Publisher's Synopsis
Provides a clear understanding of the pathogenesis of liver disease, with an emphasis on the diagnosis of particular disease states. The 5th Edition has been revised to include a separate and enlarged chapter on biopsies of the transplanted liver, an expanded chapter on transmission electron microscopy that includes newer techniques of assessing liver specimens such as scanning electronmicroscopy, immunoelectron microscopy, and immunohistochemistry, and a revised section on nomenclature and pathology of chronic hepatitis.