Cryptogenic Cirrhosis and Sitosterolemia: A Treatable Disease If Identified but Fatal If Missed

Sitosterolemia is an autosomal recessive metabolic disease caused by mutations in ABCG5 or ABCG8 genes which encode for the (ATP)-binding cassette (ABC) transporters that are responsible for the trafficking of xenosterol...

Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio as a predictor of esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients

The fate of fatty liver disease: of bile and fatty acids

Liver stiffness assessed by transient elastography in patients with β thalassaemia major

Rationale for the study. This cross-sectional multicenter study was conducted to investigate any difference in liver stiffness measurements (LSM), evaluated by transient elastography, between patients affected by β thal...

Efficacy of triple therapy with thymalfasin, peginterferon α-2a, and ribavirin for the treatment of hispanic chronic HCV nonresponders

Background/Aims: Thymalfasin has shown efficacy in the treatment of chronic HCV infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of triple therapy with thymalfasin, peginterferon α-2a (PEG-I...