Imaging the Abdominal Manifestations of Cystic Fibrosis by C. D. Gillespie, M. K. O’Reilly, G. N. Allen, S. McDermott, V. O. Chan, C. A. Ridge

“…Subsequently, there is increasing focus on the impact of abdominal disease on quality of life and survival. Liver cirrhosis is the most important extrapulmonary cause of death in CF, yet significant challenges remain in the diagnosis of CF related liver disease. …”
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Early Kasai portoenterostomy in a 9-day-old newborn with extrahepatic biliary atresia: a case report highlighting improved prognosis with prompt intervention by Mortada H.F. El-Shabrawi, Gamal Eltagy, Mohamed Qinawy, Mohammed Am Oshi, Amjad Algethami, Nawaf A Alhujayri, Shaker S Alharthi, Abdullah M Alelyani, Naglaa M Kamal

“…Extrahepatic biliary atresia (EHBA) is a leading cause of neonatal cholestasis, often resulting in end-stage cirrhosis and portal hypertension without early diagnosis and treatment. …”
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An Optimal Algorithm for Determining Risk Factors for Complex Diseases: Depressive Disorder, Osteoporosis, and Fracture in Young Patients with Breast Cancer Receiving Curative Surg... by Chieh-Yu Liu, Chun-Hung Chang

“…Among the risk factors identified using this novel algorithm, liver cirrhosis and COPD have been rarely mentioned in the literature. …”
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The Use of Thrombopoietin Receptor Agonists for Correction of Thrombocytopenia prior to Elective Procedures in Chronic Liver Diseases: Review of Current Evidence by Kamran Qureshi, Shyam Patel, Andrew Meillier

“…Thrombocytopenia of cirrhosis is multifactorial in origin, and decreased activity of thrombopoietin has been identified to be a major cause. …”
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Pretransplant Evaluation and Liver Transplantation Outcome in PBC Patients by Maja Mijic, Ivona Saric, Bozena Delija, Milos Lalovac, Nikola Sobocan, Eva Radetic, Dora Martincevic, Tajana Filipec Kanizaj

“…Up to 40% of patients have an incomplete response to therapy, and over time disease progresses to liver cirrhosis. Several risk scores are proposed for better evaluation of patients before and during treatment to stratify patients at increased risk of disease progression. …”
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Efficacy of hepatitis B vaccination in patients awaiting liver transplantation in prophylaxis of <i>de novo</i> HBV-infection of a graft by V. Ye. Syutkin, O. I. Andreytseva, A. A. Saliyenko, A. V. Chzhao

“…Results of vaccination against hepatitis B in 41 patients with liver cirrhosis included into the Waiting list for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), and dynamics of HBV seromarkers in 72 patients before and after liver transplantation were analyzed.Results. …”
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Management of the Kidney Transplant Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection by Ignatius Y. S. Tang, Natasha Walzer, Nidhi Aggarwal, Ivo Tzvetanov, Scott Cotler, Enrico Benedetti

“…Renal transplant candidates with serologic evidence of HCV infection should undergo a liver biopsy to assess for fibrosis and cirrhosis. Patients with Metavir fibrosis score ≤3 and compensated cirrhosis should be evaluated for interferon-based therapy. …”
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Wilson – Konovalov Disease: Clinical Cases with Different Manifestations and Outcomes by O. V. Samodova, G. P. Smirnova, E. A. Krieger

“…Laboratory and instrumental examination enabled to diagnose Wilson – Konovalov disease at the stage of liver cirrhosis. The diagnosis was confirmed at the Federal medical center. …”
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The theses for MD degree by article Editorial

“…Yaroshenko – Comparative clinical characteristic of liver cirrhosis of various etiology.O.G. Stepanov – Regulatory disorders in pathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome in children.…”
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Apelin Serum Level in Egyptian Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C by Hala O. El-Mesallamy, Nadia M. Hamdy, Hanan H. Rizk, Abdel-Rahman El-Zayadi

