A recent mandate emphasizes severity of liver disease to determine priorities in allocating
organs for liver transplantation and necessitates a disease severity index based on …

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) most recently published recommendations
for the use of diseasemodifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and biologic agents in the …

1. Background Liver transplantation significantly improves the survival and quality of life of
patients with end-stage cirrhosis. However, a large proportion of cirrhotic patients still die …

Guidelines and recommendations developed and/or endorsed by the American College of
Rheumatology (ACR) are intended to provide guidance for particular patterns of practice …

To investigate the natural history of compensated cirrhosis, 293 consecutive patients without
previous major complications (ascites, jaundice, encephalopathy or gastrointestinal …

Radiation-induced liver disease (RILD), often called radiation hepatitis, is a syndrome
characterized by the development of anicteric ascites approximately 2 weeks to 4 months …

We here report nine liver cirrhosis (LC) patients that underwent autologous bone marrow
cell infusion (ABMI) from the peripheral vein. Subjects were patients with LC with total …

Background & Aims: Nutritional intervention with branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) is
reported to increase serum albumin concentration in patients with decompensated cirrhosis …

Preoperative assessment of liver function and prediction of postoperative remaining
functional liver parenchymal mass and reserve is of paramount importance to minimize …

To evaluate indications for new therapies such as liver transplantation and antiviral therapy,
survival of histologically proven hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive cirrhosis of the …