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Patients’ preferences for nutrition-related health outcomes in liver disease : a preliminary study using an electronic questionnaire [PDF]
Background: Patients with liver disease frequently have nutritional problems but intervening to improve these is challenging. Healthcare interventions that respond to patients’ needs are associated with better health outcomes but no studies investigating
Adams+40 more
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Global Epidemiology of Chronic Liver Disease
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Shantan Cheemerla, M. Balakrishnan
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The impact of ambient housing temperature on the interaction of energy intake, energy expenditure and glycemic control in normal and diet-induced obese mice is examined.
Linu Mary John+6 more
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BackgroundStudies about the retreatment and predictors for patients with hepatitis B recurrence after functional cure are rare. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of retreatment, outcome, and potential predictors of recurrence in patients with ...
Xiao Lin+10 more
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Fairly Predicting Graft Failure in Liver Transplant for Organ Assigning [PDF]
Liver transplant is an essential therapy performed for severe liver diseases. The fact of scarce liver resources makes the organ assigning crucial. Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score is a widely adopted criterion when making organ distribution decisions. However, it ignores post-transplant outcomes and organ/donor features.
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Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency [PDF]
α-1 antitrypsin is synthesised in the liver and protects lung alveolar tissues from destruction by neutrophil elastase. α-1 antitrypsin deficiency is a common autosomal recessive condition (1:1600 to 1:1800) in which liver disease results from retention ...
Primhak, R.A., Tanner, M.S.
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UK experience of liver transplantation for erythropoietic protoporphyria [PDF]
Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is characterised by excess production of free protoporphyrin from the bone marrow, most commonly due to deficiency of the enzyme ferrochelatase.
A Dobozy+34 more
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This special issue of PPAR Research contains four interesting reviews and a research article examining the relevance of PPARs to liver diseases. Peroxisome proliferation-activated receptors (PPARs) are members of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily and have been implicated in a variety of pathologic processes. PPARs require heterodimerization with
Yasuteru Kondo+3 more
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Mortality in Biopsy-Confirmed Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Objective Population-based data are lacking regarding the risk of overall and cause-specific mortality across the complete histological spectrum of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
Tracey G. Simon+4 more
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Histologic analysis of liver biopsy specimens allows for grading and staging of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). We performed a longitudinal study to investigate the long-term prognostic relevance of histologic features for ...
P. Angulo+11 more
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