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Role of polymerase chain reaction and liver biopsy in the evaluation of patients with asymptomatic transaminitis: implications in diagnostic approach
(2004)
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Detection of an asymptomatic rise in the hepatic aminotransferase (ARHA) value has become a distinct and frequent clinical problem. We evaluated a three-step diagnostic algorithm in such patients for ...
Diagnostic utility of ultrasonography in hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction in a tropical country.
(1991)
The present study was undertaken to define the role of ultrasonography (US) in screening and diagnosis of hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction. Forty-five consecutive patients clinically suspected to have hepatic venous ...
Clinical relevance of HBV DNA load in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection.
(2008)
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA detection and quantification are now playing an increasing role in the assessment of disease activity and response to therapy. However, viraemia levels which define various stages ...
A 20-year single-center experience with acute liver failure during pregnancy: Is the prognosis really worse?
(2008)
Pregnant patients with acute liver failure (ALF) are believed to have a worse outcome than nonpregnant women and men with ALF. However objective data supporting this supposition are scant. Therefore, the current study ...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease may not be a severe disease at presentation among Asian Indians.
(2006)
AIM: To evaluate the clinical and biochemical profile of patients with non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and to assess their histological severity at presentation. METHODS: Consecutive patients presenting to the ...
Hepatitis E virus: epidemiology, diagnosis, pathology and prevention.
(2006)
HEV, a positive stranded RNA virus, is responsible for most of the epidemics of hepatitis in the developing world and is transmitted through contaminated water. It is the major aetiological agent for acute hepatitis and ...
Vaccination against hepatitis A virus may not be required for schoolchildren in northern India
(2002)
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the current seroprevalence of antibodies against hepatitis A virus (HAV) in a sample of schoolchildren above 10 years of age and to determine the prevalence of HAV-induced hepatitis in adults at a ...
Etiopathogenesis of acute hepatic failure: Eastern versus Western countries
(2002)
Etiopathogenesis of acute hepatic failure (AHF) in Eastern and Western countries is distinct. In the East hepatitis viruses cause AHF in more than 95% of such cases, while causes of AHF in the West are quite heterogenous. ...
Acute hepatic failure in India: a perspective from the East
(2000)
Acute hepatic failure (AHF) in India almost always presents with encephalopathy within 4 weeks of the onset of acute hepatitis. Further subclassification of AHF into hyperacute, acute and subacute forms may not be necessary ...
Fulminant hepatitis in a tropical population: clinical course, cause, and early predict
(1996)
The profiles of patients with fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) from developing countries have not been reported earlier. The current study was conducted prospectively, at a single tertiary care center in India, to document ...