Genetics in Liver Disease

Contents List of principal contributors List of chairpersons Preface SECTION I: BASIC ASPECTS.- 1 State-of-the-Art Lecture I: Pharmacogenetics.- 2 Microassay analysis and liver diseases.- 3 Genetics of gallstone disease.- 4 Genetics in viral hepatitis: role of HLA class I and II alleles in hepatitis C virus infection.- 5 Liver cancer.- 6 Hans Popper Award Lecture: Circulatory and renal failure in cirrhosis.- SECTION II: LIVER DISEASES (PART 1).- 7 State-of-the-Art Lecture II: Hereditary haemochromatosis: the genes and the disease.- 8 Wilson disease: practical applications of molecular approaches.- 9 Wilson disease: therapeutic strategies.- 10 Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency: a journey through 30 years, clinical findings in relation to current biochemical Knowledge.- 11 Porphyrias.- 12 Liver disease in cystic fibrosis.- SECTION III: LIVER DISEASES (PART 2).- 13 State-of-the-Art Lecture III: Genetics of cholestasis.- 14 Hereditary liver diseases: screening strategies.- 15 Gene therapy for liver diseases: experimental strategies.- 16 Cancer gene therapy: the experience from clinical trials.- 17 Stem cell transplantation.- Index