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    Hepatology: Volume 14, Issue 2

    fmi, 215-408
    August 1991
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  • First Published: August 1991

Original Articles

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Prevalence of antibody to hepatitis C virus among Saudi Arabian children: A community-based study

Prof. Faleh Z. Al-Faleh,  E. Ayobanji Ayoola,  Mohammed Al-Jeffry,  Rashed Al-Rashed,  Mohammed Al-Mofarreh,  Mohammed Arif,  Sami Ramia,  Mohammed Al-Karawi,  Mohammed Al-Shabrawy, 
  • Pages: 215-218
  • First Published: August 1991
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Association of a precore genomic variant of hepatitis B virus with fulminant hepatitis

William F. Carman M.D.,  Elizabeth A. Fagan,  Stephanos Hadziyannis,  Peter Karayianni,  Nicolaos C. Tassopoulos,  Roger Williams,  Howard C. Thomas, 
  • Pages: 219-222
  • First Published: August 1991
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Hepatocellular expression of lymphocyte function—associated antigen 3 in chronic hepatitis

Frank Autschbach,  Stefan C. Meuer,  Ulrich Moebius,  Michael Manns,  Georg Hess,  Karl-Hermann Meyer Zum Büschenfelde,  Wolfgang Thoenes,  Hans-Peter Dienes M.D., 
  • Pages: 223-230
  • First Published: August 1991
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A pathophysiological interpretation of unresponsiveness to spironolactone in a stepped-care approach to the diuretic treatment of ascites in nonazotemic cirrhotic patients

Professor Angelo Gatta,  Paolo Angeli,  Lorenza Caregaro,  Francesca Menon,  David Sacerdoti,  Carlo Merkel, 
  • Pages: 231-236
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Effect of oral propranolol administration on azygos, renal and hepatic uptake and output of catecholamines in cirrhosis

Flemming Bendtsen,  Niels Juel Christensen,  Thorkild I. A. Sørensen,  Jens H. Henriksen M.D., 
  • Pages: 237-243
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Detection of fibronectin receptor in sera: Its clinical significance as a parameter of hepatic fibrosis

Masayoshi Yamauchi M.D.,  Hisato Nakajima,  Mitsuru Ohata,  Junnichi Hirakawa,  Yuji Mizuhara,  Masao Nakahara,  Kazuo Kimura,  Kiyoshi Fujisawa,  Haruo Kameda, 
  • Pages: 244-250
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Antithrombin III supplementation reduces heparin requirement and platelet loss during hemodialysis of patients with fulminant hepatic failure

Peter G. Langley,  Rick Keays,  Robin D. Hughes,  Alastair Forbes,  Ullrich Delvos,  Roger Williams M.D., 
  • Pages: 251-256
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The metabolic bone disease of primary sclerosing cholangitis

J. Eileen Hay,  Keith D. Lindor,  Russell H. Wiesner,  E. Rolland Dickson,  Ruud A. F. Krom,  Nicholas F. Larusso, 
  • Pages: 257-261
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Prognosis of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: An evaluation based on multivariate analysis of 90 cases

Yuka Akashi M.D.,  Chizu Koreeda,  Shigeki Enomoto,  Shozo Uchiyama,  Takako Mizuno,  Yasuko Shiozaki,  Yoshiko Sameshima,  Kyoichi Inoue, 
  • Pages: 262-268
  • First Published: August 1991
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Immunohistochemical detection of transforming growth factor-β1 in fibrotic liver diseases

Peter Nagy M.D.,  Zsuzsa Schaff,  Károly Lapis, 
  • Pages: 269-273
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Graft vs. host disease after liver transplantation in humans: A report of four cases

John Paul Roberts M.D.,  Nancy L. Ascher,  John Lake,  Jan Capper,  Sarla Purohit,  Marvin Garovoy,  Roy Lynch,  Linda Ferrell,  Teresa Wright, 
  • Pages: 274-281
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Epstein-Barr virus and persistent graft dysfunction after liver transplantation

Amadlo Telenti,  Thomas F. Smith,  Jurgen Ludwig,  Michael R. Keating,  Rund A. F. Krom,  Russell H. Wiesner M.D., 
  • Pages: 282-286
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Binding and internalization of transforming growth factor-β1 by human hepatoma cells: Evidence for receptor recycling

Kim A. Sathre,  Monica L.-S. Tsang,  James A. Weatherbee,  Clifford J. Steer M.D., 
  • Pages: 287-295
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Rates of vertebral bone loss before and after liver transplantation in women with primary biliary cirrhosis

Richard Eastell,  E. Rolland Dickson M.D.,  Stephen F. Hodgson,  Russell H. Wiesner,  Michael K. Porayko,  Heinz W. Wahner,  Sandra L. Cedel,  B. Lawrence Riggs,  Ruud A. F. Krom, 
  • Pages: 296-300
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In vitro fragmentation of gallstones: Comparison of electrohydraulic, electromagnetic and piezoelectric shockwave lithotripters

Dr. med. H. Thomas Schneider,  Martin Fromm,  Roland Ott,  Paul Janowitz,  Werner Swobodnik,  Horst Neuhaus,  Christian Ell, 
  • Pages: 301-305
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Changes in sulfated proteoglycan production after activation of rat liver macrophages

