Latin American Association for the Study of the Liver (LAASL) Clinical Practice Guidelines: Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer in the world and the third most common cause of cancer death, and accounts for 5.6% of all cancers. Nearly 82% of the approximately 550,000 liver cancer deat...

Poor response to hepatitis C treatment in elderly patients

[b]Introduction[/b]. Treatment of genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C in elderly patients has been associated with low rates of a sustained virological response (SVR), but the reasons are unclear. Objective. To determine the...

Hypothermic preservation of rat liver microorgans (LMOs) in bes-gluconate solution. Protective effects of polyethyleneglycol (PEG) on total water content and functional viability

We have reported of an alternative solution to preserve hepatocytes that have three key components: gluconate, sucrose and an aminosulfonic acid (BGS solution). In order to extend the use of this solution to organs as th...

A rare case of recurrent prolonged hepatotoxicity due to ornidazole

Clinical approach to the patient with chronic hepatitis C infection and normal aminotransferases

Approximately 30% of patients with chronic HCV infection have persistently normal alanine aminotransferase levels (PNALT). Most of these patients have minimal or mild inflammation and absent or minimal fibrosis, although...