“…Apelin; endogenous ligand for the orphan receptor APJ, was recently suggested to be associated with fibrosis progression and cirrhosis in addition to insulin resistance (IR) and inflammation. …”
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Microbial Translocation in Chronic Liver Diseases by Marilia Rita Pinzone, Benedetto Maurizio Celesia, Michele Di Rosa, Bruno Cacopardo, Giuseppe Nunnari

“…Furthermore, MT has been implicated in the pathogenesis of the complications of cirrhosis, which are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in cirrhotic subjects. …”
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Clinical Aspects and Prognosis Evaluation of Cirrhotic Patients Hospitalized with Acute Kidney Injury by Célio Geraldo de Oliveira Gomes, Marcus Vinicius Melo de Andrade, Ludmila Resende Guedes, Henrique Carvalho Rocha, Roberto Gardone Guimarães, Fernando Antônio Castro Carvalho, Eduardo Garcia Vilela

“…Acute kidney injury in cirrhosis has dire prognosis, particularly in patients with advanced cirrhosis and in nonresponders to volume expansion.…”
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Gambaran Kadar Trombosit, Besar Limpa dan Kadar Albumin Serum pada Pasien Sirosis Hati dengan Varises Esofagus by Vella Paraditha, Saptino Miro, Eti Yerizel

“…The </em><em>objective</em><em> of this study was to recognize platelet count, spleen size and serum albumin level of liver cirrhosis patient in each esophageal varices degree. …”
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Comprehensive profiling of serum microRNAs in normal and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients by Jian-Wei Zhang, Kamran Ullah, Nauman Khan, Hai-Tao Pan

“…Abstract Pediatric non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is emerging as a worldwide health concern with the potential to advance to cirrhosis and liver cancer. NAFLD can also directly contribute to heart problems through inflammation and insulin resistance, even in individuals without other risk factors. …”
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Vasopressin Antagonists and Dilutional Hyponatremia by D Mohamed Babatin, Samuel S Lee

“…The paradox of dilutional hyponatremia, as described by Ovid two millennia ago, continues to apply to patients with advanced cirrhosis today: they have unremitting thirst despite vastly increased total body water. …”
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Sonoclot Signature Analysis in Patients with Liver Disease and Its Correlation with Conventional Coagulation Studies by Priyanka Saxena, Chhagan Bihari, Archana Rastogi, Savita Agarwal, Lovkesh Anand, Shiv Kumar Sarin

“…Clinical and laboratory data from fifty inpatients of four subgroups of liver disease, including decompensated cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis with HCC and acute-on-chronic liver failure were analyzed. …”
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Liver and spleen elastography in diagnosis of extrahepatic portal vein obstruction: pilot study by M. Yu. Nadinskaya, Ye. O. Liusina, Ch. S. Pavlov

“…The study group: 19 patients (Age 21-76 years) with PVT diagnosed by multispiral computed angiography without liver/pancreatobiliary tumors and/or liver cirrhosis (LC). The comparison group included 23 patients with LC Child-Pugh class A. …”
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The Use of Noninvasive Velacur® for Discriminating between Volunteers and Patients with Chronic Liver Disease: A Feasibility Study by Michael P. Curry, Edward Tam, Caitlin Schneider, Noha Abdelgelil, Tarek Hassanien, Nezam H. Afdhal

“…Imaging-based noninvasive testing for liver fibrosis/cirrhosis is more accurate and is becoming more widespread. …”
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Disparate Intent-to-Treat Outcomes for Pediatric Liver Transplantation Based on Indication by Anna Lang, Cameron Goff, Ashley Montgomery, Jake Lynn, Spoorthi Kamepalli, John Goss, Abbas Rana

“…Hepatoblastoma (hazard ratio (HR): 3.73), autoimmune cirrhosis (HR: 1.86), and AHN (HR: 1.77) were associated with significantly increased intent-to-treat mortality. …”
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Effects of Late Evening Snack on Cirrhotic Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Ying-jie Guo, Zi-bin Tian, Na Jiang, Xue-li Ding, Tao Mao, Xue Jing

“…In this meta-analysis, we reviewed and quantified the effects of LES on energy metabolism and substrate oxidation in the patients with cirrhosis, which will be of benefit for liver cirrhosis nutritional therapy. …”
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