Relation of osteocalcin with insulin resistance and histopathological changes of non alcoholic fatty liver disease

Background. Osteocalcin is a hormone with a complex cross-talk between adipose tissue and the skeleton. The aim of the present study was to explore the relation of osteocalcin with histopathological changes of NALFD pati...

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...

Hepatocellular carcinoma arising in a telangiectatic hepatocellular adenoma

Telangiectatic hepatocellular adenoma is a rare, recently recognized subtype of benign liver tumor that may very rarely undergo transformation into hepatocellular carcinoma. We report an unusual case of a 75-year-old wom...

Patients with hyponatremic cirrhosis have low-grade cerebral edema and poor quality-of-life

Drug induced liver injury: accuracy of diagnosis in published reports

The diagnosis of drug induced liver injury (DILI) is based primarily on the exclusion of alternative causes. To assess the frequency of alternative causes in initially suspected DILI cases, we searched the Medline databa...