: This book consists of 10 chapters, 350,000 words, and 26 figures, written by over a dozen young and middle-aged liver disease scholars in China. It reflects their research achievements on liver fibrosis during the country's "Seventh Five-Year Plan," "Eighth Five-Year Plan," and "Ninth Five-Year Plan." It focuses on introducing the latest advancements in liver fibrosis research both domestically and internationally. In particular, it provides detailed elaborations on the molecular biology, molecular pathology, experimental diagnosis of liver fibrosis, as well as the potential of traditional Chinese medicine and integrated Chinese and Western medicine in reversing liver fibrosis. The content is rich, novel, and practical, making it a specialized work of high academic level. Since its first publication in August 1996, many readers requested a second edition. The authors have revised it and now present this updated version. This book holds strong guiding significance for the prevention and treatment of liver fibrosis and early-stage liver cirrhosis, offering valuable reference for researchers and clinical physicians engaged in liver disease studies.