digestive system disease: References & Edit History

Gastrointestinal diseases are discussed in such works as Eugene R. Schiff, Michael F. Sorrell, and Willis C. Maddrey (eds.), Schiff’s Diseases of the Liver, 8th ed., 2 vol. (1999); Robert F. Service, “Stalking the Start of Colon Cancer,” Science, 263(5153):1559–60 (March 18, 1994); Martin J. Blaser, “The Bacteria behind Ulcers,” Scientific American, 274(2):104–107 (February 1996); Joseph Alper, “Ulcers as an Infectious Disease,” Science, 260(5105):159–160 (April 9, 1993); Charles Herbert Best and Norman Burke Taylor, Best and Taylor’s Physiological Basis of Medical Practice, 12th ed., edited by John B. West (1991); and E.J. Holborow and W.G. Reeves (eds.), Immunology in Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Immunology, 2nd ed. (1983). Specialized studies include Harvey J. Dworken, Gastroenterology: Pathophysiology and Clinical Applications (1982); Marvin H. Sleisenger and John S. Fordtran, Sleisenger & Fordtran’s Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management, 6th ed., edited by Mark Feldman, Marvin H. Sleisenger, and Bruce F. Scharschmidt, 2 vol. (1998); David J.C. Shearman, Niall Finlayson, and Michael Camilleri (eds.), Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Liver, 3rd ed. (1997); H.L. Duthie (ed.), Gastrointestinal Motility in Health and Disease (1978); William S. Haubrich and Fenton Schaffner, Bockus Gastroenterology, 5th ed., edited by J. Edward Berk, 4 vol. (1994); and Franklin Bicknell, Vitamins in Medicine, 4th ed., edited by Brian M. Barker and David A. Bender, 2 vol. (1980–82). Information on current research is available in Fred Kern and A.L. Blum (eds.), Gastroenterology Annual.