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Alcoholic Liver Disease: A Comprehensive Review [PDF]

European Medical Journal, 2016
Alcoholic liver disease, a leading cause of morbidity, mortality, and cirrhosis, can range from simple steatosis to hepatocellular carcinoma. Multiple mechanisms such as oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and alteration in gut-liver axis have ...
Partha Pal, Sayantan Ray
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Alcoholic hepatitis: How far are we and where are we going?

Annals of Hepatology, 2016
The burden of alcoholic liver disease continues to be a major public health problem worldwide. The spectrum of disease ranges from fatty liver to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is a type of acute-on-chronic liver failure
Verónica Prado, Joan Caballería, Víctor Vargas, Ramón Bataller, José Altamirano   +4 more
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Surfactant‐Enhanced Electrospun Nanofiber Filters for Efficient Viral and Bacterial Inactivation

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, EarlyView.
In this work, electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibrous filters functionalized with surfactants (CTAB, CPC, and SDS) were developed for air filtration applications. The PAN nanofiber mats enable efficient particulate matter capture while simultaneously providing antimicrobial and antiviral activity against bacteria (E. coli and S.
Edilton N. da Silva, Paulo A. M. Chagas, Gustavo C. da Mata, Felipe A. Lima, Fabiana B. Furtado, Wanderley P. de Oliveira, Rejane M. T. Grotto, Clovis W. O. de Souza, Mônica L. Aguiar, Vádila G. Guerra   +9 more
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Alcoholic Hepatitis

Revista de gastroenterologia del Peru : organo oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterologia del Peru
At present, the relation between alcoholic consumption and the development of hepatic injury is clearly defined. However, the influence of genetic factors, the existence of associated pathologies, and the concomitant use of other hepatotoxic agents should also be considered.During chronic drunkenness, great quantities of oxygen free radicals are ...
Milagros, Dávalos, Nancy, Rolando
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Psychoactive prescription drug use and misuse in patients on opioid agonist treatment

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims To identify the patterns and trends in prescription drug use and misuse in patients on opioid agonist treatment. Methods We used data from the OPPIDUM programme, which collects data from patients attending substance abuse treatment facilities. Data collected include use of psychoactive prescription drugs in the past week.
Thomas Soeiro, Clémence Lacroix, Élisabeth Jouve, Élisabeth Frauger, Maryse Lapeyre‐Mestre, Joëlle Micallef   +5 more
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Alcoholic hepatitis.

Minnesota medicine, 1976
Alcoholic hepatitis is the precursor of cirrhosis. Susceptibility is independent of amount and duration of ethanol intake or of diet. Centrilobular hyalin, the key morphologic abnormality, sensitizes lymphocytes to secrete factors which may account (in part) for necrosis, liver cell destruction, increased collagen synthesis and development of cirrhosis.
W J, Martin, J J, Garber
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Lipid Profile Differences in HIV‐Infected Populations With Metabolic Dysfunction‐Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine, EarlyView.
PRISMA study flow diagram. ABSTRACT Introduction Advances in HIV management have transformed HIV into a chronic condition, resulting in improved prognosis and increased survival among people living with HIV (PLWH). Traditional risk factors for metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)—including dyslipidemia—are prevalent in PLWH.
Yovita Hartantri, Sherly Lawrensia, Steven Yulius Usman, Nenny Agustanti, Rudi Wisaksana, Nanny Natalia Mulyani Soetedjo, Bachti Alisjahbana   +6 more
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Immune and Inflammatory Pathways in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). An update [PDF]

, 2019
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), also known as fatty liver disease (FLD), is a major public health problem. It is considered to be the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome.
Breaban, Iulia, Coste, Sorina Cezara, Cozma, Angela, Negrean, Vasile, Orasan, Olga Hilda, Popovici, Ionela, Procopciuc, Lucia Maria, Sampelean, Dorel, Sitar Taut, Adela, Stefan, Andreea Maria, Tarmure Sarlea, Simina   +10 more
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Survival after liver transplantation in the United Kingdom and Ireland compared with the United States

, 2007
<b>Background and Aim</b>: Surgical mortality in the US is widely perceived to be superior to that in the UK. However, previous comparisons of surgical outcome in the two countries have often failed to take sufficient account of case-mix or ...
Copley, L.P., Dawwas, M.F., Gimson, A.E., Lewsey, J.D., van der Meulen, J.   +4 more
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EPSTEIN-BARR-VIRUS ASSOCIATED SYNDROMES IN IMMUNOSUPPRESSED LIVER-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS - CLINICAL PROFILE AND RECOGNITION ON ROUTINE ALLOGRAFT BIOPSY [PDF]

, 1990
The clinical profile and histopathologic changes in needle biopsies of the liver were studied in 10 cases of acute Epstein-Barr virus infection occurring in liver transplant recipients.
DEMETRIS, AJ, MARKIN, RS, RANDHAWA, PS, STARZL, TE   +3 more
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