Severe cholestasis and bile acid nephropathy from anabolic steroids successfully treated with plasmapheresis [PDF]
Severe cholestasis with anabolic androgenic steroids is well-known to cause acute liver injury. Treatment is usually supportive after withdrawal of the offending agent.
Flores, Avegail +3 more
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Novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in biliary tract cancer. [PDF]
The worldwide incidence of biliary tract carcinoma (BTC, tumours of the bile ducts and gall-bladder) continues to rise, with the only potentially curative treatment remaining surgical resection or transplantation, possible in only a minority of patients.
Pereira, SP, Skipworth, JR, Timms, JF
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Genetic variants associated with gastrointestinal symptoms in Fabry disease. [PDF]
Gastrointestinal symptoms (GIS) are often among the earliest presenting events in Fabry disease (FD), an X-linked lysosomal disorder caused by the deficiency of α-galactosidase A.
Agapito, Giuseppe +14 more
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Treatment of hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma with liver transplantation [PDF]
Ten patients received liver transplants for unresectable epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE). At the time of transplantation, four patients had microscopic metastases to the hilar lymph nodes, and one of the four also had metastases to a rib.
Esquivel, CO +7 more
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Intrahepatic bile duct strictures after human orthotopic liver transplantation - Recurrence of primary sclerosing cholangitis or unusual presentation of allograft rejection? [PDF]
One of 55 patients transplanted for sclerosing cholangitis during the cyclosporin-steroid era (March 1980-June 1986) developed intrahepatic biliary strictures in the absence of allograft rejection within the 1st year posttransplantation.
A. C. Stieber +16 more
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Expanded carrier screening: A current perspective [PDF]
Prenatal carrier screening has expanded to include a large number of genes offered to all couples considering pregnancy or with an ongoing pregnancy.
Al-Kouatly, Hb +12 more
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Suggestive hypothesis on a case report: Patient presenting with cyclical ovarian cysts coupled to increased cholestatic enzymes [PDF]
We describe the case of a childbearing-age woman presenting with spontaneous recurrent functional ovarian cysts and, more interestingly, chronic and asymptomatic elevation of cholestatic parameters.
Cafaro, G. +5 more
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Treatment of patients with benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis [PDF]
Bijleveld, Charles M.A. +3 more
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Benign Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholestasis: Where Are We Now?
Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis (BRIC) stands as a rare genetic contributor to cholestasis, aligning itself within the spectrum of inherited intrahepatic cholestasis syndromes, such as progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) and intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy.
Eleni V. Geladari +5 more
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Peroral Cholangioscopy
Nagai and colleagues present evidence‐based clinical practice guidelines developed by the Japan Biliary Association to support the use of peroral cholangioscopy. The guidelines address indications, procedural standards, diagnostic and therapeutic applications, and adverse event management, providing a practical reference for the safe and effective use ...
Kazumasa Nagai +13 more
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