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    Hepatology: Volume 18, Issue 6

    fmi, 1293-1546
    December 1993
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  • Page: fmi
  • First Published: December 1993

Original Articles

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Rapid sequence variation of the hypervariable region of hepatitis C virus during the course of chronic infection

Masayuki Kurosaki,  Nobuyuki Enomoto,  Fumiaki Marumo,  Chifumi Sato M. D., 
  • Pages: 1293-1299
  • First Published: December 1993
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Long-term follow-up of patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with different doses of interferon-α2b

Giorgio Saracco,  Floriano Rosina,  Maria Lorena Abate,  Livio Chiandussi,  Vittorio Gallo,  Elena Cerutti,  Angelo Di Napoli,  Antonio Solinas,  Angelo Deplano,  Andreina Tocco,  Pierangela Cossu,  David Chien,  George Kuo,  Alan Polito,  Amy J. Weiner,  Michael Houghton,  Giorgio Verme,  Ferruccio Bonino,  Mario Rizzetto M. D., 
  • Pages: 1300-1305
  • First Published: December 1993
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Monitoring of antiviral therapy with quantitative evaluation of hbeag: A comparison with HBV DNA testing

Robert Perrillo M. D.,  Larry Mimms,  Kenneth Schechtman,  David Robbins,  Carolyn Campbell, 
  • Pages: 1306-1312
  • First Published: December 1993
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Persistence of hepatitis B virus DNA in the liver after loss of HBsAg in chronic hepatitis B

Tse-Ling Fong,  Adrian M. Di Bisceglie,  Michael A. Gerber,  Jeanne G. Waggoner,  Jay H. Hoofnagle M. D., 
  • Pages: 1313-1318
  • First Published: December 1993
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Quantitation and typing of serum hepatitis C virus RNA in patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with interferon-β

Yoshinao Kobayashi M. D.,  Shozo Watanabe,  Masayoshi Konishi,  Masato Yokoi,  Ryuichi Kakehashi,  Masahiko Kaito,  Masahiro Kondo,  Yuji Hayashi,  Takahito Jomori,  Shiro Suzuki, 
  • Pages: 1319-1325
  • First Published: December 1993
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Viral pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States

T. Jake Liang M. D.,  Lennox J. Jeffers,  K. Rajender Reddy,  Maria De Medina,  I. Talley Parker,  Hugo Cheinquer,  Victor Idrovo,  Alfredo Rabassa,  Eugene R. Schiff, 
  • Pages: 1326-1333
  • First Published: December 1993
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Human leukocyte antigen A1-B8-DR3-DQ2-DPB1*0401 extended haplotype in autoimmune hepatitis

Koji Manabe,  Peter T. Donaldson,  James A. Underhill,  Derek G. Doherty,  Giorgina Mieli-Vergani,  Ian G. McFarlane,  Adrian L. W. F. Eddleston,  Dr. Roger Williams, 
  • Pages: 1334-1337
  • First Published: December 1993
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The pathology of hepatitis C as a function of mode of transmission: Blood transfusion vs. Intravenous drug use

Stuart C. Gordon M. D.,  Richard S. Elloway,  John C. Long,  Carl F. Dmuchowski, 
  • Pages: 1338-1343
  • First Published: December 1993
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Interferon-α2b therapy reduces liver fibrosis in chronic non-A, non-B hepatitis: A quantitative histological evaluation

Noboru Manabe,  Michèle Chevallier M. D.,  Philippe Chossegros,  Xavier Causse,  Sylviane Guerret,  Christian Trépo,  Jean-Alexis Grimaud, 
  • Pages: 1344-1349
  • First Published: December 1993

Other Clinical Studies

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Activation of the fibrinolytic system in patients with fulminant liver failure

J. Ricardo B. Pernambuco,  Peter G. Langley,  Robin D. Hughes,  Satoru Izumi,  Dr. Roger Williams, 
  • Pages: 1350-1356
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Erythropoietin production in hepatocellular carcinoma cells associated with polycythemia: Immunohistochemical evidence

