A machine learning based algorithm accurately stages liver disease by quantification of arteries by Zhengxin Li, Xin Sun, Zhimin Zhao, Qiang Yang, Yayun Ren, Xiao Teng, Dean C. S. Tai, Ian R. Wanless, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Chenghai Liu

“…Abstract A major histologic feature of cirrhosis is the loss of liver architecture with collapse of tissue and vascular changes per unit. …”
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Algorithm of management of patient with alcohol-induced liver disease by M. V. Mayevskaya, M. A. Morozova

“…The alcohol-induced liver disease includes some variants of parenchymal damage caused by regular alcohol intake: steatosis, alcoholic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis (LC). There are series of factors contributing to ALD development. …”
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The Risk Factors for Mortality among Septic Trauma Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using the National Trauma Data Bank by Nadim Kattouf, Mohamad Assaf, Saadeddine Haidar, Rana Bachir, Mazen El Sayed, Ralph BouChebl

“…Among trauma patients who developed sepsis, age, chronic renal failure, cirrhosis, the development of cardiac arrest, acute kidney injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and stroke in the hospital were associated with in-hospital mortality. …”
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Thrombophilic Genetic Factors PAI-1, MTHFRC677T, V Leiden 506Q, and Prothrombin 20210A in Noncirrhotic Portal Vein Thrombosis and Budd-Chiari Syndrome in a Caucasian Population by Mario D’Amico, Pietro Sammarco, Linda Pasta

“…Our study shows an important role of PAI-14G-4G and MTHFR677TT in abdominal thrombosis without liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma.…”
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Impact of thrombocytopenia on failure of endoscopic variceal treatment in cirrhotic patients with acute variceal bleeding by Yan He, Fernando Gomes Romeiro, Mingyu Sun, Fanpu Ji, Qiang Zhu, Yingli He, Dapeng Ma, Shanshan Yuan, Xiaofeng Liu, Cyriac Abby Philips, Metin Basaranoglu, Nahum Méndez-Sánchez, Kanokwan Pinyopornpanish, Yiling Li, Yunhai Wu, Ling Yang, Lichun Shao, Andrea Mancuso, Yu Chen, Frank Tacke, Su Lin, Lei Liu, Bimin Li, Xingshun Qi

“…Background: Acute variceal bleeding (AVB), a life-threatening complication of liver cirrhosis, can be effectively treated by endoscopy, but there is a risk of early rebleeding after endoscopic variceal treatment (EVT). …”
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Acute Abdomen Secondary to Incarcerated Umbilical Hernia after Treatment of Massive Cirrhotic Ascites by Hiang Keat Tan, Pik Eu Chang

“…Umbilical herniation is common in patients with liver cirrhosis and ascites. Rarely, they suffer from incarceration and strangulation of the umbilical hernia after treatment of ascites. …”
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Dysfunction of ATP7B Splicing Variant Caused by Enhanced Interaction With COMMD1 in Wilson DiseaseSummary by Donghu Zhou, Huaduan Zi, Xiaoxi Yang, Xiaojin Li, Yanmeng Li, Anjian Xu, Bei Zhang, Wei Zhang, Xiaojuan Ou, Jidong Jia, Jian Huang, Hong You

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Cancer Cell‐Derived Exosomal miR‐500a‐3p Modulates Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation and the Immunosuppressive Microenvironment by Yu Zhang, Xin Li, Huiyan Chen, Jiawei Li, Xiaohuan Guo, Yilin Fang, Linjie Chen, Kaiqiang Li, Yi Zhang, Fei Kong, Aodong Chen, Jianxin Lyu, Wei Zhang, Zhen Wang

“…Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) mainly depends on liver fibrosis/cirrhosis, which is regulated by tumor cells and the tumor microenvironment (TME), and is a crucial factor in tumor progression. …”
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Hepatitis B Learning Needs Assessment of Family Medicine Trainees in Canada: Results of a Nationwide Survey by Justina J Sam, E Jenny Heathcote, David KH Wong, Douglas L Wooster, Hemant Shah

“…BACKGROUND: An estimated 350 million people worldwide have chronic hepatitis B (CHB), which is a major cause of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.…”
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Mycophenolate Mofetil for the Treatment of Autoimmune Hepatitis in Patients Refractory or Intolerant to Conventional Therapy by Kaveh Sharzehi, Mary Ann Huang, Ian R Schreibman, Kimberly A Brown