Jeffrey D. Laskin Ph.D.,  Anthea Dokidis,  Carol R. Gardner,  Debra L. Laskin, 
  • Pages: 306-312
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Bacterial invasion of the biliary system by way of the portal-venous system

Dr. Joseph Y. Sung,  Eldon A. Shaffer,  Merle E. Olson,  Joseph W. C. Leung,  Kan Lam,  J. William Costerton, 
  • Pages: 313-317
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Liver macrophage-mediated cytotoxicity toward mastocytoma cells involves phagocytosis of tumor targets

Carol R. Gardner,  Arthur J. Wasserman,  Dr. Debra L. Laskin, 
  • Pages: 318-324
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Prevention of portal hypertension and portosystemic shunts by early chronic administration of clonidine in conscious portal vein-stenosed rats

Han-Chieh Lin,  Olivier Soubrane,  Dr. Didier Lebrec, 
  • Pages: 325-330
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Functional and morphological features of isolated hepatocytes preserved in university of wisconsin solution

Dario Sorrentino M.D.,  Karen Van Ness,  Isabela Ribeiro,  Charles M. Miller, 
  • Pages: 331-339
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A comparison of lipoprotein secretion, bile production and hepatic morphology in isolated rat livers perfused with a perfluorocarbon emulsion or rat erythrocytes

Tünde E. Felker Ph.D.,  Donald Gantz,  Anna M. Tercyak,  Cheryl Oliva,  Susanne Bennett Clark,  Donald M. Small, 
  • Pages: 340-351
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Biliary excretion of bile acid conjugates in a hyperbilirubinemic mutant sprague-dawley rat

Hajime Takikawa M.D.,  Naoyo Sano,  Tohru Narita,  Yoshinobu Uchida,  Masami Yamanaka,  Tohru Horie,  Takashi Mikami,  Osamu Tagaya, 
  • Pages: 352-360
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Minor contribution of hepatocytes to collagen production in normal and early fibrotic rat livers

Itsuro Ogata,  Satoshi Mochida,  Tomoaki Tomiya,  Kenji Fujiwara M.D., 
  • Pages: 361-367
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Kupffer cell prostaglandin-E2 production is amplified during hepatic regeneration

Mark P. Callery,  Martin J. Mangino,  M. Wayne Flye M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 368-372
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Facilitated diffusion and sodium-dependent transport of purine and pyrimidine nucleosides in rat liver

Axel Holstege M.D.,  Heide-Maria Gengenbacher,  Linda Jehle,  Johannes Hoppmann, 
  • Pages: 373-380
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Special Article

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Molecular biology of the hepatitis C viruses: Implications for diagnosis, development and control of viral disease

Michael Houghton Ph.D.,  Amy Weiner,  Jang Han,  George Kuo,  Qui-Lim Choo, 
  • Pages: 381-388
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Editorial

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Inapparent transmission of hepatitis C: Footprints in the sand

Dr. Miriam J. Alter Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 389-391
  • First Published: August 1991

Hepatology Elsewhere

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Elsewhere reviews. Interferon signalling through arachidonic acid-dependent pathways: A clue to adjuvant therapy for chronic viral hepatitis?

Gordon Baskin M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 392-394
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Tumor necrosis and alcoholic hepatitis

Craig J. McClain M.D., 
  • Pages: 394-396
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Predicting drug interactions using cultured human hepatocytes

Kenneth S. Lown M.D.,  Paul B. Watkins M.D., 
  • Pages: 396-398
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Identification of genetic differences in drug metabolism: Prediction of individual risk of toxicity or cancer

Daniel W. Nebert M.D., 
  • Pages: 398-401
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Reviews Elsewhere

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Reviews Elsewhere

  • Page: 401
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Book Reviews

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Alcohol and drug abuse as encountered in office practice. By Frank L. Iber, 316 pp. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Inc., 1991. $59.95

John A. Hermos M.D., 
  • Pages: 402-403
  • First Published: August 1991
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Chronic liver damage. Edited by M.U. Dianzani and P. Gentilini, 314 pp. Amsterdam: Excerpta Medica, 1990. $120

Raymond S. Koff M.D., 
  • Page: 403
  • First Published: August 1991
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Extracellular matrix genes. Edited by L.J. Sandell and C.D. Boyd, 270 pp. San Diego: Academic Press, 1990. $59.95

Raymond S. Koff M.D., 
  • Page: 403
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Correspondences

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“Posterior” gastric vein, okay. But let's not forget the “Collateral” gastric vein

Jean-François Bretagne M.D.,  Jean-Luc Raoul M.D.,  Michel Gosselin M.D.,  Kunio Okuda M.D., Ph.D.,  Kunio Kimura M.D., 
  • Pages: 404-405
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The role of PreS1 in the interaction of hepatitis B virus with human hepatocytes

Patrizia Pontisso M.D.,  Alfredo Alberti M.D.,  William P. J. Leenders,  Sing-Hiem Yap, 
  • Pages: 405-406
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Notices

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Notices

  • Pages: 407-408
  • First Published: August 1991