2009, Number 1

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From the editor

Méndez-Sánchez, Nahum

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Hepatology Highlights

Méndez-Sánchez, Nahum

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Introductory message from the President of the Latin American Association for the Study of the Liver

Alves de Mattos, Angelo

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Virological techniques for the diagnosis and monitoring of hepatitis B and C

Stéphane Chevaliez; Pawlotsky, Jean-Michel

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Hepatogenous diabetes.Current views of an ancient problem

García-Compean, Diego; Jáquez-Quintana, Joel Omar; Maldonado-Garza, Héctor

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Clinical studies
Chemical shift magnetic resonance imaging is helpful in detecting hepatic steatosis but not fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

Kalra, Naveen; Duseja, Ajay; Ashim Das; Vivek Virmani; Krishan Dhiman, Radha; Yogesh Chawla; Paramjeet Singh; Khandelwal, Niranjan

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Use of AST platelet ratio index (APRI Score) as an alternative to liver biopsy for treatment indication in chronic hepatitis C

Mônica Salum Valverde Borsoi Viana; Kioko Takei; Diva Carvalho Collarile Yamaguti; Guz, Betty; Strauss, Edna

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Human leukocyte antigens among primary biliary cirrhosis patients born in Mexico

Vázquez-Elizondo, Genaro; Ponciano-Rodríguez, Guadalupe; Uribe, Misael; Méndez-Sánchez, Nahum

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Surgical morbidity in severely obese liver transplant recipients - A single Canadian Centre Experience

Schaeffer, David F; Yoshida, Eric M; Andrezj K Buczkowski; Stephen W Chung; Urs P Steinbrecher; Siegfried E Erb; Charles H Scudamore

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Basic studies
Improvement of hepatic fibrosis by leukotriene inhibition in cholestatic rats

Sahar EL-Swefy; Samia I Hassanen

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Protective effect of a phytocompound on oxidative stress and DNA fragmentation against paracetamol-induced liver damage

Francesco Marotta; Hariom Yadav; Upendra Gumaste; Amr Helmy; Shalini Jain; Emilio Minelli

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Subzero nonfreezing storage of rat hepatocytes using modified University of Wisconsin solution (mUW) and 1,4-butanediol. I- effects on cellular metabolites during cold storage

Rodríguez, Joaquín V; Luciana L Almada; María E Mamprin; Edgardo E Guibert; Graciela Furno

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Embryonal sarcoma of the liver in a young woman

Ana Claudia Sánchez-Aguilar; Óscar Díaz-Flores; Albores-Saavedra, Jorge

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Hepatocellular carcinoma in a hepatitis C patient with sustained viral response and no fibrosis

Tabibian, James H; Carmen Landaverde; Julie Winn; Stephen A Geller; Nicholas N Nissen

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Autoimmune hepatitis with giant-cell transformation

José Estradas; Pascual-Ramos, Virginia; Braulio Martínez; Uribe, Misael; Torre, Aldo

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Successful treatment of severe hepatopulmonary syndrome with a sequential use of TIPS placement and liver transplantation

Benítez, Carlos; Arrese, Marco; Jorge Jorquera; Iván Godoy; Andrea Contreras; Soledad Loyola; Domínguez, Pilar; Jarufe, Nicolás; Martínez, Jorge; Pérez-Ayuso, Rosa María

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Dress syndrome and fulminant hepatic failure induced by lamotrigine

Marcelo Fabián Amante; Analía Verónica Filippini; Nora Cejas; Javier Lendoire; Oscar Imventarza; Coloma Parisi

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Hepatitis C antiviral long-term treatment against cirrhosis (HALT-C) trial

Mazhar Haque; Yoshida, Eric M