Although hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is not as common in the United States as in some
countries, 5,000 Americans die from it every year. This number can be significantly …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: The extrinsic death receptor-mediated pathway of apoptosis is
involved in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) development. Our aims were to create and …

Insulin resistance may promote hepatic fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C (HCV) and has emerged
as a cofactor in failure to achieve sustained viral response (SVR). Aims (1) To assess the …

Introduction. The possible risk factors for chronic kidney disease in transplant recipients
have not been thoroughly investigated after living-donor liver transplantation. Material and …

Living donors are healthy individuals who are exposed to a major surgical procedure during
which a major part of their liver is resected. Data on the long-term consequences of living …

In hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, a single approach to treatment cannot be applied to all
patients. Acute, adult-acquired HBV infection rarely requires treatment, whereas treatment for …

Methods: Two investigators independently searched the published English, Spanish and
French languages literature through September 2005 using MEDLINE (1966-2005). We …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is commonly associated with hepatic steatosis, an
important factor predicting disease severity in all genotypes. There appears to be a strong …

… Hesham M. Elgouhari …

A negative test result proved misleading in the case of a 51-year-old woman from Chihuahua,
Mexico. During one of her frequent visits to a daughter in the United States, the woman …