02065nam a2200361 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020004300112020002700155040002100182035002100203050002400224082001700248100002800265245012500293260005600418300002300474490005700497504005100554505060900605533015201214650003401366650002101400650003501421655002901456710001701485830005801502856012601560999001701686ebr10680846CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||090424s2009    nyuad   sb    001 0 eng d  z  2009017371  z9781607416920 (hardcover : alk. paper)  z9781617284199 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)84116896114aRC846b.S535 2009eb04a616.3/622221 aShimizu, Ichiro,d1958-10aFemale hepatologyh[electronic resource] :bfavorable role of female factors in chronic liver disease /cIchiro Shimizu.  aHauppauge, N.Y. :bNova Science Publishers,cc2009.  aix, 233 p. :bill.1 aHepatology research and clinical developments series  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aLiver cancer is predominant in men and postmenopausal women -- Chronic hepatitis C and B progress more slowly in females than males -- Hepatic fibrosis and oxidative stress -- Female sex hormones in hepatic fibrosis -- Ms, you can never become an 'iron lady' -- Immune response is affected by estrogens, progesterone and testosterone -- Females and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease -- 'Female paradox' in alcoholic liver disease -- Autoimmune liver diseases in females -- Are estrogens useful as a therapeutic drug for chronic liver disease? -- Sex and gender specific medicine in chronic liver disease.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aLiverxDiseasesxSex factors. 0aWomenxDiseases. 0aChronic diseasesxSex factors. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc. 0aHepatology research and clinical developments series.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10680846zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c60252d60252