Treatment of recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation.

abstract：:Serologic assays for HBV are the mainstay diagnostic tools for HBV infection. However, the advent of molecular biology-based techniques has added a new dimension to the diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic HBV infection. Over the past decade, improvements in molecular technology, permitting detection of as...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Servoss JC,Friedman LS

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary liver cancer is the fifth most common malignancy worldwide and the third leading cause of cancer mortality. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common cause of chronic liver disease in the United States encompassing a spectrum of entities marked by hepatic steatosis in the absence of significant alco...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Page JM,Harrison SA

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) has been demonstrated to be an excellent predictor of survival in patients who have end-stage liver disease. It is derived from the international normalized ratio (INR) of prothrombin time, serum creatinine, and serum total bilirubin. The major use of the MELD score is to p...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Kamath PS,Kim WR

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most consistently identified predictive factors for a response to both IFN-alpha monotherapy and IFN-alpha in combination with ribavirin are a low HCV RNA level, the absence of fibrosis, infection with HCV genotype 2 and 3, and a prolonged duration of treatment. In addition, an early response to IFN-alpha predicts...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Barnes E,Webster G,Whalley S,Dusheiko G

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is no secret that the health care environment today is motivated by the underlying, largely economic impetus of managed care. This is particularly evident within the organ transplantation community, where third party payers hope to minimize their financial risk by relying more and more on "centers of excellence" ne...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Evans RW,Kitzmann DJ

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HCV infection becomes persistent in many patients who are otherwise immune competent. There is increasing support for potential contribution of innate immune response and viral interference with its components to the subsequent outcome. As for the adaptive immune response, humoral immunity may be largely ineffective d...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Chang KM

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The answers to these questions are key to understanding the pathogenesis of PBC. Although the study of PBC is significantly retarded by the lack of an adequate animal model, the molecular technology to address these issues is advancing rapidly. In addition, the ability to isolate and culture human biliary epithelial c...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Mayo MJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have many treatment options. For patients with surgical indication, consideration of future liver remnant and the surgical complexity of the procedure is essential. A new 3-level complexity classification categorizing 11 liver resection procedures predicts surgical complexi...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Kawaguchi Y,Lillemoe HA,Vauthey JN

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related sclerosing cholangitis (IgG4-SC) is the biliary manifestation of the multisystem IgG4-related disease. IgG4-SC presents with biliary strictures and/or masses that can bear a striking similarity to other malignant and inflammatory diseases. Diagnosis is based on a combination of clinica...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Smit WL,Culver EL,Chapman RW

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The greatest challenge facing liver transplantation today is the shortage of donor livers. Demand far exceeds supply, and this deficit has driven expansion of what is considered an acceptable organ. The evolving standard has not come without costs, however, as each new frontier of expanded donor quality (i.e., advanci...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Feng S,Lai JC

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current prophylactic measures have greatly reduced recurrence rates of hepatitis B after liver transplantation. HBIG remains a critically important compound and although there is variability in dosing regimens and target anti-HBs levels, it is the backbone of recurrence prevention. Adjuvant therapies with nucleoside/n...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Poordad FF

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scientists and clinicians have made tremendous advances in understanding the pathogenesis of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and have developed impressive strategies for treating this hepatotropic virus in the short time since its discovery in 1989. This article goes beyond the current guidelines for the treatment o...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Darling JM,Fried MW

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite significant advances in nonsurgical treatments of hepatocellular carcinoma, these approaches rarely result in cure. Surgery remains the mainstay of curative therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma. Liver transplantation, in particular, has emerged as one of the most beneficial therapeutic modalities. Questions re...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Masuoka HC,Rosen CB

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, the 4 phases of chronic HBV infection are reviewed and the factors that are associated with disease progression and the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cirrhosis are discussed. Also discussed is what is known to date about how to identify persons at the highest risk of developing HCC...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： McMahon BJ

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the introduction of small bowel capsule endoscopy, and more recently of esophageal capsule endoscopy, these diagnostic tools have become available for the evaluation of the consequences of portal hypertension in the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine. The main advantage of the esophageal and the small bowel...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Rondonotti E,Villa F,Dell' Era A,Tontini GE,de Franchis R

