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Immune dysfunction in cirrhosis. [PDF]

, 2014
Innate and adaptive immune dysfunction, also referred to as cirrhosis-associated immune dysfunction syndrome, is a major component of cirrhosis, and plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of both the acute and chronic worsening of liver function ...
Antal-Szalmás, Péter, Lakatos, Péter László, Papp, Mária, Sipeki, Nóra   +3 more
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Hyponatremia influences the outcome of patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure: an analysis of the CANONIC study [PDF]

, 2018
INTRODUCTION: Hyponatremia is a marker of poor prognosis in patients with cirrhosis. This analysis aimed to assess if hyponatremia also has prognostic value in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), a syndrome characterized by acute ...
Arroyo, Vicente, Barreto, Rogelio, Bernardi, Mauro, Cárdenas, Andrés, Ginès i Gibert, Pere, Graupera, Isabel, Gustot, Thierry, Martínez González, Javier, Pavesi, Marco, Rodríguez Gullello, Ezequiel Alejandro, Saliba, Faouzi, Solà, Elsa, Welzel, Tania Mara   +12 more
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Acute-on-chronic liver failure in children

World Journal of Hepatology, 2021
Although various complex definitions of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) have been suggested in relation to adult patients, there is currently no universal definition of the syndrome in pediatric patients. In simplified terms, ACLF is characterized by the acute deterioration of the liver functions due to the effects of a precipitating factor on ...
Ali Islek, Gokhan Tumgor
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Liver transplantation for alcoholic cirrhosis: Long term follow-up and impact of disease recurrence [PDF]

, 2001
Background. Alcoholic liver disease has emerged as a leading indication for hepatic transplantation, although it is a controversial use of resources. We aimed to examine all aspects of liver transplantation associated with alcohol abuse.
Andrea M. DiMartini, Anthony J. Demetris, Ashok Jain, Balan, Bassendine, Becker, Belle, Bellentani, Beresford, Beresford, Beresford, Berlakovich, Bernard, Bizollon, Blakolmer, Campbell, Chao, Christopher O.C. Bellamy, Conjeevaram, Cromie, Duvoux, Enomoto, Everhart, Everson, Fauerholdt, Ferrell, Forrest Dodson, Foster, Gane, Graziadei, Harrison, Hoofnagle, Howard, Iezzoni, Ishak, Jain, John J. Fung, Keeffe, Kenngott, Kris Ruppert, Kumar, Kyriacou, Lee, Levin, Levy, Lucey, Lucey, Lucey, Mendenhall, Michael Torbenson, Nabel, Neuberger, Neuberger, Neuberger, Osorio, Pageaux, Pappo, Pereira, Reed, Reich, Saunders, Schiff, Seitz, Sherlock, Shev, Starzl, Tang, Thomas E. Starzl, Tringali, Uchimura, Wiesner, Yates   +71 more
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Alcohol and Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, 2022
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a clinical syndrome that occurs in patients with cirrhosis and is characterised by acute deterioration, organ failure and high short-term mortality. Alcohol is one of the leading causes of ACLF and the most frequently reported aetiology of underlying chronic liver disease. Among patients with alcoholic hepatitis
Maria Pilar Ballester, Richard Sittner, Rajiv Jalan   +2 more
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Liver transplantation for viral hepatitis in 2015 [PDF]

, 2016
Liver transplantation (LT) is a life-saving treatment for patients with end-stage liver disease and for patients with liver cell cancer related to liver disease.
Bortoluzzi, Ilaria, Burra, Patrizia, Ferrarese, Alberto, Gambato, Martina, Germani, Giacomo, Nadal, Elena, Russo, FRANCESCO PAOLO, Senzolo, Marco, Zanetto, Alberto   +8 more
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Validation of the CLIF-C OF Score and CLIF-C ACLF Score to Predict Transplant-Free Survival in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis and Concomitant Need for Intensive Care Unit Treatment

Medicina, 2023
Both the Chronic Liver Failure Consortium (CLIF-C) organ failure score (OFs) and the CLIF-C acute-on-chronic-liver failure (ACLF) score (ACLFs) were developed for risk stratification and to predict mortality in patients with liver cirrhosis and ACLF ...
Michael Nagel, Ruben Westphal, Max Hilscher, Peter R. Galle, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Oliver Schreiner, Christian Labenz, Marcus Alexander Wörns   +7 more
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Pathologic analysis of liver transplantation for primary biliary cirrhosis [PDF]

, 1988
A retrospective histopathologic review of all pathologic specimens from 394 adult liver transplant patients was undertaken with clinical correlation to determine if primary biliary cirrhosis has affected the posttrans‐plant course compared to all other ...
Ballardini, Baum, Berg, Bernuau, Demetris, Demetris, Demetris, Demetris, Detre, Epstein, Epstein, Esquivel, Fennell, Fung, Haagsma, Iwatsuki, James, MacSween, McFarlane, McFarlane, Neuberger, Popper, Portmann, Portmann, Portmann, Vento   +25 more
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Liver transplantation for acute-on-chronic liver failure from erythropoietic protoporphyria [PDF]

Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2012
Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is an inherited disorder of the heme metabolic pathway that is characterized by accumulation of protoporphyrin in the blood, erythrocytes, and tissues, and cutaneous manifestations of photosensitivity, all resulting ...
Pyoung-Jae Park, Shin Hwang, Young-Il Choi, Young-Dong Yu, Gil-Chun Park, Sung-Won Jung, Sam-Youl Yoon, Gi-Won Song, Tae-Yong Ha, Sung-Gyu Lee   +9 more
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Alterations in the Gut Microbiota and Hepatitis-B-Virus Infection in Southern Chinese Patients With Coexisting Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been reported to affect the bacterial characteristics in the host. We aimed to elucidate the compositional and functional characteristics of the microbiota in southern Chinese patients with coexistent HBV
Weijia Han, Weijia Han, Chunyang Huang, Yali Ji, Ling Zhou, Jinjun Chen, Jinjun Chen, Jinjun Chen, Jinlin Hou   +8 more
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