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Health-related quality of life in patients with autoimmune hepatitis: A questionnaire survey. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
AIM:Health-related quality of life is impaired in patients with autoimmune hepatitis, but the association between health-related quality of life and patients' backgrounds remains unknown.
Atsushi Takahashi, Kei Moriya, Hiromasa Ohira, Teruko Arinaga-Hino, Mikio Zeniya, Takuji Torimura, Masanori Abe, Akinobu Takaki, Jong-Hon Kang, Ayano Inui, Tomoo Fujisawa, Kaname Yoshizawa, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Nobuhiro Nakamoto, Kazuhiko Koike, Hitoshi Yoshiji, Aya Goto, Atsushi Tanaka, Zobair M Younossi, Hajime Takikawa, Japan AIH Study Group   +20 more
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Raised serum transaminases during treatment with pegylated interferon for chronic hepatiti C [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction : Serum transaminases rose significantly in 7 patients with chronic hepatitis C, genotypes 2 and 3, who were treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin. Methods : 219 patients with chronic hepatitis C, genotypes 2 and 3, were treated
Datta, S., Mandalou, P., Mills, P.R., Spence, E.   +3 more
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Clinical Outcomes of Patients Within the Rheumatoid Arthritis Care Pathway Cohort at a Tertiary Care Integrated Delivery Network: A Comparison to Usual Care

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to compare clinical outcomes between patients in the Allegheny Health Network rheumatoid arthritis (RA) care pathway and patients receiving usual care. Methods The care pathway initiative implements guideline‐based best practice alongside multidisciplinary team‐based care.
Tarun Sharma, Tyson S. Barrett, Teigan Dwyer, Nancy Campbell, Jessica Heintzinger, Ellen Kraemer, Adam Dore, Susan Manzi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimation of Thyroid Gland and Pancreatic Functioning in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B and C Combined with Autoimmune Thyroiditis and without it

Mìžnarodnij Endokrinologìčnij Žurnal, 2012
Chronic viral hepatitis is one of the most urgent problems of the healthcare. Viral hepatitis is not restricted with liver damage; they are like systemic disease proceeding with obligate development of extrahepatic manifestations.
Kh.T. Rustamova, M.P. Mirakhmedova, Kh.N. Abdullayeva   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thrombocytopenia in end-stage renal disease and chronic viral hepatitis B or C [PDF]

, 2018
Objectives. We evaluated platelet counts in end-stage renal disease and chronic viral hepatitis. Materials and Methods. We studied 70 patients with end-stage renal disease and chronic viral hepatitis and compared them to a control group of 45 patients ...
Breaban, Iulia, Ciulei, George, Cozma, Angela, Negrean, Vasile, Orasan, Olga Hilda, Orasan, Remus Aurel, Patiu, Ioan Mihai, Sampelean, Dorel, Secara, Sorina Cezara, Sitar Taut, Adela, Stefan, Andreea Maria, Tarmure Sarlea, Simina, Urian, Laura   +12 more
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An expert consensus for the management of chronic hepatitis B in Asian Americans. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is common with major clinical consequences. In Asian Americans, the HBsAg carrier rate ranges from 2% to 16% which approximates the rates from their countries of origin.
Abbas, Abbas, Ahn, Beasley, Beasley, Bisceglie, Bogr, Brown, Buti, Centers for Disease Control, Chae, Chan, Chang, Chang, Chang, Chang, Chang, Chao, Chaung, Chen, Chen, Chen, Chen, Chi, Chien, Choe, Chu, Clemente, Della Corte, European Association for the Study of the Liver, Evans, Fang, Fattovich, Fontana, Fung, Gish, Hadziyannis, Halperin, Hann, Heathcote, Hongthanakorn, Hoofnagle, Hu, Huang, Hung, Hyun, Iino, Iloeje, Jeng, Keeffe, Kim, Komatsu, Konstantinou, Kowdley, Kuo, Kwong, Lai, Lai, Lai, Lai, Lampertico, Lau, Lau, Lee, Lee, Liang, Liaw, Liaw, Liaw, Liew, Lin, Lin, Lin, Liu, Liu, Liu, Lok, Lok, Lok, Loomba, MacLachlan, Manegold, Marcellin, Marcellin, Marcellin, Marcellin, Marcellin, Marcellin, Martin, Martin-Carbonero, Mast, McClune, McMahon, Mitchell, Monte, Murata, Mutimer, Nafa, Nguyen, Nguyen, Nikolopoulos, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Pan, Papatheodoridis, Park, Park, Park, Patterson, Perrillo, Perrillo, Pollack, Prati, Qiu, Reijnders, Sarin, Seto, Seto, Sherman, Shim, Shiraki, Sinatra, Sinn, Soriano, Stevens, Takano, Takayama, Takkenberg, Terrault, Thibault, Thio, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong, Tse, Wang, Wedemeyer, Wei, Wen, Wiseman, Wursthorn, Xie, Xu, Yi, Yi, Yu, Yu, Yuen, Yuen, Yuen, Yuen, Yuen, Zhang, Zhang, Zhang, Zou   +173 more
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Clinical Conditions Associated With a High Antinuclear Antibody Titer in Individuals Without Autoimmune Disease

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) are present at high titers in 2% of the general population, but their clinical significance in individuals without an autoimmune (AI) disease is not known. We tested the hypothesis that the presence of a high ANA titer in non‐AI conditions is associated with disease.
Matthew Chung, John P. Shelley, Gul Karakoc, John Still, Xiaodi Ruan, Jonathan Mosley, C. Michael Stein, Vivian K. Kawai   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in patients with cardiomyopathy

Annals of Hepatology, 2009
Chronic hepatitis C can be associated with extrahepatic manifestations; thus, we explored the association of this viral infection with dilated cardiomyopathy in a group of sixty-three patients with a cardiac ejection fraction of less than 40% determined ...
Vijaya Boyella;, Ikenna Onyebueke;, Najabh Farraj;, Suzette Graham-Hill;, Cherif El Younis;, Nora V. Bergasa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interferon-α for Immune Modulation in Chronic Hepatitis B Toward Functional Cure

Viruses
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) remains a major global health challenge, largely due to the persistence of covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) and impaired host immunity.
Asha Ashuo, Jia Liu, Zhenghong Yuan, Jieliang Chen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hepatitis C virus pharmacogenomics in Latin American populations: implications in the era of direct-acting antivirals [PDF]

, 2017
In recent years, great progress has been made in the field of new therapeutic options for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The new direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) represent a great hope for millions of chronically infected individuals because ...
Caputo, Mariela, Corach, Daniel, Flichman, Diego Martin, Hulaniuk, María L., Trinks, Julieta   +4 more
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