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of hepatitis C virus (HCV) molecular virology is helping to shape the future of our anti-HCV strategies by identifying new antiviral targets. With the advent of agents that specifically target individual HCV proteins, HCV-specific therapy has arrived. Key to these efforts is the development of high-efficienc...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Glenn JS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) and de novo AIH are 2 important causes of late graft failure after liver transplantation (LT). Recurrent AIH occurs in patients who undergo LT for AIH. De novo AIH occurs in patients who are transplanted for etiologies other than AIH. Although typically treated with standard treatm...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Beal EW,Black SM,Michaels A

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is an immune-mediated, autodestructive liver disease with hepatocytes as target cells, mostly affecting young women. Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is also regarded as an autoimmune liver disease with bile duct epithelia as the target cells, resulting in a continuous loss of bile ducts. Bot...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Dienes HP,Erberich H,Dries V,Schirmacher P,Lohse A

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver transplantation in pediatrics has become an accepted modality of treatment in end-stage liver disease and irreversible acute liver failure. Biliary atresia is the most common indication requiring liver transplantation in children. The diagnosis and causes of acute liver failure in children differ from those in a...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Kerkar N,Emre S

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In conclusion, the natural history of chronic HCV infection has not yet been fully defined. Current data suggest that the process runs an indolent course during the first two decades after initial infection, accounting for modest morbidity and mortality. Serious sequelae are more likely to emerge as the disease proces...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Seeff LB

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pruritus is a common symptom with primary biliary cholangitis. Research has focused on refining understanding of the neurohumoral pathways involved in transduction of pruritus from peripheral cutaneous receptors to the central nervous system, and identifying modulating drugs. Current treatments have variable efficacy ...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Carrion AF,Rosen JD,Levy C

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imaging and imaging guided intervention have revolutionized the management of hepatic inflammatory diseases. Pyogenic abscess is preferentially treated percutaneously. Radiologic techniques are crucial for the diagnosis of amebic liver abscess and infectious conditions of the liver in immunocompromised patients. ...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Ralls PW

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past two decades, pediatric liver transplantation has become the state-of-the-art operation with anticipated success and limited mortality. The future success of pediatric liver transplantation will require thoughtful solutions to the delicate balance of risk to donors and recipients, the complex needs of the a...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Tiao G,Ryckman FC

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newer noninvasive tests have begun to replace liver biopsy for staging purposes. The clinician must evaluate these tools and apply them to individual patients. None of these modalities give the exact same staging of fibrosis as a liver biopsy, but they are excellent tools for risk stratification. Still, it should be r...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Bonder A,Tapper EB,Afdhal NH

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early diagnosis of HCC is possible because certain risk factors for this tumor are known and because sensitive and relatively inexpensive diagnostic tools are available. Early diagnosis of HCC is also possible because of the long phase of asymptomatic tumor growth and the tumor's tendency to grow as a solitary mass in...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Colombo M

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic granulomas are a common finding in systemic sarcoidosis, but most patients remain asymptomatic. Elevated alkaline phosphatase is the most common sign of hepatic sarcoidosis (HS). Lacking a specific diagnostic test, the diagnosis of HS is one of exclusion. Therapy may be indicated in a minority of patients to c...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Kumar M,Herrera JL

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute liver failure (ALF) is a rare but highly fatal condition. The most common causes include drug-induced and viral hepatitis, but other less common etiologies, especially autoimmune hepatitis, Budd-Chiari syndrome, and Wilson disease, need to be considered. Because diagnosis is frequently tied to potential for reve...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Rosenblatt R,Brown RS Jr

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver cancer is the second leading cause of global cancer mortality. The major risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are being addressed with success by prevention efforts. Vaccination against hepatitis B virus has reduced incidence of HCC in Taiwan and is partly responsible for lower rates in China. New inf...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： McGlynn KA,Petrick JL,London WT

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical cholestasis after liver transplantation is common and often has no clinical significance if biliary anastomosis strictures and leaks have been excluded. There is no agreed upon definition for severe cholestasis, but it is associated with a worse mortality. There has been little evaluation on risk factors, ...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Corbani A,Burroughs AK

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of patients who have portal hypertension has changed dramatically over the last 2 decades. Pharmacologic therapy benefits the patient by reducing the risk for an initial bleed, improving the management of an acute bleed, and in reducing the risk for a rebleed. Endoscopic management has improved progress...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Henderson JM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00