Advances in intrahepatic and extrahepatic vascular dysregulations in cirrhotic portal hypertension by Yanqiu Li, Bingbing Zhu, Ke Shi, Yu Lu, Xuanwei Zeng, Yongqi Li, Qun Zhang, Ying Feng, Xianbo Wang

“…Cirrhotic portal hypertension, the most prevalent and clinically significant complication of liver cirrhosis, manifests as elevated portal venous pressure and is associated with severe complications. …”
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Management of adult patients with alcoholic liver disease: clinical guidelines of the Russian Scientific Liver Society by V. T. Ivashkin, M. V. Mayevskaya, Ch. S. Pavlov, Yu. P. Sivolap, V. D. Lunkov, M. S. Zharkova, R. V. Maslennikov

“…The alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a clinical and morphological entity that encompasses several forms of the liver parenchyma lesions resulting from alcohol abuse, that range from steatosis to alcoholic hepatitis (steatohepatitis) followed by progression to fibrosis, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Alcoholic liver cirrhosis gives significant impact to digestive disease associated motility. …”
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Liver transplantation in glycogen storage disease type III: A case‐series by Simon Gay, Adrien Bigot, Louis d'Alteroche, Fanny Dujardin, Gaëlle Fromont‐Hankard, Nathalie Tressel, Ephrem Salame, François Maillot

“…Long‐term hepatic monitoring is essential for early detection of complications such as cirrhosis and HCC. LT indications should be individually evaluated, preferring less invasive options. …”
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Comparing Mortality Risk Predictive Ability of Different Scoring Systems in Cirrhotic Patients with Bacteremia by Chi-Chieh Hung, Yin-Chou Hsu, Kuo-Hsuan Lin

“…Patients with liver cirrhosis and bacteremia have substantially higher risk of mortality and morbidity. …”
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Interactions between Myc and Mediators of Inflammation in Chronic Liver Diseases by Ting Liu, Yu Zhou, Kwang Suk Ko, Heping Yang

“…Their interactions play a central role in fibrosis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. Molecular interference of their interactions offers possible therapeutic potential for CLDs. …”
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Histomorphologic liver abnormalities in a group of alcoholic patients by Libán Álvarez Cáceres, Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola, Merlyn Arce Núñez.

“…<strong><br />Conclusion</strong>: there were a high proportion of patients with impaired liver aminotransferases and severe histological diagnoses, especially those of chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis.…”
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A Curious Case of Iron-Deficiency Anemia by Seth Shaffer, Mayur Brahmania, Hemant Shah

“…His past history was significant for cirrhosis based on a previous variceal bleed but a workup for chronic liver disease was negative and a liver biopsy did not show steatosis, fibrosis, or cirrhosis. …”
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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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Is computerised tomography better than fibreoptic gastroscopy for early detection of gastric varices? by Burak Suvak, Murat Kekilli, Yavuz Beyazit, Sarper Okten, Alpaslan Tanoglu, Nurgul Sasmaz

“…Material and methods : In this retrospective study, a total of 216 consecutive patients with cirrhosis were evaluated at the Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital between September 2008 and March 2011. …”
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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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Prevalence and associated factors of MAFLD in adults with type 2 diabetes. by Yifei He, Feng Xiao, Bin Yi, Jin Lu

“…Moreover, heart failure is an independent factor associated with advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis.…”
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