Key treatment areas
- Acute and chronic liver diseases including all complications
- Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
- Broad spectrum of therapies for gastrointestinal tumours and cancer of the liver
- Therapy of hepatitis and HIV
- Hereditary cholestatic diseases
- Hereditary metabolic diseases
- Vaccination and travel advisory service, diagnostics and therapy of tropical diseases
- High-tech endoscopy, sonography and gastrointestinal function tests
Key research areas
- Clinical and experimental hepatology
- Hepatic encephalopathy
- Hepatobiliary transport
- Liver regeneration
- Osmolytic strategies and cytoprotection
- Regulation of apoptosis and proliferation
- Acid-base regulation
- Intra- and intercellular signalling
- Viral hepatitis and heriditary metabolic diseases of the liver
- Cellular hydration and function
- Clinical and experimental infectiology
