Regression of liver fibrosis is progressive after sustained virological response to HCV therapy in patients with hepatitis C and HIV coinfection

JL Casado, C Quereda, A Moreno… - Journal of viral …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
There are few data about the long‐term histological outcome of HIV‐/HCV‐coinfected
patients after therapy with interferon and ribavirin. We performed an observational study of …

CIHR Canadian HIV trials network coinfection and concurrent diseases core research group: 2016 updated Canadian HIV/hepatitis C adult guidelines for …

M Hull, S Shafran, A Wong, A Tseng… - Canadian Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection occurs in 20–30% of Canadians living with
HIV and is responsible for a heavy burden of morbidity and mortality. Purpose. To update …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of metabolomic profile related to adult Fontan pathophysiology

N Motoki, H Motoki, M Utsumi, S Yamazaki… - IJC Heart & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Metabolic disorders are important pathophysiologies that can cause multiple
organ dysfunction and worsen prognosis in Fontan patients. This study aimed to …

Factors that affect the diagnostic accuracy of liver fibrosis measurement by Fibroscan in patients with chronic hepatitis B

SU Kim, YS Seo, JY Cheong, MY Kim… - Alimentary …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2010; 32: 498–505 Summary Background Interquartile
range/median value (IQR/M) of liver stiffness measurement (LSM) is a factor in chronic …

Non-invasive methods can predict oesophageal varices in patients with biliary atresia after a Kasai procedure

A Colecchia, AR Di Biase, E Scaioli, B Predieri… - Digestive and Liver …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: After a Kasai procedure, 70% of patients with biliary atresia develop
chronic liver disease with portal hypertension and oesophageal varices. AIMS: To …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound-based elastography for the diagnosis of portal hypertension in cirrhotics

R Şirli, I Sporea, A Popescu… - World journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Progressive fibrosis is encountered in almost all chronic liver diseases. Its clinical signs are
diagnostic in advanced cirrhosis, but compensated liver cirrhosis is harder to diagnose …

Non-invasive evaluation of hepatic manifestation in Wilson disease with transient elastography, ARFI, and different fibrosis scores

T Karlas, M Hempel, M Tröltzsch, D Huster… - Scandinavian journal …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Objective. Noninvasive investigation of liver fibrosis with ultrasound-based elastography and
laboratory-based fibrosis indices have been established in various chronic liver diseases …

Baseline and serial liver stiffness measurement in prediction of portal hypertension progression for patients with compensated cirrhosis

JH Wang, SK Chuah, SN Lu, CH Hung… - Liver …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background & Aims Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) using transient
elastography is useful in prediction of significant portal hypertension (PHT). To evaluate the …

[HTML][HTML] Performance of transient elastography in assessing liver fibrosis in patients with autoimmune hepatitis-primary biliary cholangitis overlap syndrome

HM Wu, L Sheng, Q Wang, H Bao, Q Miao… - World journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM To investigate the performance of transient elastography (TE) for diagnosis of fibrosis in
patients with autoimmune hepatitis-primary biliary cholangitis (AIH-PBC) overlap syndrome …

Comparison between the M and XL probes for liver fibrosis assessment by transient elastography

R Şirli, I Sporea, A Deleanu, L Culcea… - Medical …, 2014 - medultrason.ro
Objective: Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) using Transient Elastography (TE) for liver
fibrosis assessment is difficult to be performed in obese and overweight patients by standard …