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Accuracy of abdominal ultrasonography and the role of a second investigation in surgical obstructive jaundice.
(1989)
The diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography (US) was evaluated in delineating the site and cause of biliary obstruction in 59 patients of surgical obstructive jaundice (SOJ). A final analysis of the ultrasonographic data ...
Ultrasonography in portal hypertension: a sensitive noninvasive test to demonstrate portal-vascular anatomy
(1989)
The accuracy of ultrasonography (US) in delineating the portal vascular anatomy was assessed clinically by the clinician in 30 cases of portal hypertension due to noncirrhotic portal fibrosis and extra hepatic portal venous ...
Anti-pre-S antibodies in different groups of patients with hepatitis B virus infection
(1989)
The anti-pre-S antibody in the samples of sera from normal healthy persons and patients with different clinical types of liver diseases due to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was detected by a newly established enzyme-linked ...
Needle aspiration of amoebic liver abscess
(1989)
OBJECTIVE–To determine the value of needle aspiration in uncomplicated amoebic liver abscess. DESIGN–Randomised case-control study with a minimum follow up of one year, comparing patients treated with drugs alone with those ...
The ultrasonographic "common channel" sign: a characteristic feature of malignant obstruction of the lower end of common bile duct
(1989)
We describe an ultrasonographic "common channel" sign as the characteristic sonographic feature of malignant distal common bile duct (CBD) obstruction. Of 24 patients with obstructive jaundice due to distal CBD obstruction ...
A simple spot-test for circulating Entamoeba histolytica antigen-antibody complexes in patients with amoebic liver abscess
(1989)
An enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is described for the detection of E. histolytica immune complexes in serum. Antiamoebic antibody purified by affinity chromatography was used both to precoat strips of nitrocellulose ...
Primary sclerosing cholangitis in India.
(1989)
Six patients with PSC have been diagnosed and followed up at a centre in Northern India for periods up to 4 years. They all presented with cholestatic jaundice and cholangitis, but one of them subsequently presented with ...
Fibronectin in acute and subacute hepatic failure
(1989)
The mean plasma fibronectin (FN) concentrations in 30 patients with fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) and in 10 patients with subacute hepatic failure (SAHF) were 111.2 +/- 70 and 123.5 +/- 46.5 micrograms/ml, respectively, ...