Dr. Etsuko Hashimoto is a Professor of Hepatology and Gastroenterology at Tokyo Women's Medical University. She received her MD from Tokyo Women's Medical University. She had the privilege of studying liver pathology under Professor Ludwig, who is a renowned pathologist at MAYO Clinic, from 1987 to 1991. Professor Ludwig is well known as he established the concepts and the definition of NASH. She has served on numerous committees for national and international societies including the Asia-Pacific Working Party on NAFLD. She is the author of the recent Japanese and Asia Practice Guideline for NAFLD/NASH. At present, her primary area of interest is in the field of NASH, specifically in elucidation of the characteristics of HCC in NASH. She has won multiple awards, both at the university, local, and national level.

Dr. Kwo is currently Professor of Medicine and Director of Hepatology at the Stanford University where he joined the faculty in November 2016. Prior to joining the faculty at Stanford, he was at Indiana University for 21 years where he served as the Medical Director of Liver Transplantation. He received his MD from Wayne State University School of Medicine, his Internal Medicine training at University of Maryland, and his Gastroenterology/Hepatology training at Mayo Clinic Rochester. He has served on numerous committees for national and international societies including the Nominating Committee and Clinical Research Committee for the AASLD and is Trustee for the ACG. He has distinguished himself in the field of chronic Hepatitis C and has served as the PI for multiple seminal trials in the treatment of hepatitis C. He is the author of the recent ACG Practice Guideline Evaluation of Abnormal Liver Chemistries. He has won multiple awards, both at the university, local, and national level.

Dr. Arief Suriawinata is a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA. He received his medical doctor degree from University Indonesia, followed by residency in pathology at The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York and fellowships in oncologic pathology and gastrointestinal pathology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. Dr. Suriawinata's research interests include liver and pancreatobiliary malignancy and gastrointestinal diseases. He is a member of Laennec International Liver Pathology Society. Dr. Suriawinata is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and Clinical Informatics.

Helps readers to diagnose liver disease comprehensively using multiple tools

1.Anatomy and Function.- 2.Laboratory tests in liver diseases.- 3.Acute Hepatitis.- 4.Acute Liver Failure.- 5.Chronic Hepatitis.- 6.Liver Cirrhosis.- 7.Alcoholic Liver Disease and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.- 8.Drug-induced Liver Injury.- 9.Autoimmune Liver Disease.- 10.Developmental Abnormalities of the Bile Duct & Foregut.- 11.Vascular Disorders in Liver.- 12.Metabolic Disorders in Liver.- 13.Hyperbilirubinemia.- 14.Granulomatous Liver Diseases.- 15.Liver Disorders in Systemic Diseases.- 16.Liver Tumor I: Benign Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions.- 17.Liver Tumors II: Malignant Tumors of the Liver.- 18.Metastatic Liver Tumors.- 19.Liver pathology in transplantation.- 20.Peritoneal Diseases.

This book guides practitioners in the assessment of patients with a liver problem. The emphasis is on the role of macro- and microscopic pathology in elucidating pathogenesis as well as identifying confounding features of image findings that may lead to a more elaborate differential diagnosis. If appropriate, the role of light and electron microscopic examination, along with the role of specific stains and molecular techniques, is illustrated. In addition, the concept of each liver disease is summarized briefly and its up-to-data is provided, and unresolved problems in diagnosis, treatment, and pathogenesis are clearly described.The approach in this book is a practical one with a focus on the evaluation of illustrative cases, simultaneously demonstrating cross-sectional images (ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and angiography), pathological findings, and peritoneoscopic images. The diagnosis and therapy are summed up in helpful tables, and association of clinical manifestations with image analysis and pathological findings is shown to be important in differential diagnosis and treatment. With the authors comprising internationally renowned experts, this book will serve as a useful source of information for medical students, physicians, internists, hepatologists, gastroenterologists, radiologists, and pathologists worldwide.