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 s
    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