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Background To evaluate the efficacy and safety of telbivudine in chronic hepatitis B women during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. Methods The week 12–34 of pregnant women were screened in this prospective non-intervention study, with HBV ...
Li-fen Han +9 more
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Background Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a major cause of morbidity among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Diagnostic biomarkers for early detection of CDI are needed in clinical practice.
Mohammad Abdehagh +11 more
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Liver transplantation for viral hepatitis in 2015 [PDF]
Liver transplantation (LT) is a life-saving treatment for patients with end-stage liver disease and for patients with liver cell cancer related to liver disease.
Bortoluzzi, Ilaria +8 more
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Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) [PDF]
Genetics and epigenetics play a key role in the development of several diseases, including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Family studies demonstrate that first degree relatives of patients with NAFLD are at a much higher risk of the disease ...
Campo, José Antonio del +3 more
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Is porto sinusoidal vascular disease to be actively searched in patients with portal vein thrombosis? [PDF]
Porto sinusoidal vascular liver disease (PSVD) and portal vein thrombosis (PVT) are distinct vascular liver diseases characterized, respectively, by an intrahepatic and a prehepatic obstacle to the flow in the liver portal system. PVT may also occur as a
D'Amati, G. +4 more
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Polycystic liver disease [PDF]
A widespread use of ultrasound (US) examination is contributing to an increase in the diagnosis of renal and hepatic cysts. However, the vast majority of these lesions are benign with an indolent course during the patient's lifespan. Adult polycystic kidney disease (APKD) is one of the most common diagnosed entities.
Rodrigo Nazário, Leão +2 more
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Background Periampullary diverticulum (PAD) is an incidental finding during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), occurring more frequently in elderly patients. The influence of PAD on the ERCP procedure has been a subject of debate. The
Erfan Arabpour +5 more
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Pediatric liver transplantation [PDF]
Liver transplantation, which once was an experimental procedure of no practical interest, has become the preferred treatment for infants and children dying of almost all non-neoplastic end-stage liver diseases. Liver replacement is being provided by many
Esquivel, C +3 more
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Alcohol has been implicated in the genesis of liver disease for centuries. Significant progress has been made in our understanding of the pathogenesis of ALD. It is now apparent that both the consumption and the metabolism of alcohol promote the production of inflammatory mediators (cytokines) that result in hepatotoxicity and fibrogenesis.
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Gut Microbial Metabolism and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. [PDF]
The gut microbiome, the multispecies community of microbes that exists in the gastrointestinal tract, encodes several orders of magnitude more functional genes than the human genome. It also plays a pivotal role in human health, in part due to metabolism
Lynch, Susan V +3 more
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