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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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Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 NRPT 1X reduces ALT and ceramide 14:0 in 65% of subjects as compared to only 28% in the placebo group. Abstract Background and Aims The prevalence of NAFLD is increasing globally and on a path to becoming the most frequent cause of chronic liver disease. Strategies for the prevention and treatment of NAFLD are urgently needed.
Ryan W. Dellinger +7 more
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Pancreatic Tuberculosis or Autoimmune Pancreatitis [PDF]
Case Reports in Medicine, 2014 Introduction. Isolated pancreatic and peripancreatic tuberculosis is a challenging diagnosis due to its rarity and variable presentation. Pancreatic tuberculosis can mimic pancreatic carcinoma. Similarly, autoimmune pancreatitis can appear as a focal lesion resembling pancreatic malignancy.
Ayesha Salahuddin, Muhammad Wasif Saif
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 BackgroundDrug-induced pancreatitis is a rare cause of acute pancreatitis. Tacrolimus has been used as an immunosuppressant agent in patients after organ transplantation. However, only a few case reports of tacrolimus-induced acute pancreatitis in kidney
Yixuan Ding +9 more
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Pancreatic resection for pancreatic cancer [PDF]
HPB, 2006 Ductal pancreatic adenocarcinoma, the most frequent malignancy of the pancreas, is characterized by retroperitoneal and perineural infiltration, early formation of multiple metastases, and resistance to most of the treatment regimens currently available.
Bachmann, Jeannine +4 more
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Chronic Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer [PDF]
Gastroenterology, 2014 <b><i>Background:</i></b> Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the most lethal diseases with an incidence rate almost equal to the rate of mortality. Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a common chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that affects the pancreas.
Bai-Rong, Li +2 more
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The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2015 Background/Aims: This meta-analysis was undertaken to evaluate the effect of rectal indomethacin in the prevention of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis.
Na Shi +5 more
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Infected Necrosis in Severe Pancreatitis - Combined Nonsurgical Multi-Drainage with Directed Transabdominal High-Volume Lavage in Critically Ill Patients [PDF]
, 2009 Background: Infection of pancreatic necrosis is a life-threatening complication during the course of acute pancreatitis. In critically ill patients, surgical or extended endoscopic interventions are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Minimally
Huber, W. +10 more
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Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer Risk
Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment, 2023 Purpose: The present retrospective study aimed to explore the relationship between pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer in the population cohort of the UK Biobank (UKB) ( https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk ). Methods: From the 500 thousand population cohort of UKB, according to the age and gender of patients with pancreatic cancer 1:10, matching the control ...
Dong-Mei Ma +6 more
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Pancreatic phospholipase A2 activity in acute pancreatitis: A prognostic marker for early identification of patients at risk [PDF]
, 2002 Remarkably elevated levels of phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)) are measurable in human blood samples in cases of acute pancreatitis. The source of the enzyme was first thought to be exclusively the pancreas, but now it is generally accepted that two ...
Quintel, Michael +11 more
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