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Textbook of Hepatology
Third Edition
Edited by: Juan Rodés, Jean-Pierre Benhamou, Andrés Blei, Jürg Reichen and Mario Rizzetto

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Contents
2.3	Metabolism: intermediate metabolism
2.3.1	Carbohydrates and the liver Guenther Boden and Charles Cox Jr
2.3.2	Lipoprotein metabolism Erez F. Scapa, Keishi Kanno and David E. Cohen
2.3.3	Protein and amino acid metabolism Margaret E. Brosnan and John T. Brosnan
2.3.4	Mitochondria and energy production Dominique Pessayre
	Metabolism: liver-specific functions
2.3.5	Bilirubin metabolism Namita Roy-Chowdhury, Yang Lu and Jayanta Roy-Chowdhury
2.3.6	Metabolism of bile acids Peter L.M. Jansen and Klaas N. Faber
2.3.7	Ammonia, urea production and pH regulation Dieter Häussinger
2.3.8	Protein synthesis and degradation in the liver Armin Akhavan and Vishwanath R. Lingappa
2.3.9	Glutathione José C. Fernández-Checa and Carmen García-Ruiz
2.3.10	Haem biosynthesis and excretion of porphyrins Hervé Puy and Jean-Charles Deybach
	Metabolism: metabolism of endo/xenobiotics
2.3.11	Vitamins and the liver (A and D) Masataka Okuno, Rie Matsushima-Nishiwaki and Soichi Kojima
2.3.12	Normal iron metabolisms Kyle E. Brown
2.3.13	Normal copper metabolism and lowering copper to subnormal levels for therapeutic purposes George J. Brewer, E.D. Harris and F.K. Askari
2.3.14	Trace elements and the liver Brent A. Neuschwander-Tetri
2.3.15	Hepatic metabolism of drugs Christopher Liddle and Catherine A.M. Stedman
2.4	Synthetic function
2.4.1	Albumin and other carrier proteins Richard A. Weisiger
2.4.2	The liver and coagulation Maria T. DeSancho and Stephen M. Pastores
2.4.3	Function and metabolism of collagen and other extracellular matrix proteins Rebecca G. Wells