SVR24 rates in patients with HCV genotype 5 and 6 infection treated with peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD) plus ribavirin: results from the real world PROPHESYS study
Journal Title: Annals of Hepatology - Year 2014, Vol 13, Issue 2
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Authors and Affiliations
François D’heygere, Christophe George, Davender Tripathi, Calvin Q. Pan, Jose A. Giron, Manuela Schmitz, Fernando Tatsch
Juvenile hemochromatosis associated with heterozygosity for novel hemojuvelin mutations and with unknown cofactors
Background & Aims. Juvenile hemochromatosis (JH) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by severe early-onset iron overload, caused by mutations in hemojuvelin (HJV), hepcidin (HAMP), or a combi...
Course of a HBsAg positive liver transplantation in a hepatitis B and D virus coinfected recipient
The increasing demand for transplantation has led to consideration of liver grafts from donors exposed to hepatitis B virus (HBV). Six transplantations of liver grafts from hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive do...
Adult human liver contains intermediate-type proteasomes with different enzymatic properties
Background. The 20S proteasome is the proteolytic core of the major intracellular protein degradative system, the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Since little is known about proteasomes of human liver, we have investigated...
Spontaneous rupture of a giant non parasitic hepatic cyst presenting as an acute surgical abdomen
Spontaneous rupture of a non parasitic hepatic cyst is an extremely rare occurrence. A 50 -year- old male, was admitted with typical clinical manifestations of acute surgical abdomen. At exploratory laparotomy, a giant r...
A Case Report of Hepatocellular Carcinoma 5 Years After HBsAg Loss in Chronic Hepatitis Delta: How Long Surveillance is Required?
Background. Hepatitis delta virus infection occurs as acute co-infection or as superinfection in patients with preexisting chronic hepatitis B. Chronic hepatitis delta leads to more severe disease than chronic hepatitis...