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Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Associated Clinical Features in Latino and Caucasian Patients from a Single Center. [PDF]

, 2018
INTRODUCTION AND AIM:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of liver cancer in adults and has seen a rapid increase in incidence in the United States. Racial and ethnic differences in HCC incidence have been observed, with Latinos showing
Kieffer, Dorothy A, Kuftinec, Gabriela N, Levy, Robert, Medici, Valentina   +3 more
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Incidence of and Risk Factors for Hepatic Encephalopathy in a Population‐Based Cohort of Americans With Cirrhosis

Hepatology Communications, 2019
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a devastating complication of cirrhosis. Data are limited regarding the incidence of and risk factors for HE among contemporary patients in the context of the shifting epidemiology of cirrhosis.
E. Tapper, James Henderson, N. Parikh, G. Ioannou, A. Lok   +4 more
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Development of an invasively monitored porcine model of acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure [PDF]

, 2010
Background: The development of effective therapies for acute liver failure (ALF) is limited by our knowledge of the pathophysiology of this condition, and the lack of suitable large animal models of acetaminophen toxicity.
A Francavilla, Alistair Lee, BG Gazzard, C Trey, Celine Filippi, Chris Bellamy, Costas Dabos, D Henne-Bruns, DJ Jollow, DJ Miller, Forbes Howie, G Schmid, H Bismuth, J Terblanche, JH Kelly, JK Nicholson, JN Plevris, John N Plevris, JR Mitchell, JV Dacie, LE Schmidt, Leonard J Nelson, LF Prescott, LJ Nelson, MC Savides, N Agar, Neil C Henderson, OW Griffith, Peter C Hayes, Philip N Newsome, PN Newsome, PN Newsome, RC Blantz, Richard E Clutton, SL Nash, SV Baudouin, T Matsubara, Tim King   +37 more
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Hepatic Encephalopathy in Cirrhosis: Pathology and Pathophysiology

Drugs, 2019
Neuropathology of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) in cirrhosis is primarily astroglial in nature characterized by Alzheimer type 2 astrocytosis together with activation of microglia indicative of neuroinflammation. Focal loss of neurons may also occur in the
R. Butterworth
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The risk of bleeding and encephalopathy in surgical patients with liver cirrhosis [PDF]

, 2019
Liver cirrhosis is a disease with an increasing incidence. Surgical procedures in patients with cirrhosis are also increasing, due to a longer life expectancy in these patients and also to the improvement of therapeutic and diagnostic resources ...
Bacalbașa, Nicolae, Banu, Petrișor, Bălălău, Cristian, Ghinghină, Octav, Gălățeanu, Bianca, Merlo, Emanuele Maria, Muscatello, Maria Rosaria Anna, Negrei, Carolina, Păunica, Ioana, Settineri, Salvatore   +9 more
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Symptom Domain Groups of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Tools Independently Predict Hospitalizations and Re-hospitalizations in Cirrhosis [PDF]

, 2017
Background Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) tools can identify health-related quality of life (HRQOL) domains that could differentially affect disease progression.
Bajaj, Jasmohan S., Fagan, Andrew, Fuchs, Michael, Gavis, Edith A., Luketic, Velimir A., Matherly, Scott, Patidar, Kavish R., Puri, Puneet, Sanyal, Arun J., Siddiqui, Mohammad S., Sterling, Richard K., Stravitz, Richard T., Thacker, Leroy R., Wade, James B., White, Melanie B.   +14 more
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Hepatic Encephalopathy: A Review

European Medical Journal Hepatology, 2021
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a reversible syndrome observed in patients with liver disease. The syndrome is characterised by a spectrum of neuropsychiatric abnormalities resulting from the accumulation of neurotoxic substances in the bloodstream and ...
Savan Kabaria, Ishita Dalal, Kapil Gupta, Abhishek Bhurwal, Minacapelli Carlos D., Carolyn Catalano, Vinod Rustgi   +6 more
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Mathematical model of immune response to hepatitis B [PDF]

J. Theor. Biol. 447, 98-110 (2018), 2018
A new detailed mathematical model for dynamics of immune response to hepatitis B is proposed, which takes into account contributions from innate and adaptive immune responses, as well as cytokines. Stability analysis of different steady states is performed to identify parameter regions where the model exhibits clearance of infection, maintenance of a ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Sarcopenia from mechanism to diagnosis and treatment in liver disease [PDF]

, 2016
Sarcopenia or loss of skeletal muscle mass is the major component of malnutrition and is a frequent complication in cirrhosis that adversely affects clinical outcomes.
Dasarathy, Srinivasan, MERLI, Manuela
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Diagnosis and treatment of hepatic encephalopathy

Acta Medica Lituanica, 2013
Background. Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a neuropsychiatric complication of liver cirrhosis which symptoms may vary from imperceptible to severe ones. In recent years, there have been some changes of fundamental hepatic encephalopathy pathogenesis and ...
Ilona Savlan, Valentina Liakina, Jonas Valantinas   +2 more
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