Chronic hepatitis B: past, present, and future.

abstract：:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are examples of complex diseases accompanied by changes in the expression of thousands of genes and a plethora of proteins encoded by these genes. Before the era of high-throughput analysis, typical translational research initiatives, a...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Baranova A,Liotta L,Petricoin E,Younossi ZM

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased survival for young liver transplant recipients has greatly improved. Increasing success has led to broader indications, thereby increasing the number of potential recipients. Pediatric liver centers are developing new strategies to cope with the ever-increasing demands for suitable size appropriate grafts. U...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Abramson O,Rosenthal P

更新日期：2000-08-01 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 dual blood supply of the liver, originating from the portal vein and the hepatic artery, makes it relatively resistant to minor circulatory disturbances. However, hepatic manifestations of common cardiovascular disorders are frequently encountered in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. Beginning with the ma...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Weisberg IS,Jacobson IM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteopenia, in the form of osteoporosis, is a common complication of chronic cholestatic liver diseases and, although its cause is poorly understood, it appears to be intimately related to the cholestasis itself. With more patients surviving longer with successful liver transplantation, the clinical significance of su...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Hay JE

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is prevalent in the cirrhotic population, it has also been considered a potentially reversible condition. Liver transplantation represents the ultimate reversal of the decompensated cirrhotic state and should provide the best option for the reversibility of HE. However, the neurolo...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Frederick RT

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there are no randomized, controlled trials evaluating the efficacy of endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) in primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) patients, substantial indirect evidence supports the effectiveness of ERC in symptomatic PSC patients with a dominant stricture. Currently, cumulative evide...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Thosani N,Banerjee S

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatobiliary dysfunction associated with the use of total parenteral nutrition is a commonly recognized phenomenon occurring in up to 90% of patients on long-term therapy. Reasons for these abnormalities, both supported by research as well as theoretical possibilities are explored. Practical guidelines considered use...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Porayko MK

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bile acid synthetic defects are uncommon disorders that cause progressive cholestatic liver disease that is often lethal in infancy or early childhood. Five specific primary defects have been described. Diagnosis is based on mass spectrometry of urine and serum. Pathogenesis of liver injury is related to persistent re...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Bove KE

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：: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 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：:Combination therapy with beta-blockers and endoscopic band ligation (EBL) is the standard prophylaxis of esophageal variceal rebleeding in cirrhosis. Beta-blockers are the backbone of combination therapy, since their benefit extend to other complications of portal hypertension. EBL carries the risk of post-banding ulc...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Albillos A,Tejedor M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial liver-support devices attempt to bridge patients with fulminant hepatic failure until either a suitable liver allograft is obtained for transplantation or the patient's own liver regenerates sufficiently to resume normal function. It is thought that toxins contribute to the clinical picture of fulminant hep...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Sechser A,Osorio J,Freise C,Osorio RW

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：: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：:Liver biopsy is used to determine the pathogenesis of liver dysfunction after liver transplantation. One or more causative factors may be identified on biopsy. The pathologist must be familiar with the histopathology of acute rejection to differentiate it from other potential complications, including biliary obstructi...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Lefkowitch JH

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of ethanol-induced fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, and cirrhosis has been attributed in part to nutritional deficiencies for many years. Special attention must be focused on treating alcohol-induced liver disease while providing replacement of deficient amino acids, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrient...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Leevy CM,Moroianu SA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past decade has brought tremendous growth in the under-standing of the pathophysiologic mechanisms involved in cholestasis, both at the genetic and acquired levels. The discovery and characterization of an array of hepatobiliary transport proteins, the nuclear receptors that regulate them, and the potential clinic...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Hutchins GF,Gollan JL

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：:Ascites is the most common complication of cirrhosis. It is associated with profound changes in the splanchnic and systemic circulation and with renal abnormalities. The development of ascites is related to the existence of severe sinusoidal portal hypertension that causes marked splanchnic arterial vasodilation and a...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Cárdenas A,Bataller R,Arroyo V

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk for potential transmission of infectious agents during gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is concerning for patients and physicians. However, the instance of infection transmission remains rare after GI endoscopy procedures, with an estimated frequency of 1 in 1.8 million procedures. Endoscopy-related infection ...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Wu H,Shen B

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) represents a continuum of transient and reversible neurologic and psychiatric dysfunction. It is a reversible state of impaired cognitive function or altered consciousness in patients with liver disease or portosystemic shunting. Over the last several years, high-quality studies have been c...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Khungar V,Poordad F

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary sclerosing cholangitis is characterized by progressive fibrosing obliteration of the biliary tract. In some cases the disease is restricted to the small bile ducts, but most patients develop fibrotic stenoses of the larger bile ducts. Despite advances in magnetic resonance cholangiography, in unclear cases end...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Gotthardt D,Stiehl A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormalities of LFTs and liver function occur not infrequently in patients with rheumatic conditions, and many diagnostic possibilities exist. Systemic inflammation that is related to uncontrolled rheumatic disease and periods of disease remission have been described as a cause for fluctuations in levels of serum ami...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Walker NJ,Zurier RB

更新日期：2002-11-01 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：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a systemic disease with hepatic and extrahepatic manifestations, including neuropsychiatric conditions. Depression is a frequent disorder, which has been reported in one-third of patients with HCV infection and has an estimated prevalence of 1.5 to 4.0 times higher than that observ...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Adinolfi LE,Nevola R,Rinaldi L,Romano C,Giordano M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causes of hepatic granulomas are numerous and their identification can be difficult. Sarcoidosis is a main cause of hepatic granulomas. The mechanisms that initiate the formation of sarcoid granulomas are unknown. This article discusses the pathology of hepatic sarcoidosis and hepatic granulomas. ...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Valla DC,Benhamou JP

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common liver disorder that can be divided into benign steatosis or nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Elastography and scoring systems based on clinical features and routine biochemical testing can be used to assess fibrosis in patient...

journal_title：Clinics in liver disease

authors： Gunn NT,Shiffman ML

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

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