Autoimmune Hepatitis: Clinical Manifestations and Diagnostic Criteria by Ian G Mcfarlane

“…Specificity for excluding definite AIH in patients with chronic viral hepatitis and circulating autoantibodies or patients with overlapping cholestatic syndromes was 98% to 100%, but specificity for excluding probable AIH in these disorders ranged from only 60% to 80%. …”
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Rifampicin for Treatment of Cholestatic Pruritus Caused by Drug-Induced Acute Liver Injury as Assessed by the RUCAM Classification by Ali R. Ahmadi, Maria Chicco, Marcel van den Berge

“…The patient had no history of liver disease and no risk factors for viral hepatitis. Extensive laboratory testing, radiographic imaging, and liver biopsy excluded a majority of potential pathologies. …”
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Atypical Manifestation of DRESS Syndrome by Christopher Hakim, Constantine Melitas, Eric Nguyen, Kha Ngo

“…The differential for liver transaminases over 1000 units/liter typically includes liver ischemia, acute viral hepatitis, acetaminophen toxicity, and autoimmune hepatitis. …”
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Detection of Antibody to Envelope (E2) Antigen of Hepatitis C Virus by RK Chaudhary, E Burres

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A Case of Acute Hepatitis E Infection in a Patient with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Treated Successfully with Ribavirin by Hasan N. Y. Haboubi, Rizwan Diyar, Ann Benton, Chin Lye Ch’ng

“…We present the case of a man who, following immunosuppressive treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, became infected with viral hepatitis E. Acute hepatitis E virus infection should be considered in patients with deranged liver function on a background of haematological malignancies or immunosuppression, even without travel to endemic regions. …”
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Cellular and immune landscape of chronic liver diseases: insights from immunophenotyping by Shaghayegh Soleimani, Shaghayegh Soleimani, Ozgur Albayrak, Kayra Somay, Hong Yang, Buket Yigit, Burge Ulukan, Dila Atak, Murat Akyildiz, Metehan Gursoy, Elif Demirtas, Adil Mardinoglu, Adil Mardinoglu, Atay Vural, Atay Vural, Murat Dayangac, Mujdat Zeybel

“…BackgroundChronic liver disease due to alcohol-related liver disease and chronic viral hepatitis pose a substantial burden on healthcare systems. …”
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PPAR Could Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Osamu Kimura, Yasuteru Kondo, Tooru Shimosegawa

“…Viral hepatitis with hepatitis C virus or hepatitis B virus and chronic liver disease such as alcoholic or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis are critical factors in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). …”
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Lipid spectrum in liver cells and peripheral blood lymphocytes at children with chronic hepatitis B by V. G. Bulygin

“…To study parameters of lipid composition of liver cells and peripheral blood lymphocytes at children with chronic viral hepatitis B, as well as the relation of these parameters to the stage of disease chronization.Material and methods. …”
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Controlled Attenuation Parameter for Quantification of Steatosis: Which Cut-Offs to Use? by Roxana Sirli, Ioan Sporea

“…Hepatic steatosis (HS), encountered not only in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) but also in chronic viral hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease, etc., plays an important role in fibrosis progression, regardless of CLD etiology; thus, detection and quantification of HS are imperative. …”
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Acute Cholestatic Hepatitis A Virus Infection Presenting with Hemolytic Anemia and Renal Failure: A Case Report by Robert T. Lapp, Fedja Rochling

“…Hepatitis A virus is the most common acute viral hepatitis worldwide with approximately 1.5 million cases annually. …”
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Transfusion-transmitted hepatitis E by LI Baixun, LIU Tianxu, HUANG Liqin, DANG Yingnan, WANG Lin

“…Hepatitis E is an acute and self-limiting viral hepatitis caused by the hepatitis E virus (HEV). …”
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Prevalence of Blood-Borne Viruses in Health Care Workers of a Northern District in Pakistan: Risk Factors and Preventive Behaviors by Muhammad Zuhaib Khan, Shahab Saqib, Sayed Irtiza Hussain Shah Gardyzi, Javaria Qazi

