Probiotics and synbiotics may improve liver aminotransferases levels in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is defined as a spectrum of liver diseases ranging from simple steatosis to steatohepatitis (NASH). Alterations in intestinal microbiota and inflammatory response may play a key...

High clinical manifestation rate in an imported outbreak of hepatitis E genotype 1 infection in a German group of travellers returning from India

Background. There are only few reports about travel-associated, imported tropical hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype 1 infectionswithin Western travellers. We describe the clinical course of a single outbreak of hepatitis...

De-novo cholangiocarcinoma in native common bile duct remnant following OLT for primary sclerosing cholangitis

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic, progressive, inflammatory and obstructive disease of the intra- and extra-hepatic bile ducts of unknown etiology. Currently, orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is th...

Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio as a predictor of esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients

Expression of Natural Killer Cell Inhibitory Receptors is Associated with Significant Liver Injury in Chronic Hepatitis C in Children

Introduction and aim. Natural Killer (NK) cells play an important role in innate immune response to viral infections and their high proportion is situated in the liver. The aim of this study was to analyze possible relat...