“…BACKGROUND: Autoimmune hepatitis is characterized by hepatocellular inflammation often progressing to cirrhosis. Standard treatment consists of corticosteroids and azathioprine. …”
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Current Treatment Options for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis by Melanie D Beaton

“…It is a cause of end-stage liver disease, with increased mortality secondary to cirrhosis and its complications. It is also recognized that cardiovascular disease is a significant cause of death in these patients. …”
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Endoscopic sclerotherapy of esophageal varices. A case report by Pedro Juan Vázquez González, Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola

“…A case of a patient with liver cirrhosis that had been previously diagnosed in the Department of Gastroenterology of the General University Hospital "Dr. …”
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Recovery from Liver Failure and Fibrosis in a Rat Portacaval Anastomosis Model after Neurointermediate Pituitary Lobectomy by Martín Muñoz-Ortega, Noé Macías-Segura, Javier Ventura-Juárez, Manuel Enrique Ávila-Blanco, Leonardo D. Ponce-Damian, Daniel González-Blas, Esperanza Sánchez-Alemán, Andrés Quintanar-Stephano

“…Liver diseases, including cirrhosis, viral hepatitis, and hepatocellular carcinoma, account for approximately two million annual deaths worldwide. …”
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Association of eNOS Gene Polymorphisms G894T and T-786C with Risk of Hepatorenal Syndrome by Yuksel Seckin, Ali Yigit, Elif Yesilada, Gonca Gulbay, Yasir Furkan Cagin, Harika Gozukara, Yılmaz Bılgıc, Oguzhan Yildirim, Yusuf Turkoz, Zeynep Aksungur

“…This study was carried out in a group of 92 patients with cirrhosis (44 patients with type-2 HRS and 48 without HRS) and 50 healthy controls. …”
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Spleno-Mesenteric Venous Blood Flow Dynamics in Adult Patients with Chronic Portal Vein Thrombosis Analyzed by Sequential CT-Spleno- and Mesenterico-Portography by Alexandra Schlitt, Andrea Goetz, Christian Stroszczynski, Florian Zeman, Christina Hackl, Hans J. Schlitt, Ernst-Michael Jung, Wibke Uller, Simone Hammer

“…Objective: To assess the effects of PV confluence thrombosis (PVCT) and liver cirrhosis on venous blood flow characteristics of patients with PVT. …”
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Putative and pretreatment drug resistance mutations in reverse transcriptase gene among untreated chronic hepatitis B patients at Arifin Achmad Regional District Hospital, Riau, In... by Arfianti Arfianti, Fauzia Andrini Djojosugito, Maisaroh Maisaroh, Hendra Asputra, Dita Kartika Sari, Tubagus Odih Rhomdani Wahid

“…Results: The study subjects comprised 14 CHB patients without complications and 12 CHB patients with cirrhosis/hepatoma. CHB patients with cirrhosis/hepatoma were older than those without complications. …”
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: comparative assessment of diagnostic and treatment approaches in the Russian Federation and People’s Republic of China by M. Ch. Semenistaya, Fan Jian-Gao, O. B. Velichenko, Ye. A. Kuznetsova, Ch. S. Pavlov

“…Pharmacotherapy is recommended in the case of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) progression (bridging fibrosis ³ F2 and cirrhosis), as well as the earlier stages of NASH with two and more fibrosis progression risk factors (age over 50 years, diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, alanine transaminase elevation). …”
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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Caused by Listeria monocytogenes Associated with Ascitic Fluid Lymphocytosis: A Case Report and Review of Current Empiric Therapy by Todd Yecies, Sanae Inagami

“…We describe a case of SBP caused by Listeria monocytogenes in a patient with alcoholic cirrhosis. This was associated with the unusual finding of ascitic fluid lymphocytosis, which previously had only been associated with tuberculoid or malignant ascites. …”
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Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C - Who Should Not Be Treated? by Andreas Schüler, Michael Peter Manns

“…The decision to treat a patient with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is based on what is known about the risk factors for developing liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as on conditions that contraindicate therapy or impair therapy effectiveness. …”
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Hemoperitoneum Secondary to Spontaneous Rupture of a Retroperitoneal Varix by Derrick D. Eichele

“…We present a unique case of a 56-year-old female with cirrhosis secondary to primary sclerosing cholangitis who presented with acute abdominal pain and hypovolemic shock prior to a cardiac arrest following a ruptured retroperitoneal varix without prior esophageal varices and a newly identified intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. …”
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