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    Hepatology: Volume 18, Issue 3

    fmi, 477-756
    September 1993
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Masthead

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Masthead

  • Page: fmi
  • First Published: September 1993

Original Articles

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Propranolol compared with propranolol plus isosorbide dinitrate in portal-hypertensive patients: Long-term hemodynamic and renal effects

Julio Vorobioff,  Eduardo Picabea,  Marcelo Gamen,  Roberto Villavicencio,  Juan Bordato,  Fernando Bessone,  Hugo Tanno,  Jorge Palazzi,  Hector Sarano,  Luisa Pozzoli,  Roberto Sanchez,  Ricardo Giordano, 
  • Pages: 477-484
  • First Published: September 1993

Viral Hepatitiss

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Detection of serum hepatitis C virus RNA in HCV antibody-seropositive volunteer blood donors

Peter H. McGuinness,  G. Alex Bishop,  Alfred Lien,  Brenton Wiley,  Carolyn Parsons,  Geoffrey W. McCaughan M. D., 
  • Pages: 485-490
  • First Published: September 1993
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Human leukocyte antigen class I-independent pathways may contribute to hepatitis B virus-induced liver disease after liver transplantation

Gabriele Missale,  John J. Brems,  Howard Takiff,  Paul J. Pockros,  Francis V. Chisari M. D., 
  • Pages: 491-496
  • First Published: September 1993
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Antibody response to core, envelope and nonstructural hepatitis C virus antigens: Comparison of immunocompetent and immunosuppressed patients

Anna S. F. Lok M. D.,  David Chien,  Qui-Lim Choo,  Tak-Mao Chan,  Edmond K. W. Chiu,  Ignatius K. P. Cheng,  Michael Houghton,  George Kuo, 
  • Pages: 497-502
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B-cell epitopes on the hepatitis C virus nucleocapsid protein determined by human monospecific antibodies

Toshitaka Akatsuka,  Mickhail Donets,  Luca Scaglione,  Wei-Mei Ching,  J. Wai-Kuo Shih,  Adrian M. Di Bisceglie,  Stephen M. Feinstone M. D., 
  • Pages: 503-510
  • First Published: September 1993

Other Clinical Studies

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Secretion of soluble chemotactic factors, including interleukin-6: A mechanism for the recruitment of cd8-positive t lymphocytes to human liver allografts during rejection

Mark Hathaway,  David Burnett,  Elwyn Elias,  David H. Adams, 
  • Pages: 511-518
  • First Published: September 1993
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Refractory ascites in cirrhosis: Roles of volume expansion and plasma atrial natriuretic factor level elevation

Florence Wong,  Sheldon Tobe,  Louis Legault,  Alexander G. Logan,  Karl Skorecki,  Professor Laurence M. Blendis, 
  • Pages: 519-528
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Development of human peribiliary capillary plexus: A lectin-histochemical and immunohistochemical study

Tadashi Terada M. D.,  Yasuni Nakanuma, 
  • Pages: 529-536
  • First Published: September 1993
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Visualization of the uptake and processing of oxidized low-density lipoproteins in human and rat liver

Sebastiaan Esbach,  Moniek N. Pieters,  Johannes Van Der Boom,  Donald Schouten,  M. Niels Van Der Heyde,  Paul J. M. Roholl,  Adriaan Brouwer,  Theo J. C. Van Berkel,  Dick L. Knook, 
  • Pages: 537-545
  • First Published: September 1993
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Establishment and immunological characterization of cultured human gallbladder epithelial cells

Marcus K. H. Auth,  Raymond A. Keitzer,  Martin Scholz,  Roman A. Blaheta,  E. Christoph Hottenrott,  Günther Herrmann,  Albrecht Encke,  Bernd H. Markus, 
  • Pages: 546-555
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Plasma endopeptidase 24.11 (enkephalinase) activity is markedly increased in cholestatic liver disease

Mark G. Swain M.D. M.Sc. Frcpc,  John Vergalla,  E. Anthony Jones, 
  • Pages: 556-558
  • First Published: September 1993
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The humoral immune response to p53 in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma is specific for malignancy and independent of the α-fetoprotein status

Martin Volkmann,  Martina Müller,  Walter J. Hofmann,  Martina Meyer,  Jens Hagelstein,  Ulrich Räth,  Burkhard Kommerell,  Hanswalter Zentgraf,  Peter R. Galle M. D., 
  • Pages: 559-565
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Mutation at codon 249 of p53 gene in a human hepatoblastoma

Siddhartha Kar,  Ron Jaffe,  Dr. Brian I. Carr, 
  • Pages: 566-569
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Distribution of B lymphocytes in nonsuppurative cholangitis in primary biliary cirrhosis

Yasuni Nakanuma M. D., 
  • Pages: 570-575
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Increased plasma interleukin-8 concentrations in alcoholic hepatitis

Daniel L. B. Hill M. D.,  Luis S. Marsano,  Craig J. McClain, 
  • Pages: 576-580
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Laboratory Investigations

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Spatial and temporal patterns of gene expression for the proteoglycans biglycan and decorin and for transforming growth factor-β1 revealed by in situ hybridization during experimentally induced liver fibrosis in the rat

Nora B. Krull,  Thomas Zimmermann,  Professor, Dr. Axel M. Gressner, 
  • Pages: 581-589
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Effect of chronic iron overload on procollagen gene expression

