Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common neoplasm, the major cause of death in patients with liver cirrho......

AIM:To quantitate the simultaneous serum and ascitic fluid levels of procalcitonin and inflammatory markers in cirrhotic......

Thrombocytopenia is a common complication in liver disease and can adversely affect the treatment of liver cirrhosis,lim......

AIM: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of tolvaptan to treat refractory ascites in decompensated liver cirrhosis patie......

AIM:To compare the liver transplantation-free(LTF)survival rates between patients who underwent transjugular intrahepati......

Objective Genome-wide association studies(GWAS)have linked many single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs)to the outcomes of ......

The high rate of sustained viral response(SVR)to boceprevir or telaprevir-based triple therapy in hepatitis C(HCV)-relat......

AIM: To elucidate the natural history and the longitudinal outcomes in cirrhotic patients with non-forward portal flow(N......

Cirrhosis is associated with marked abnormalities in the circulatory function that involve a reduction in systemic vascu......

AIM:To investigate whether the proportions of acetylhistone-positive hepatocytes could be used as markers of deteriorati......

AIM: To compare the nutritional status between alcoholic compensated cirrhotic patients and hepatitis C virus(HCV)-relat......

Hepatitis B virus(HBV) infection is a dynamic state ofinteractions among HBV, hepatocytes, and the host immune system. N......

AIM: To identify plasma metabolites used as biomarkers in order to distinguish cirrhotics from controls and encephalopat......

The management of patients with gastrointestinal complications of portal hypertension is often complex and challenging. ......

Liver cirrhosis, a devastating liver fibrosis caused by hepatitis/inflammation or tumors, is a major comorbid factor in ......

Determining the prognosis of cirrhotic patients is not an easy task. Prognostic scores, like Child-Pugh and Model of End......

The intestinal lumen is a host place for a wide range of microbiota and sets a unique interplay between local immune sys......

·AIM: To investigate the impact of cirrhosis on retinal morphology and to evaluate the role of endogenous opioids as a ......

AIM:To explore the effect of intravariceal-mucosal sclerotherapy using small dose of sclerosant on the recurrence of eso......

The onset of hepatic decompensation in cirrhosis heralds an accelerated downhill course with poor outcome. The sole pred......

AIM: To determine whether the combination of platelet count(PLT) with spleen volume parameters and right liver volume(RV......

AIM: To analyze whether prompt and appropriate empirical antibiotic(AEA) use is associated with mortality in cirrhotic p......

Hepatic encephalopathy(HE)is a cognitive disturbance characterized by neuropsychiatric alterations.It occurs in acute an......

Liver stiffness measurement(LSM)is a good,but still limited tool to noninvasively assess complications and prognosis in ......

Hepatorenal syndrome(HRS) is defined as development of renal dysfunction in patients with chronic liver diseases due to ......

During the course of cirrhosis, there is a progressive deterioration of cardiac function manifested by the disappearance......

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis(SBP) is a frequent, life-threatening bacterial infection in patients with liver cirrho......

Hepatitis C virus(HCV) infection may lead to significant liver injury, and viral, environmental, host, immunologic and g......

AIM:To investigate the agreement and prognosticvalue of different measures of covert hepatic encephalopathy(CHE).METHODS......

AIM:To analyze the cytokine production by peripheral blood cells from cirrhotic patients with and without TLR4 D299G and......

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD) represents the most common and emerging chronic liver disease worldwide. It inc......

AIM:To investigate the diagnostic significance oftransient elastography(TE) in a daily routine clinical setting in compa......

AIM:To explore effects of nonselective beta-blockers(NSBBs) in cirrhotic patients with no or small varices.METHODS:The P......

AIM: To investigate the microbiological characteristics and drug resistance in liver cirrhosis patients with spontaneous......

In addition to complications relating to the liver, patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension develop extrahepatic......

Intrahepatic arterioportal fistula(IAPF)can be caused by many secondary factors.We report four cases of portal hypertens......

Cardiac dysfunction is frequently observed in patients with cirrhosis, and has long been linked to the direct toxic effe......

AIM: To investigate the relationship between primary afferent neurons, endothelin (ET) and the role of its receptors on ......

Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Chinese medicine(CM) in treating infantile cytomegalovirus hepatitis(IC......

AIM: To evaluate the nutritional status and its association with proinflammatory cytokines in children with chronic live......

AIM: To evaluate liver stiffness measurement(LSM)using non-invasive transient elastography(Fibroscan)in comparison with ......

AIM To determine the laboratory and radiologic parameters, including the platelet count(PC)-to-spleen diameter(SD) ratio......

AIM:To investigate the serum erythropoietin (Epo) levelsin patients with chronic liver diseases and to compare tosubjec......

Pregnancy is a special clinical state with several normal physiological changes that influence body organs including the......

The problem of obesity is increasing worldwide in epidemic proportions; the situation is similarly becoming more common ......

This work was undertaken to investigate the etiology and histo-genesis of non-cirrhotic hepatocellular car-cinoma(NCH)i......

AIM:To describe the proportion of patients with cirrhotic cardiomyopathy(CCM) evaluated by stress echocardiography and i......

Objective To investigate the possibility and surgical procedures for huge liver cancer involving the second porta hepat......

Primary and secondary malignant liver cancers are some ofmost common malignant tumors in the world.Chemotherapy and rad......

AIM:To investigate gene expression profiles of intergringenes in hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)through theusage of Atlas......