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Elevated Transaminases: Does It Always Warrant a Liver Biopsy? Lessons Learned From Pompe Disease [PDF]

JIMD Reports
Pompe disease (PD) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by pathogenic variants in GAA, resulting in acid alpha‐glucosidase (GAA) deficiency and lysosomal glycogen accumulation.
Alicia Khazzeka, Rebecca L. Koch, Jeong‐A. Lim, Jeremy D. Ward, Jessica Doxey, William R. Jeck, Priya S. Kishnani   +6 more
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Prognostic Value of Transaminases and Bilirubin Levels at Admission to Hospital on Disease Progression and Mortality in Patients with COVID-19—An Observational Retrospective Study

Pathogens, 2022
Introduction: Given the impact of COVID-19 on the world healthcare system, and the efforts of the healthcare community to find prognostic factors for hospitalization, disease progression, and mortality, the aim of the present study was to investigate the
Antonio Russo, Mariantonietta Pisaturo, Roberta Palladino, Paolo Maggi, Fabio Giuliano Numis, Ivan Gentile, Vincenzo Sangiovanni, Vincenzo Esposito, Rodolfo Punzi, Giosuele Calabria, Carolina Rescigno, Angelo Salomone Megna, Alfonso Masullo, Elio Manzillo, Grazia Russo, Roberto Parrella, Giuseppina Dell’Aquila, Michele Gambardella, Antonio Ponticiello, Nicola Coppola, on behalf of CoviCam Group   +20 more
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Elevated Transaminases as Predictors of COVID-19 Pneumonia Severity

Medicina, 2022
Background: This study aimed to calculate the frequency of elevated liver enzymes in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection and to test if liver enzyme biochemistry levels on admission could predict the computed ...
Tijana Radonjić, Ognjen Milićević, Igor Jovanović, Marija Zdravković, Marija Dukić, Olga Milorad Mandić, Jelica Bjekić-Macut, Olivera Borko Marković, Zoran Todorović, Milica Brajković, Novica Nikolić, Slobodan Klašnja, Višeslav Popadić, Anica Divac, Milica Marinković, Nabil Alhayek, Marija Svetislav Branković   +16 more
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Clinical significance of the De Ritis ratio for detecting prostate cancer in a repeat prostate biopsy [PDF]

Investigative and Clinical Urology, 2019
Purpose: We evaluated factors predicting a positive repeat biopsy result in patients with an initial negative prostate biopsy result. Materials and Methods: This study included 124 patients in whom prostate cancer (PCa) was not detected in the initial ...
Heon Ha, Jae-Wook Chung, Yun-Sok Ha, Seock Hwan Choi, Jun Nyung Lee, Bum Soo Kim, Hyun Tae Kim, Tae-Hwan Kim, Ghil Suk Yoon, Tae Gyun Kwon, Sung Kwang Chung, Eun Sang Yoo   +11 more
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Expanding the phenotype of neurological manifestations of dengue fever: Acute necrotizing encephalopathy

Indian Pediatrics Case Reports, 2021
Background: Neurological manifestations following dengue fever are increasingly reported and include encephalopathy, encephalitis, neuro-ophthalmic manifestations or Guillain–Barre syndrome-like presentation.
Arpit Mittal, Sonu Kumar, Radhamohan Rana, Jaya Shankar Kaushik   +3 more
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Propafenone-induced liver injury in an elderly patient with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation--a new case report and literature review [PDF]

Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica, 2023
Antiarrhythmic drugs are used more and more often, which is related to the aging of the population and the growing number of arrhythmias, especially atrial fibrillation (AF).
Katarzyna Giedzicz, Marcin Dytkowski, Justyna Rentflejsz, Marta Swietek, Aleksandra Wojszel, Zyta Beata Wojszel   +5 more
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Role of Nutrition in the Etiopathogenesis and Prevention of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) in a Group of Obese Adults

Medicina, 2023
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is liver damage characterized by an accumulation of triglycerides in hepatocytes of >5% (due to an alteration of the balance of the lipid metabolism in favour of lipogenesis compared to lipolysis) that is not ...
Daniela Metro, Martina Buda, Luigi Manasseri, Francesco Corallo, Davide Cardile, Viviana Lo Buono, Angelo Quartarone, Lilla Bonanno   +7 more
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Effects of folic acid supplementation on liver enzymes, lipid profile, and insulin resistance in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A randomized controlled trial

Advanced Biomedical Research, 2023
Background: Previous evidence revealed an association between folate deficiency and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). This study is the first one investigating the effects of folic acid on hepatic steatosis grade, liver enzymes, insulin ...
Mohamad Reza Molaqanbari, Shadi Zarringol, Hamid Reza Talari, Mohsen Taghizadeh, Fereshteh Bahmani, Abbas Mohtashamian, Armin Ebrahimzadeh, Nasrin Sharifi   +7 more
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Liver involvement in pediatric celiac disease [PDF]

, 2015
Celiac disease (CD) is an intestinal inflammatory disease that manifests in genetically susceptible individuals when exposed to dietary gluten. It is a common chronic disorder, with a prevalence of 1% in Europe and North America.
Anania, Caterina, Chiesa, Claudio, De Castro, Giovanna, De Luca, Ester, Pacifico, Lucia   +4 more
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Genome-wide and Mendelian randomisation studies of liver MRI yield insights into the pathogenesis of steatohepatitis [PDF]

, 2020
Background A non-invasive method to grade the severity of steatohepatitis and liver fibrosis is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based corrected T1 (cT1).
Banerjee, R, Banerjee, R, Bell, J.D., Bell, J.D., Hemingway, H., Hemingway, H., Hingorani, A.D., Hingorani, A.D., Kelly, M., Kelly, M., McGonigle, J., McGonigle, J., Neubauer, S., Neubauer, S., Nicholls, R.C., Nicholls, R.C., Parisinos, C.A., Parisinos, C.A., Patel, R.S., Patel, R.S., Thomas, E.L., Thomas, E.L., Wilman, H., Wilman, H., Yaghootkar, H., Yaghootkar, H.   +25 more
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