Hepatic lymphoma in a post renal transplant patient with chronic hepatitis B
Journal Title: Annals of Hepatology - Year 2010, Vol 9, Issue 1
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Authors and Affiliations
Mazhar Haque, Douglas Webber, Paula Kebarle, R. Jean Shapiro, Eric Yoshida
Epidemiology and natural history of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
[b][/b]The authors summarize and update the most recent knowledge in the field of prevalence, natural history and incidence of Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). These nov...
Acute and fulminant hepatitis induced by flutamide: Case series report and review of the literature
Flutamide is a non-steroidal anti-androgenic drug, commonly used in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer, acne and hirsutism. This drug may induce various degrees of liver injury, including acute liver failure (ALF)...
Band ligation vs. N-Butyl-2-cyanoacrylate injection in acute gastric variceal bleeding: a prospective follow-up study
Background. Treatment of gastric varices (GV) implies a number of several difficulties and sometimes entails complications. The best endoscopic success rate was attributed until now to the use of tissue adhesives(N-Butyl...
AST to platelet ratio index (APRI) for the noninvasive evaluation of liver fibrosis
Liver biopsy is the recognized gold standard for liver fibrosis staging. The aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index (APRI) has been proposed as a noninvasive and readily available tool for the assessment of l...
The role of zinc in liver cirrhosis
Zinc is an essential trace element playing fundamental roles in cellular metabolism. It acts mostly by binding a wide range of proteins, thus affecting a broad spectrum of biological processes, which include cell divisio...