2011, Number 4

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A comment from the Editor

Méndez-Sánchez, Nahum

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Hepatology Highlights

Méndez-Sánchez, Nahum

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Pre operative cardio pulmonary assessment of the liver transplant candidate

Martinez-Palli, Graciela; Cárdenas, Andrés

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Evolution of hepatitis B virus during long-term therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B

Arrese, Elisabete; Basaras, Miren, Blanco, Sonia; Ruiz, Pablo; Cisterna, Ramón

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The role of hepatitis B immunoglobulin in hepatitis B related liver transplantation: Canadian Transplant Centre Position Paper

Levstik, Mark; Wong, Philip; Greanya, Erica D; Yoshida, Eric M

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No association of promoter variations of HMOX1 and UGT1A1 genes with liver injury in chronic hepatitis C

Urbánek,Petr; Lenícek, Martin; Muchová, Lucie; Subhanová, Iva; Dušek, Ladislav; Kaspríková, Nikola; Hrabal, Petr; Bruha, Radan; Vítek, Libor

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Genetic variation in Interleukin-28B predicts SVR in hepatitis C genotype 1 Argentine patients treated with PEG IFN and ribavirin

Ridruejo, Ezequiel; Solano, Ángela; Marciano, Sebastian; Galdame, Omar; Adrover, Raúl; Cocozzella, Daniel; Delettieres, Dreanina; Martínez, Alfredo; Gadano, Adrian; Mandó, Oscar G; Silva, Marcelo O

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Danazol improves thrombocytopenia in HCV patients treated with peginterferon and ribavirin

Cabrera Álvarez, Guillermo; Gómez-Galicia, Diana; Rodríguez-Fragoso, Lourdes; Madrid Marina, Vicente; Cañedo Dorantes, Luis; Sánchez-Alemán, Miguel; Méndez-Sánchez, Nahum; Reyes Esparza, Jorge

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Impact of Fibroscan^® on management of chronic viral hepatitis in clinical practice

van de Putte, Dietje Fransen; Blom, Renske; van Soest, Hanneke; Mundt, Marco; Verveer, Claudia; Arends, Joop; de Knegt, Robert E; Mauser-Bunschoten, Eveline; van Erpecum, Karel

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Do older patients utilize excess health care resources after liver transplantation?

Shankar, Neil; AlBasheer, Mamoun; Marotta, Paul; Wall, William; McAlister, Vivian; Chandok, Natasha

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Should donation after cardiac death liver grafts be used for retransplantation?

Perry, Dana K; Willingham, Darrin L; Sibulesky, Lena; Bulatao, Ilynn G; Nguyen, Justin H; Taner, C Burcin

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Decrease of aminotransferase levels in obese women is related to body weight reduction, irrespective of type of diet

Rodríguez-Hernández, Heriberto; Cervantes-Huerta, Miriam; Rodríguez-Morán, Martha; Guerrero-Romero, Fernando

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Plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 serum levels and 4G/5G gene polymorphism in morbidly obese Hispanic patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Espino,Alberto; Villagrán, Andrea; Vollrath, Valeska; Hanckes, Paulina; Salas, Roberto; Farah, Andrea; Solís, Nancy; Pizarro, Margarita; Escalona, Alex; Boza, Camilo; Pérez, Gustavo; Carrasco, Gonzalo; Padilla, Oslando; Miquel, Juan Francisco; Nervi, Flavio; Chávez-Tapia, Norberto C; Arab, Juan Pablo; Álvarez-Lobos, Manuel; Arrese, Marco; Riquelme, Arnoldo

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Alcohol use among patients with HIV infection

Bonacini, Maurizio

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Differential diagnosis of malignant epithelial tumours in the liver: an immunohistochemical study on liver biopsy material

Al-Muhannadi, Najla; Ansari, Naseem; Brahmi, Urmil; Satir, Ali Abdel

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Alteration of AP-endonuclease1 expression in curcumin-treated fibrotic rats

Bassiouny, Ahmad R; Zaky, Amira; Fawky, Faten; Kandeel, Kamal M

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Glutamine prevents gastric oxidative stress in an animal model of portal hypertension gastropathy

Marques, Camila; Mauriz, José L; Simonetto, Douglas; Marroni, Claudio A; Tuñon, María J; González-Gallego, Javier; Marroni, Norma P

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Protective effect of Thymic Humoral Factor on porcine serum-induced hepatic fibrosis and liver damage in Wistar rats

Osuna-Martínez, Ulises; Reyes-Esparza, Jorge Alberto; Petricevich, Vera L; Hernández-Pando, Rogelio; Rodríguez-Fragoso, Lourdes

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IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis

Kamisawa, Terumi; Tabata, Taku

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Liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in Mexico: impact of chronic infection by hepatitis viruses B and C

Torres-Poveda, Kirvis; Burguete-García, Ana I; Madrid-Marina, Vicente

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Takayasu arteritis associated with hepatic sinusoidal dilatation

Durant, Cécile; Martin, Jérome; Hervier, Baptiste; Gournay, Jérome; Hamidou, Mohamed

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Recurrent liver failure caused by IgG4 associated cholangitis

Clendenon, Jacob N; Aranda-Michel, Jaime; Krishna, Murli; Taner, C Burcin; Willingham, Darrin L

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Cholestasis as the initial presentation of relapsing polychondritis

da Graça Ferronato, Maria; Jönck Staub, Leonardo; Teixeira Pinto Viana, Renata Cristina; da Rosa, Lígia; Cacese Shiozawa, Maria Beatriz; Narciso-Schiavon, Janaína L; Dantas-Correa, Esther Buzaglo; de Lucca Schiavon, Leonardo

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Hepatotoxicity from ingestion of wild mushrooms of the genus Amanita section Phalloideae collected in Mexico City: two case reports

Méndez-Navarro, Jorge; Ortiz-Olvera, Nayeli X; Villegas-Ríos, Margarita; Méndez-Tovar, Luis J; Andersson, Karin L; Moreno-Alcantar, Rosalba; Gallardo-Cabrera, Víctor E; Félix, Sergio; Galván, Carlos; Vargas, Gilka; Gómez, Luz M; Dehesa-Violante, Margarita

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Citrus auraptene: A potential multifunctional therapeutic agent for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Sahebkar, Amirhossein

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Hepatitis A virus infection in high-risk subjects

Barrientos-Gutiérrez, Tonatiuh; Brizuela-Alcántara, Diana; Chávez-Tapia, Norberto C