Zou, Xiaojing Fang, Minghao Li, Shusheng Wu, Liang Gao, Bing Gao, Hong Ran, Xiao Bian, Yi Li, Renjie ShanshanYu,
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a major global health threat. We aimed to describe the characteristics of liver function in patients with SARS-CoV-2 and chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) coinfection. We enrolled all adult patients with SARS-CoV-2 and chronic HBV coinfection admitted to Tongji Hospital from February 1 to February 29, 2020. Data...
Siddiqui, Mohammad Shadab Idowu, Michael O Stromberg, Katharine Sima, Adam Lee, Emily Patel, Samarth Ghaus, Sophia Driscoll, Carolyn Sterling, Richard K John, Binu
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Vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE) is a non-invasive tool for detecting hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in patients who have not received liver transplants. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of VCTE in detection of hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in patients who have undergone liver transplantation. We performed a prospe...
Tonon, Marta Piano, Salvatore Gambino, Carmine G Romano, Antonietta Pilutti, Chiara Incicco, Simone Brocca, Alessandra Sticca, Antonietta Bolognesi, Massimo Angeli, Paolo
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Ascites has been classified according to quantity and response to medical therapy. Despite its precise definitions, little is known about the effects of grade 1 ascites or recurrent ascites (i.e. ascites that recurs at least on 3 occasions within a 12-month period despite dietary sodium restriction and adequate diuretic dosage) on patient outcome. ...
Yen, Hsu-Heng Chen, Yang-Yuan
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Braillon, Alain
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Kumar, Shria Metz, David C Kaplan, David E Goldberg, David S
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Expert consensus mandates retesting for eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection after treatment, but it is not clear how many patients are actually retested. We evaluated factors associated with retesting for H pylori in a large, nationwide cohort. We performed a retrospective cohort study of patients with H pylori infection (detected by urea ...
Siegel, Corey A Thompson, Kimberly D Walls, Danielle Gollins, Jan Buisson, Anne Olympie, Alain Beaugerie, Laurent Colombel, Jean-Frederic Louis, Edouard
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In Crohn's disease, combination therapy with anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) agents and azathioprine/mercaptopurine has been shown to be superior to monotherapy with one of these treatments alone.1 This combination has its best success rate when used early in the course of treatment.2 However, because of the significant cost of these drugs an...
Mattos, Ângelo Z Mattos, Angelo A Debes, Jose D
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Lee, Brian T Wang, Yun Yang, Alexander Han, Hyosun Yuan, Liyun Donovan, John Kaplowitz, Neil Kanel, Gary Kahn, Jeffrey Dara, Lily
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Within the spectrum of autoimmune liver diseases, there are patients who manifest features of more than one disease, which was previously identified as having overlap syndrome1,2 and is now referred to as variant syndromes. The most common variant syndrome is between primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). Typically, AIH p...
Sarkar, Monika Yates, Katherine Suzuki, Ayako Lavine, Joel Gill, Ryan Ziegler, Toni Terrault, Norah Dhindsa, Sandeep
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With rising prevalence of obesity and diabetes, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is now a leading cause of chronic liver disease. One-third of obese or diabetic men have subnormal free and bioavailable testosterone concentrations.1 Several studies have further shown low testosterone to be associated with imaging-confirmed NAFLD in men,2 alt...