Textbook of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition : a comprehensive guide to practice / Stefano Guandalini, Anil Dhawan, David Branski, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Microvillus Inclusion Disease and Tufting Enteropathy -- The Spectrum of Autoimmune Enteropathy -- Congenital Problems of the Gastrointestinal Tract -- Pyloric Stenosis -- Gastrointestinal Problems of the Newborn -- Enteral Nutrition in Preterm Neonates -- Parenteral Nutrition in Premature Infants -- Infectious Esophagitis -- Eosinophilic Esophagitis -- Gastroesophageal Reflux -- Esophageal Achalasia -- Helicobacter Pylori Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer Disease -- Menetrier Disease -- Viral Diarrhea -- Bacterial Infections -- Intestinal Parasites -- Persistent Diarrhea in Children in Developing Countries -- HIV and the Intestine -- Functional Abdominal Pain and Other Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders -- Disorders of Sucking and Swallowing -- Defecation Disorders in Children: Constipation and Functional Fecal Incontinence -- Hirschsprung's Disease and Intestinal Neuronal Dysplasias -- Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction in Childhood -- Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Problems in Neurologically Handicapped Children -- Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome -- Food Allergy -- Eosinophilic Gastroenteropathy -- Crohn's Disease -- Indeterminate Colitis/Inflammatory Bowel Disease Unclassified (IBD-U) -- Ulcerative Colitis -- Vasculitides Including Henoch Schönlein Purpura -- Lymphonodular Hyperplasia -- Acute Pancreatitis -- Hereditary Pancreatitis and Chronic Pancreatitis in Children -- Fecal Microbial Transplant: For Whom, How, and When -- Congenital Disorders of Intestinal Electrolyte Transport -- Immunodeficiency Disorders Resulting in Malabsorption -- Congenital Disorders of Lipid Transport -- Pancreatic Insufficiency -- Celiac Disease -- Cystic Fibrosis -- Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth -- Short Bowel Syndrome -- Malnutrition-A Global Problem -- Probiotics -- Enteral Nutrition -- Parenteral Nutrition in Infants and Children -- Pediatric Intussusception -- Meckel's Diverticulum -- Acute Appendicitis -- Gastrointestinal Vascular Anomalies -- Polyps and Other Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract -- Normal Liver Anatomy and Introduction to Liver Histology -- Diagnostic Procedures in Pediatric Hepatology -- Infantile Cholestasis: Approach and Diagnostic Algorithm -- Biliary Atresia and Choledochal Malformations -- Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis, Caroli's Disease and Other Fibrocystic Liver Diseases -- Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis -- Alagille Syndrome -- Chronic Viral Hepatitis B and C -- Bacterial, Fungal and Parasitic Infections of the Liver -- Liver Disease in Primary Immunodeficiencies -- Autoimmune Liver Disease -- Inherited Metabolic Disorders and the Liver -- Wilson's Disease -- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease -- Vascular Disorders of the Liver -- Portal Hypertension in Children -- Liver Tumors in Children -- Acute Liver Failure in Children -- Complications of Cirrhosis in Children -- Nutritional Management of Children with Liver Disease -- Pediatric Liver Transplantation -- Growing up with Liver Disease -- New Horizons in Pediatric Hepatology: A Glimpse of the Future.

This textbook provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the major issues specific to the field of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition.

Specialized.