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The goal of the book "Concepts in Paediatrics: Hepatology and Gastroenterology" is to keep practicing pediatricians and residents up to date with concepts of diseases of the liver and gastrointestinal systems. The book achieves this aim by providing essays on various aspects of diseases of these organ systems. The target audience includes pediatricians, physicians and healthcare professionals who provide patient care to the paediatric population. 

Contents: Preface. 1. Anatomy of liver. 2. Development of liver. 3. Morphology of liver. 4. Hepatocellular function. 5. Liver biopsy. 6. Blood changes in liver disease. 7. Liver changes in haemolysis. 8. Liver changes in reticulosis. 9. Liver in gaucher disease. 10. Liver scan. 11. Tests for biliary system. 12. Portal hypertension. 13. Cholestasis. 14. Liver failure. 15. Hepatic encephalopathy. 16. Fulminant hepatic failure. 17. Virus hepatitis. 18. Chronic hepatitis. 19. Chronic active hepatitis. 20. Lupoid hepatitis. 21. Hepatitis b chronic active. 22. Drug induced liver disease. 23. Liver iron load. 24. Idiopathic haemochromatosis. 25. Wilson disease. 26. Alpha 1 anti trypsin deficiency. 27. Hepatic porphyrias. 28. Hyperbilirubinaemia in Newborn. 29. Hepatic cholestatic syndromes. 30. Biliary atresia. 31. Intrahepatic atresia. 32. Reye syndrome. 33. Liver abscess. 34. Hepatic amoebiasis. 35. Liver in malaria. 36. Ascites. 37. Hepato renal syndrome. 38. Icterus. 39. Familial hyperbilirubinaemia. 40. Budd chiari syndrome. 41. Liver in congestive heart failure. 42. Cirrhosis of liver. 43. Hyperemesis. 44. Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. 45. Hiatal hernia. 46. Bowel development. 47. Malabsorption. 48. Protein losing enteropathy. 49. Ulcerative colitis. 50. Hirschsprung disease. 51. Megacolon. 52. Recurrent abdominal pain.