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Hepatitis Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . May 31st, 2004

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Hepatitis Weekly | Other Publications

Immunology - Liver transplant recipients benefit from rabbit antithymocyte therapy

Medical Economics - Future savings offset the initial costs of treating chronic hepatitis C

Metastasis - Interferon and sodium butyrate reduce the invasive potential of liver cancer

Survival and Mortality - Circulating liver cancer cells are survival biomarkers

Transplant Medicine - Living and cadaveric livers yield similar outcomes in hepatitis C patients

Addiction Medicine - Family history predicts alcohol relapse after liver transplantation

Blood Safety - Blood donors in Lagos, Nigeria, misinformed regarding safety of donating blood

Chronic Hepatitis B - Hepatitis B virus genotypes have no bearing on outcomes after liver transplants

Chronic Hepatitis C - Good management of hepatitis C requires thorough pretreatment evaluation

Consumerism - Survey finds 78% of consumers are interested in new types of home test kits

Diabetes Risk Factor - Hepatitis C virus may be a diabetes trigger in liver transplant recipients

Diagnostic Imaging - Cirrhotic nodules sometimes resemble liver cancer on computed tomography

Diagnostics - Tc-99m-GSA scintigraphy complements liver function analysis before hepatectomy

Finance - Pharmaceutical company announces first quarter 2004 financial results

Gastroenterology - Enteral absorption of CsA good in very small children following liver transplant

Gastroenterology - Research differentiates fibrolamellar carcinoma from hepatocellular carcinoma

Gene Profiling - Human liver cancer cells differentiate during confluence

Hepatitis - Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B and C infections in Asia reviewed

Hepatitis - Site provides information about hepatitis infection and therapy

Hepatitis B - Additional testing of hepatitis B test kit completed in China

Hepatitis C - Preclinical data suggest potential for oral combination approaches for HCV

Hepatitis C Epidemiology - Risk factors for hepatitis C in Alaska natives reported

Hepatitis C Therapy - Immune responses in patients with hepatitis C and HIV described

Hepatitis C Virus - HCV compartmentalization in circulating B cells and monocytes is common

Hepatitis C Virus - High viral loads and diverse viremia characterize pediatric HCV infection

Hepatitis C Virus - MMF does not decrease viral load in chronic HCV liver transplant recipients

Hepatitis Vaccine - Hepatitis A/B vaccine cost-effective substitute for hepatitis B vaccine

Hepatitis Vaccine - Hepatitis vaccination in patients with chronic liver disease reviewed

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Specialized CT screenings help clinicians manage liver cancer patients

Hepatology - COX-2 correlates with VEGF and angiogenesis in hepatitis B-linked cancer

Hepatology - Chronic liver disease mortality in the United States reported

Immunology - CCR5Delta32 risk factor for biliary lesions following liver transplantation

Infectious Diseases - Officials say cash not there to fight hepatitis C

Liver Cancer - Hepatocellular carcinomas present newly identified characteristics

Liver Cancer Risk Factor - Most hepatocellular carcinoma in West Africa caused by hepatitis B

Liver Disease - Hepatocyte growth factor used to prevent CD95-mediated hepatocellular damage

Liver Transplantation - Centrilobular alterations signal higher rejection odds after liver allografts

Pathology - The continuum of hepatitis C-related fibrosis grows with alcohol intake

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Anti-ribosomal P antibody differentiates those with lupus-related hepatitis

Transplant Medicine - Cancer recurrence after liver transplantation shortens survival

Transplant Medicine - MELD has improved survival odds for liver cancer patients awaiting transplants

Vaccine Adjuvant -  Agaricus blazei Murill extract enhances immune responses

Virology - BK virus load correlates with clinical course of infection in renal transplants

Virology - Dual HHV8 and HCV infection induced Kaposi sarcoma in a female patient

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