Modern Concepts in Gastroenterology

1. The Clinician Looks at Fatty Liver.- 2. Surgical Treatment of Portal Hypertension.- 3. Update on Bile Formation and on Mechanism of Bile Acid-Induced Cholestasis.- 4. Causes and Management of Ascites.- 5. Hepatic Encephalopathy.- 6. Recent Advances in the Management of Islet Cell Tumors.- 7. Clinical Pharmacokinetic Considerations in Gastroenterology.- 8. Immunological Injury to the Intestine and Liver in Human Marrow Transplant Recipients.- 9. New Therapeutic Approaches to Upper Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders.- 10. Is There a Place for Proximal Gastric Vagotomy?.- 11. Altered Carbohydrate Antigen Expression in Colorectal Cancer and Polyps.- 12. Modern Concepts of Regulation of Intestinal Nutrient Transport.- 13. Celiac Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Features.- 14. Pathophysiology of Diarrhea: Mechanisms of Action of Antidiarrheal Agents.- 15. Sexually Transmitted Intestinal Diseases.- 16. Intestinal Gas.- 17. Immunology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.