2013, Number 3

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Hepatology highlights

Saad S Alkhowaiter; John C T Wong; Yoshida, Eric M

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Probiotics in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: which and when

Abenavoli, Ludovico; Emidio Scarpellini; Samir Rouabhia; Clara Balsano; Francesco Luzza

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The efficacy and safety of nucleos(t)ide analogues in the treatment of HBV-related acute-on-chronic liver failure: a meta-analysis

Yu Shi; Jianqin He; Wei Wu; Jianrong Huang; Yida Yang; Jifang Sheng; Liang Yu; Zhi Chen; Hongyu Jia

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Analysis of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA load in platelets of HCV-monoinfected patients receiving antiviral therapy

Márcia Paschoal do Espírito-Santo; Carlos Eduardo Brandão-Mello; Vanessa Alves Marques; Lampe, Elisabeth; de Almeida, Adilson José

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Patient adherence to antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis B and C: a systematic review

Lieveld, Faydra I; Lotte G van Vlerken; Siersema, Peter D; van Erpecum, Karel J

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Poor response to hepatitis C treatment in elderly patients

Ivonete Silva; Roberto Carvalho Filho; Ana Cristina Feldner; Iandra Zaros; Antonio Eduardo Silva; Maria Lucia Ferraz

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Impact of sustained virologic response on quality of life in chronic HVC carriers

Renato Daltro-Oliveira; Morais-de-Jesus, Mychelle; Karine Miranda Pettersen; Parana, Raymundo; Quarantini, Lucas C

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Differential expression of transforming growth factor-β and HBx enhances hepatitis B virus replication and augments host immune cytokines and chemokines

Fahad N Almajhdi; Ahmed Y Al-Qudari; Zahid Hussain

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Validation study of systems for noninvasive diagnosis of fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Latin population

Ome Z Pérez-Gutiérrez; Hernández-Rocha, Cristian; Roberto A Candia-Balboa; Marco A Arrese; Benítez, Carlos; Brizuela-Alcántara, Diana C; Méndez-Sánchez, Nahum; Uribe, Misael; Chávez-Tapia, Norberto C

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The effect of celecoxib on the development of diethylnitrosamine-induced liver tumors in rats

Larissa Widholzer Galant; Alves de Mattos, Angelo; Eduardo Menti; Fabiana Borba Valiatti; Zambam de Mattos, Ângelo; Marilene Porawski; Antônio Hartmann; Cláudia Ramos Rhoden

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Impact of creatinine values on MELD scores in male and female candidates for liver transplantation

Guilherme Mariante-Neto; Caroline P Marroni; Alfeu de Medeiros Fleck Junior; Cláudio Augusto Marroni; Maria Lúcia Zanotelli; Guido Cantisani; Brandão, Ajácio B M

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Impact of MELD score implementation on liver allocation: experience at a Brazilian center

Adriana Gonçalves da Silva Machado; Alfeu de Medeiros Fleck Jr; Cláudio Marroni; Maria Lúcia Zanotelli; Guido Cantisani; Ajácio Bandeira de Mello Brandão

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Serum natremia affects health-related quality of life in patients with liver cirrhosis: a prospective, single centre study

Ewa Wunsch; Grzegorz Naprawa; Dorota Koziarska; Malgorzata Milkiewicz; Przemyslaw Nowacki; Piotr Milkiewicz

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IGF-I and IGFBP-3 serum levels in patients hospitalized for complications of liver cirrhosis

Marcelo Fernando Ronsoni; César Lazzarotto; Leonardo Fayad; Mariana Costa Silva; Christiane Lourenço Nogueira; Bazzo, Maria Luiza; Narciso-Schiavon, Janaína Luz; Dantas-Correa, Esther Buzaglo; de Lucca Schiavon, Leonardo

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Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt is associated with significant changes in mitral inflow parameters

Radek Pudil; Rudolf Praus; Petr Hulek; Safka, Vaclav; Fejfar, Tomas; Martina Vasatova; Jirkovsky,Vaclav

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Association of amino acid imbalance with the severity of liver fibrosis and esophageal varices

Hirayuki Enomoto; Yoshiyuki Sakai; Nobuhiro Aizawa; Yoshinori Iwata; Hironori Tanaka; Naoto Ikeda; Kunihiro Hasegawa; Kazunori Yoh; Akio Ishii; Tomoyuki Takashima; Kazunari Iwata; Masaki Saito; Hiroyasu Imanishi; Hiroko Iijima; Shuhei Nishiguchi

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PGE₂ induces MUC2 and MUC5AC expression in human intrahepatic biliary epithelial cells via EP4/p38MAPK activation

Yang, Li; Junmin Song; Hong Yu; Shuodong Wu

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Minimal hepatic encephalopathy. Should we treat it?

Toapanta-Yanchapaxi, Liz; Jorge A López-Velázquez; Uribe, Misael; Méndez-Sánchez, Nahum

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Heap of stones: An unusual cause for biliary colic and elevated liver function tests

Henning Wittenburg; Volker Keim; Albrecht Hoffmeister

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Hepatic carcinosarcoma: clinicopathologic features and a review of the literature

Yang-Sheng Lin; Tao-Yeuan Wang; Jiunn-Chang Lin; Horng-Yuan Wang; Kuei-Fang Chou; Shou-Chuan Shih; Ming-Jen Chen

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Liver failure unmasks celiac disease in a child

Abdulrahman Al-Hussaini; Amna Basheer; Albert J Czaja

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Decreased serum total T3 level in hepatitis B and C related cirrhosis by severity of liver damage

Ali Kabir

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Dendritic cells in NASH: Friend or foe?

Handa, Priya; Kowdley, Kris V