“…Blood-borne viral infections like viral hepatitis are highly prevalent in Pakistan. There is also a potential threat of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) spread in the country. …”
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Successful Integration of Hepatitis C Virus Point-of-Care Tests into the Denver Metro Health Clinic by A. Jewett, A. A. Al-Tayyib, L. Ginnett, B. D. Smith

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Sodium selenite antagonizes trimethyl tin-induced chicken hepatotoxic hepatitis through the RNS/NF-κB/NLRP3 pathway by Xinzhang Chen, Xu Lin

“…However, it has not been reported whether selenium enrichment can antagonize TMT-induced viral hepatitis in poultry. To fill this gap, AA broiler models exposed to TMT for 42 d were established and fed a Se-enriched diet at the same time. …”
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Diphenhydramine as a Cause of Drug-Induced Liver Injury by Yunseok Namn, Yecheskel Schneider, Isabelle H. Cui, Arun Jesudian

“…A thorough workup of liver injury ruled out viral hepatitis (including A, B, C, and E), autoimmune, toxic, ischemic, and metabolic etiologies including Wilson’s disease. …”
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Unexplained Findings of Kayser-Fleischer-Like Rings in a Patient with Cryptogenic Cirrhosis by Mahreema Jawairia, Miral Subhani, Ghulam Siddiqui, Apsara Prasad, Ghulamullah Shahzad, Kaleem Rizvon, Paul Mustacchia

“…Cryptogenic cirrhosis (CC) is defined as cirrhosis occurring in an individual without an identifiable cause of liver disease, such as excessive alcohol consumption, viral hepatitis infection, hemochromatosis, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, chronic intake of medications that could induce cirrhosis, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, Wilson’s disease, or any other rare cause of cirrhosis according to the clinical context. …”
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Liver Fibrosis and Protection Mechanisms Action of Medicinal Plants Targeting Apoptosis of Hepatocytes and Hepatic Stellate Cells by Florent Duval, Jorge E. Moreno-Cuevas, Maria Teresa González-Garza, Carlos Rodríguez-Montalvo, Delia Elva Cruz-Vega

“…The pandemic trend of obesity, combined with the high incidence of alcohol intake and viral hepatitis infections, highlights the urgent need to find accessible antifibrotic therapies. …”
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Liver Transplantation in the Treatment of Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Absence of Liver Cirrhosis by O. D. Olisov, M. S. Novruzbekov, I. E. Galankina, L. N. Zimina, V. A. Gulyaev, L. V. Donova, M. Sh. Khubutiya

“…Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most common types of cancer, which occurs mainly in patients with liver cirrhosis and chronic viral hepatitis. Only about 10 % of HCC develops in non-cirrhotic liver among young and somatically healthy patients. 1-, 3-, 5-year recurrence-free and overall survival in LT group was significantly better than in the control group.Conclusion.  …”
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Liver Fibrosis and Mechanisms of the Protective Action of Medicinal Plants Targeting Inflammation and the Immune Response by Florent Duval, Jorge E. Moreno-Cuevas, María Teresa González-Garza, Carmen Maldonado-Bernal, Delia Elva Cruz-Vega

“…The pandemic trend of obesity, combined with the high incidence of alcohol intake and viral hepatitis infections, highlights the urgent need to find accessible antifibrotic therapies. …”
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Autoimmune Conditions in 235 Hemochromatosis Probands with HFE C282Y Homozygosity and Their First-Degree Relatives by James C. Barton, J. Clayborn Barton

“…We performed a retrospective study of autoimmune conditions (ACs) in 235 hemochromatosis probands at diagnosis by analyzing age, sex, ACs, history of first-degree family members with ACs (FH), diabetes, heavy ethanol consumption, elevated serum ALT/AST, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, iron removed to achieve iron depletion (QFe), and positivity for human leukocyte antigen (HLA) haplotypes A∗01, B∗08; A∗02, B∗44; A∗03, B∗07; A∗03, B∗14; and A∗29, B∗44. …”
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