Faye D. Roberts,  Paul Charalambous,  Linda Fletcher,  Lawrie W. Powell,  June W. Halliday, 
  • Pages: 590-595
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Liver carcinogenesis associated with feeding of ethionine in a choline-free diet: Evidence against a role of oval cells in the emergence of hepatocellular carcinoma

Fabio Tarsetti,  Renato Lenzi,  Roberto Salvi,  Ekkehard Schuler,  Koshilya Rijhsinghani,  Romana Lenzen,  Nicola Tavoloni Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 596-603
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Ethinyl estradiol decreases acidification of rat liver endocytic vesicles

Rebecca W. Van Dyke,  Karen V. Root, 
  • Pages: 604-613
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Prevention of spontaneous hepatocellular carcinoma in long-evans cinnamon rats with hereditary hepatitis by th administration of d-penicillamine

Kang Jong-Hon M. D.,  Yuji Togashi,  Hiroshi Kasai,  Masuo Hosokawa,  Noritoshi Takeichi, 
  • Pages: 614-620
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Role of prostacyclin in hemodynamic alterations in conscious rats with extrahepatic or intrahepatic portal hypertension

Frederic Oberti,  Philippe Sogni,  Stephane Cailmail,  Richard Moreau,  Bernard Pipy,  Dr. Didier Lebrec, 
  • Pages: 621-627
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Involvement of nitric oxide and prostaglandins in gastric mucosal hyperemia of portal-hypertensive anesthetized rats

María Casadevall,  Julián Panés,  Josep M. Piqué M. D.,  Norma Marroni,  Jaume Bosch,  Brendan J. R. Whittle, 
  • Pages: 628-634
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Role of platelets in hepatic allograft preservation injury in the rat

Robert Cywes,  Marian A. Packham,  Linda Tietze,  Juan R. Sanabria,  P. Robert C. Harvey,  M. James Phillips,  Steven M. Strasberg, 
  • Pages: 635-647
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Effect of ethanol on rat fetal hepatocytes: Studies on cell replication, lipid peroxidation and glutathione

Bheemappa G. Devi,  George I. Henderson,  Teri A. Frosto,  Steven Schenker M. D., 
  • Pages: 648-659
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Role of newly synthesized cholesterol or its metabolites on the regulation of bile acid biosynthesis after short-term biliary diversion in the rat

Z. Reno Vlahcevic M. D.,  William M. Pandak,  Philip B. Hylemon,  Douglas M. Heuman, 
  • Pages: 660-668
  • First Published: September 1993

Special Articles

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Fatty-acid metabolism and the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma: Review and hypothesis

Robert K. Ockner M. D.,  Raja M. Kaikaus,  Nathan M. Bass, 
  • Pages: 669-676
  • First Published: September 1993
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Budget trends and issues affecting biomedical research: A perspective from the national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases

Phillip Gorden M.D., Director,  Donald F. Cyphers,  Carol Feld, 
  • Pages: 677-687
  • First Published: September 1993

Editorials

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Renal effects of drugs used in the treatment of portal hypertension

Jens H. Henriksen M. D.,  Helmer Ring-Larsen M. D., 
  • Pages: 688-695
  • First Published: September 1993

Hepatology Elsewhere

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Gene transefer as a new mode of vaccination: Implications for HCV

Jorge J. Gumucio,  W. Michael McDonnell M. D., 
  • Pages: 696-698
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Cryoglobulinemia and hepatatrophic viruses

Alfred L. Baker M. D., 
  • Pages: 698-700
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Amino acid transport and glutathione homeostasis: What is the mechanism for cysteine uptake from bile?

Mark E. Mailliard M. D., 
  • Pages: 700-702
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Book Reviews

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Liver transplantation, clinical teaching project. American Gastroenterological Association. Unit 7. By S.R. Vera, C.A. Riely, M.I. Burrell and R.S. Koff, Timonium, MD: Milner-Fenwick Inc., 1993. $100.

Raymond S. Koff,  Franklin M. Klion M. D., 
  • Page: 703
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Hepatitis delta virus: Molecular biology, pathogenesis and clinical aspects. Edited by S.J. Hadziyannis, J.M. Taylor and F. Bonino, 493 pp. New York: Wiley-Liss, 1993. $124.95.

Raymond S. Koff M. D., 
  • Pages: 703-704
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Techniques in therapeutic endoscopy. Edited by J.E. Geenen, D.E. Fleischer, J.D. Waye, R.P. Venu and B.S. Lewis, 212 pp. New York: Gower Medical Publishing, 1992. $ 119.

Sanjeev Arora M. D., 
  • Page: 704
  • First Published: September 1993
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Atlas of lapararoscopic surgery. Edited by E.J. Reddick, 116 pp. New York: Raven Press, 1992. $98.

Steven C. Simon M. D., 
  • Page: 705
  • First Published: September 1993

Correspondence

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Urinary copper excretion after penicillamine challenge in children with prolonged hepatitis A infection

Germana V. Gregorio M. D.,  Giorgina Mieli-Vergani M.D., PH.D., 
  • Pages: 706-707
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Association between heterozygous α1-antitrypsin deficiency and genetic hemochromatosis

Raimund Kaserbacher M. D.,  Theresa Propst M. D.,  Albert Propst M. D.,  Ivo Graziadei M. D.,  Gert Judmaier M. D.,  Wolfgang Vogel M. D., 
  • Pages: 707-708
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Notices

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Hepatology update 1993

  • Pages: 709-714
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Correction

  • Page: 715
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Program and Abstracts of the Second Congress

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Program and Abstracts of the Second Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society

  • Pages: 716-756
  • First Published: September 1993