Reversal of advanced fibrosis after long-term ursodeoxycholic acid therapy in a patient with residual expression of MDR3

Introduction. Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3 (PFIC-3) is a severe liver disorder associated with inherited dysfunction of multidrug resistance protein 3 (MDR3/ABCB4), which functions as a phospholip...

Minimally invasive treatment of Mirizzi’s syndrome: is there a safe way? Report of a case series

Mirizzi’s syndrome (MS) is a rare complication of the inveterate biliary lithiasis. Diagnostic and therapeutic standardization is still missing, especially since laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the gold standard...

The Annals of Hepatology welcomes the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver (CASL)

Annals Impact Factor 1.67. Welcome to the IF club: achievement and challeng

Impact of creatinine values on MELD scores in male and female candidates for liver transplantation

[b]Introduction[/b]. A systematic bias against women, resulting from the use of creatinine as a measure of renal function, has been identified in Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD)-based liver allocation. Correctio...