2013, Number 2

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Hepatology highlights

Teschke, Rolf

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Epidemiology of hepatocellular carcinoma in sub-Saharan Africa

Michael C Kew

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S-adenosylmethionine metabolism and liver disease

José M Mato; M Luz Martínez-Chantar; Shelly C Lu

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Prediction of minimal residual viremia in HCV type 1 infected patients receiving interferon-based therapy

Viola Knop; Gerlinde Teuber; Hartwig Klinker; Bernd Möller; Jens Rasenack; Holger Hinrichsen; Tilman Gerlach; Ulrich Spengler; Peter Buggisch; Konrad Neumann; Christoph Sarrazin; Stefan Zeuzem; Thomas Berg

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Vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D therapy in chronic hepatitis C

Ladero, José M; Torrejón, María J; Pilar Sánchez-Pobre; Suárez, Avelina; Francisca Cuenca; Virginia de la Orden; María J Devesa; María Rodrigo; Vicente Estrada; Gustavo López-Alonso; José A Agúndez

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Efficacy and safety of entecavir and/or tenofovir in hepatitis B compensated and decompensated cirrhotic patients in clinical practice

Miquel, Mireia; Óscar Núñez; María Trapero-Marugán; Antonio Díaz-Sánchez; Miguel Jiménez; Juan Arenas; Antonio Palau Canós

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Prevalence and risk factors of isolated anti-HBc antibody and occult hepatitis B infection in hemodialysis patients: a nationwide study

Keyvani, Hossein; Shahram Agah; Ali Kabir; Seyed-Moayed Alavian

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Single nucleotide polymorphisms in CXCR1 gene and its association with hepatitis B infected patients in Saudi Arabia

Fahad N Almajhdi; Mohammed Al-Ahdal; Abdo, Ayman A; Sanai, Faisal M; Mashael Al-Anazi; Nisreen Khalaf; Nisha A Viswan; Hamad Al-Ashgar; Khalid Al-Kahtani; Hind Al-Humaidan; Riham Al-Swayeh; Zahid Hussain; Saud Alarifi; Majid Al-Okail; Ahmed Al-Qahtani

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Response predictors and clinical benefits of hepatitis C retreatment with pegylated interferon and ribavirin in HIV/HCV coinfection

Mario Peribañez-Gonzalez; Mariliza Henrique da Silva; Fernando Crivelenti Vilar; Ana Catharina Seixas-Santos Nastri; Paulo Abrão Ferreira; Roberto Focaccia; Maria Cássia Mendes Correa

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Serum level of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and its association with severity of liver disease

Antonio Díaz-Sánchez; Ana Matilla; Óscar Núñez; Diego Rincon; Raquel Lorente; Oreste Lo Iacono; Beatriz Merino; Ana Hernando; Rocio Campos; Gerardo Clemente; Rafael Bañares

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Addition of pentoxifylline to pegylated interferon-alpha-2a and ribavirin improves sustained virological response to chronic hepatitis C virus: a randomized clinical trial

Jiménez-Luévano, Miguel Ángel; José Manuel Lerma-Díaz; Hernández-Flores, Georgina; Jiménez-Partida, Miguel Ángel; Bravo-Cuellar, Alejandro

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Treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis with probiotics. A proof-of-concept study

Wai-Sun Wong, Vincent; Grace Lai-Hung Wong; Angel Mei-Ling Chim; Winnie Chiu-Wing Chu; David Ka-Wai Yeung; Kevin Chi-To Li; Henry Lik-Yuen Chan

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Comparison of prognosis by viral etiology in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after radiofrequency ablation

Ping-Hsien Chen; Wei-Yu Kao; Yi-You Chiou; Hung-Hsu Hung; Chien-Wei Su; Yi-Hong Chou; Teh-Ia Huo; Yi-Hsiang Huang; Wen-Chieh Wu; Yee Chao; Han-Chieh Lin; Jaw-Ching Wu

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Comparison of results of combined liver-kidney transplantation vs. isolated liver transplantation

Victoria Aguilera; Isabel Ferrer; Berenguer, Marina; Jairo Rivera; Ángel Rubín; Ángel Moya; Eugenia Pareja; Jaime Sánchez; Prieto, Martín; José Mir

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A Canadian national retrospective chart review comparing the long term effect of cyclosporine vs. tacrolimus on clinical outcomes in patients with post-liver transplantation hepatitis C virus infection

Yoshida, Eric M; Leslie B Lilly; Marotta,Paul J; Andrew L Mason; Bilodeau, Marc; Marc Vaillancourt

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Mean platelet volume is a useful indicator of systemic inflammation in cirrhotic patients with ascitic fluid infection

Burak Suvak; Serkan Torun; Hakan Yildiz; Abdurrahim Sayilir; Yusuf Yesil; Adnan Tas; Yavuz Beyazit; Nurgul Sasmaz; Ertugrul Kayaçetin

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Intestinal mucosal proliferation, apoptosis and oxidative stress in patients with liver cirrhosis

Stelios F Assimakopoulos; Athanassios C Tsamandas; Georgios I Tsiaoussis; Elli Karatza; Dimitrios Zisimopoulos; Ioannis Maroulis; Eleni Kontogeorgou; Christos D Georgiou; Chrisoula D Scopa; Konstantinos C Thomopoulos

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Focal nodular hyperplasia and hepatic regenerating nodules in pediatric oncology patients: how much invasive approach is necessary?

Maria Debora De Pasquale; Monti, Lidia; Maria Luisa D’Andrea; Maria Antonietta De Ioris; Aurora Castellano

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A metal mixture induces transformation upon antioxidant depletion in a hepatic cell line

Sánchez-Valle, Vicente; Mahara Valverde; Leticia Carrizales; Jesus Mejía; Nahum Zepeta; Emilio Rojas

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Thoracic empyema due to migrated gallstones

Flores-Franco, René Agustín

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Abernethy malformation with multiple aneurysms: incidentally found in an adult woman with Caroli’s disease

Kong Yalin; Zhang Hongyi; Liu Chengli; Wu Di; He Xiaojun; Xiao Mei; Zhao Gang; Zhang Hui

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Isolated granulomatous hepatitis-A histopathological surprise mimicking cholangiocarcinoma in ulcerative colitis

Ashish Khandelwal; Ujjwal Gorsi; E Celia Marginean; Demetri Papadatos; Uttam George

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Hemorrhagic liver cyst rupture: An unusual life-threatening complication of hepatic cyst and literature review

Yoann Marion; Christophe Brevart; Laurent Plard; Laurence Chiche

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Cardiac changes and liver disease

Ze-Zhou Song; Jing-Lan Tang; Jing Wang; Chun-Jie Hou; Fan Zhang; Xiao-Ming Fan

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Cirrhosis is less cirrhosis without virus C

Llorca, Rocío; Jorge Funuyet; Romero-Gómez, Manuel