Complete remission of visceral and cutaneous Kaposi´s sarcoma after liver-kidney transplantati
Journal Title: Annals of Hepatology - Year 2010, Vol 9, Issue 4
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Authors and Affiliations
Marcelo Amante, Nora Cejas, Estela Krowicki, María Pestalardo, Oscar Imventarza, Raquel Bistoletti
IL-1β siRNA adenovirus benefits liver regeneration by improving mesenchymal stem cells survival after acute liver failure
Background: Uncontrolled hapatic inflammatory response is regarded as the primary pathological mechanism of acute liver failure and impairs the regeneration of hepatocytes and stem cell grafts. Interleukin-1 plays a key...
Drug induced liver injury: do we still need a routine liver biopsy for diagnosis today?
For the pathologist, the diagnosis of drug induced liver injury (DILI) is challenging, because histopathological features mimic all primary hepatic and biliary diseases, lacking changes that are specific for DILI. Theref...
Hepatogenous diabetes. Current views of an ancient problem
Diabetes developed as a complication of cirrhosis is known as hepatogenous diabetes» (HD). Around 30% to 60% of cirrhotic patients suffer from this metabolic disorder. Insulin resistance in muscular, hepatic and adipose...
Alcohol use among patients with HIV infection
Objective. To evaluate alcohol use in patients with HIV infection, assess ethnic and social associations, and describe outcomes. Material and methods. Design: cohort study. Setting: Academic HIV-Liver Clinic. Patients: 4...
Drug-induced fatty liver disease: An overview of pathogenesis and management
Over the past decades, many drugs have been identified, that can potentially induce steatohepatitis in the predisposed individual. Classically this has been incriminated to amiodarone, perhexiline, and 4,4’-diethylaminoe...