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Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 A deleterious variant of FCHSD1 results in mTOR pathway overactivation and may cause porto‐sinusoidal vascular disorder (PSVD). The pedigree of the family demonstrated an autosomal dominant disease with variable expressivity. Whole‐genome sequencing and Sanger sequencing both validated the existence of the FCHSD1 variant and the heterozygosity of c ...
Jingxuan Shan +19 more
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Aflatoxin exposure and viral hepatitis in the etiology of liver cirrhosis in the Gambia, West Africa. [PDF]
, 2008 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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Medical Management of Chronic Cholestatic Liver Diseases
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2000 The purpose of the present review is to discuss the diagnosis and management of cholestatic liver diseases. Differential diagnoses to consider are described, including causes of extrahepatic biliary obstruction such as gallstones, strictures ...
Andrea A Gossard, Keith D Lindor
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BMC Gastroenterology, 2002 Background An increased prevalence of coeliac disease in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis has been recently reported. However, in other studies the association has not been confirmed.
Dimoulios Philippos +8 more
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Copper and Manganese Concentrations in Biliary Cirrhosis of Liver [PDF]
BMJ, 1968 The presence of large amounts of copper in the liver in primary biliary cirrhosis has been confirmed; a similar increase is not found in cases of long-standing extrahepatic biliary obstruction. The serum caeruloplasmin levels are raised in primary and secondary biliary cirrhosis, but this increase does not appear to be related to the degree of increase
M, Worwood, D M, Taylor, A H, Hunt
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Attacking the public health crisis of hepatocellular carcinoma at its roots
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract As the third most common cause of cancer‐related death worldwide with significant mortality rates in the United States, hepatocellular carcinoma has strong association with cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) with a growing at‐risk population from the rise in chronic liver disease from alcohol use and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Hannah M. Lee +3 more
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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Hemolytic Anemia Confusing Serum Bilirubin Levels
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2000 Hemolysis is observed in more than 50% of patients with cirrhosis. However, there has been little documention of the association of primary biliary cirrhosis with autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
M Brackstone, Cameron N Ghent
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Annals of Hepatology, 2010 Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Myasthenia Gravis are both autoimmune conditions, however, there are only rare case reports of their association. This is a case report of acetylcholine receptor antibody positive generalized myasthenia gravis in a female ...
Heather Taddy +3 more
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Liver Transplantation for Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
, 2014 Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is one of the most common indications for adult liver transplantation in both Western countries and Japan. Recently, the number of liver transplantations for PBC has shown a decreasing trend in Europe and the United States, likely due to advances in medical therapies using ursodeoxycholic acid.
GENDA, Takuya, ICHIDA, Takafumi
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian +3 more
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