Interleukin-22 predicts severity and death in advanced liver cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study [PDF]
Background: Interleukin-22 (IL-22), recently identified as a crucial parameter of pathology in experimental liver damage, may determine survival in clinical end-stage liver disease.
Stefan Zeuzem +23 more
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Non-invasive evaluation of cystic fibrosis related liver disease in adults with ARFI, transient elastography and different fibrosis scores. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Cystic fibrosis-related liver disease (CFLD) is present in up to 30% of cystic fibrosis patients and can result in progressive liver failure. Diagnosis of CFLD is challenging.
Thomas Karlas +11 more
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MALNUTRITION IN CIRRHOSIS: ASSOCIATION WITH ETIOLOGY AND HEPATOCELLULAR DYSFUNCTION [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The protein-energy malnutrition alters the prognosis of patients with cirrhosis. Its prevalence may vary according to the etiology of liver disease, it´s severity and the evaluation of the method applied.
Kalinca S OLIVEIRA +3 more
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Aflatoxin exposure and viral hepatitis in the etiology of liver cirrhosis in the Gambia, West Africa. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Cirrhosis of the liver is thought to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, but few controlled studies on the etiology of cirrhosis have been conducted in this region.
James J. Goedert +21 more
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Background. Gender has now been proven to have a significant impact on the development, course and outcome of a large number of diseases, including alcoholic liver disease.
M. S. Krutikova +4 more
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Diagnosis of Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease is the deposition of fat in liver in absence of excessive of alcohol consumption. Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease ranges from simple steatosis to Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and cirrhosis.
Geetika K.C.
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Advantages of the new loop diuretic torasemide over furosemide in patients with cirrhosis and ascites [PDF]
Torasemide is a new loop diuretic with a longer half-life and longer action than furosemide in healthy subjects. In order to evaluate the pharmacodynamic effects, single oral doses of furosemide (80 mg) and torasemide (20 mg), which were equipotent in ...
Paumgartner, Gustav +4 more
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Non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver in the tropics [PDF]
Amongst the chronic hepatic disorders in India, the cirrhosis of liver is common and its etiopathogenesis which is largly poorly understood, is a variance, to that of the West. During last two decades, several studies have been undertaken to study the small bowel status in hepatic disorders, particularly in the alcoholic cirrhosis).
J P, Gupta +3 more
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Lipid-bound sialic acid (LSA) in liver diseases of different etiologies
Objective. There are evidences that the changes in glycosylation and sialylation of proteins and lipids play an important role in the pathogenesis and progression of various liver diseases.
Lech Chrostek +4 more
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CHANGE OF HEART MUSCLE PERSONS WITH ALCOHOLIC LIVER
Mortality from alcoholic cirrhosis in cases of transplantation in patients with cirrhotic cardiomyopathy (CCM) is high enough. However, the prevalence of the MSC in individuals with alcoholic liver cirrhosis, as well as alcoholic сardiomyopathy (AKMP ...
V. A. Porodenko +3 more
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