Celebrating fifteen years of Annals of Hepatology publication: The international, open access, clinical journal devoted to liver diseases
Journal Title: Annals of Hepatology - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 1
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Authors and Affiliations
Rolf Teschke, Eric Yoshida, Nahum Méndez-Sánchez
Development of steatohepatitis in Ob/Ob mice is dependent on Toll-like receptor 4
Background and aim. The etiology of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) progression, and why some patients develop non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) vs. uncomplicated NAFLD, is not well understood. Obesity and N...
Evaluation of liver diseases in Iranian patients with primary antibody deficiencies
Introduction. Patients with primary antibody deficiency (PAD) can complicate with liver disease. This study was performed in order to study the prevalence and causes of hepatobiliary diseases in Iranian patients with PAD...
Most overweight and obese Indian children have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Background and rationale. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of pediatric liver disease in western countries. Its prevalence in Indian subcontinent is not well studied. Material and method...
D-MELD does not predict post-liver transplantation survival: a single-center experience from Brazil
Background. The D-MELD score was designed to prevent donor-recipient matches with a high risk of unfavorable outcome. The main objective of the present study was to assess the predictive value of the DMELD score for 1-mo...
Efficacy of maintenance subcutaneous hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) post-transplant for prophylaxis against hepatitis B recurrence.
Background. Patients who receive liver transplantation for chronic hepatitis B infection require long-term combination therapy with hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) and oral antiviral medication to prophylax against gra...