Liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in Mexico: impact of chronic infection by hepatitis viruses B and C

Direct Acting Antivirals Improve HCV Treatment Initiation and Adherence Among Underserved African Americans

Introduction. Adherence to hepatitis C (HCV) care was suboptimal in the interferon era among underserved African Americans (AA), but adherence data in the era of direct acting antivirals (DAA) is lacking in this populati...

Intestinal mucosal proliferation, apoptosis and oxidative stress in patients with liver cirrhosis

[b]Background[/b]. Intestinal mucosal barrier dysfunction in liver cirrhosis and its implicated mechanisms is of great clinical importance because it is associated with the development of serious complications from diver...

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...

Treatment of hyperferritinemia

Elevated serum ferritin, or hyperferritinemia, is a common finding on routine bloodwork and often prompts referral for further evaluation. In the following review, we outline the various causes of hyperferritinemia and p...