Liver Disease
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Antibiotic susceptibility differs in transplant recipients
Antibiotic susceptibility in bacteria cultured from transplant recipients at a single hospital differed markedly from that in hospital-wide...
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Patients with HBV inadequately monitored for disease activity
Chronic hepatitis B virus patients are insufficiently monitored for disease activity and hepatocellular carcinoma according to a researcher at the...
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Younger age, inconsistency of care affect antiviral adherence in hepatitis B
Patients with chronic hepatitis B who are aged under 35 years or do not see the same clinician consistently are more likely to not take their...
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Predisposition to overlapping AIH and PBC can exist within families
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Primary biliary cholangitis: Obeticholic acid reduces biomarkers
Obeticholic acid reduced alkaline phosphatase level, total bilirubin level, and other biomarkers of cholestasis, hepatocellular injury,...
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Hypoxia of obstructive sleep apnea aggravates NAFLD, NASH in adolescents
Oxidative stress contributes significantly to NAFLD and NASH, particularly in adolescents who are overweight.
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Study finds clues to fibrosis progression in chronic HCV infection
Key clinical point: Fibrosis progression is not linear in chronic HCV infection.
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Hepatitis outlook: July 2016
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Hepatitis outlook: July 2016
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Links found between NAFLD, type 2 diabetes, and NASH in children
Key clinical point: Nearly one in three children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease have abnormal glucose metabolism, and this combination also...