Shotaro Sakisaka M. D. Ph.D.,  Masahide Watanabe,  Hideo Tateishi,  Masaru Harada,  Satoshi Shakado,  Yoshihiro Mimura,  Kazuhisa Gondo,  Masao Yoshitake,  Kazunori Noguchi,  Teruko Hino,  Ryuichi Nohno,  Yasuo Majima,  Kenji Hirai,  Michio Sata,  Hiroshi Yoshida,  Kyuichi Tanikawa, 
  • Pages: 1357-1362
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Preneoplastic significance of hepatic iron–free foci in genetic hemochromatosis: A study of 185 patients

Yves M. Deugnier M. D.,  Paul Charalambous,  Daniéle Le Quilleuc,  Bruno Turlin,  Jeffrey Searle,  Pierre Brissot,  Lawrie W. Powell,  June W. Halliday, 
  • Pages: 1363-1369
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The role of transjugular liver biopsy in fulminant liver failure: Relation to other prognostic indicators

Bruce W. Donaldson,  Ramya Gopinath,  Ian R. Wanless,  M. James Phillips,  Ross Cameron,  Eve A. Roberts,  Paul D. Greig,  Gary Levy M. D., FRCP(C),  Laurence M. Blendis, 
  • Pages: 1370-1376
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High plasma concentration of myeloperoxidase in cirrhosis: A possible marker of hypersplenism

Makoto Nakamuta,  Masao Ohashi M. D., Ph.D.,  Yuichi Tanabe,  Kaichiro Hiroshige,  Hajime Nawata, 
  • Pages: 1377-1383
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Lipoylated and unlipoylated domains of human PDC-E2 as autoantigens in primary biliary cirrhosis: Significance of lipoate attachment

Janet Quinn,  Austin G. Diamond,  Jeremy M. Palmer,  Margaret F. Bassendine,  Oliver F. W. James,  Professor Stephen J. Yeaman, 
  • Pages: 1384-1391
  • First Published: December 1993
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Histological evidence for recurrence of primary biliary cirrhosis after liver transplantation

Vijayan Balan,  Kennetii P. Batts M. D.,  Michael K. Porayko,  Ruud A. F. Krom,  Jurgen Ludwig,  Russell H. Wiesner, 
  • Pages: 1392-1398
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A prospective study of biliary cytology in 100 patients with bile duct strictures

Tomasz R. Kurzawinski,  Alastair Deery,  James S. Dooley,  Robert Dick,  Kenneth E. F. Hobbs,  Mr. Brian R. Davidson, 
  • Pages: 1399-1403
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Evidence for neurological dysfunction in end-stage protoporphyric liver disease

Jeffrey M. Rank M. D.,  Robert Carithers,  Joseph Bloomer, 
  • Pages: 1404-1409
  • First Published: December 1993

Laboratory Investigations

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Differential control by arterial and portal noradrenaline of hepatic carbohydrate metabolism: Evidence for an indirect hemodynamic mechanism

Hisayuki Miura,  Kurt Jungermann,  Andreas Gardemann M. D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 1410-1415
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Effects of nitric oxide and cyclooxygenase inhibition on splanchnic hemodynamics in portal hypertension

Yuping Wu,  R. Cartland Burns,  James V. Sitzmann M. D., 
  • Pages: 1416-1421
  • First Published: December 1993
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Transforming growth factor-α expression during liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy and toxic injury, and potential interactions between transforming growth factor-α and hepatocyte growth factor

Eric M. Webber,  Mark J. Fitzgerald,  Pamela I. Brown,  Molly H. Bartlett,  Nelson Fausto M. D., 
  • Pages: 1422-1431
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Handling of epidermal growth factor and number of epidermal growth factor receptors are changed in aged male rats

Ulrich Marti Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 1432-1436
  • First Published: December 1993
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Regulation of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 gene expression by cytokines and dexamethasone in rat hepatocyte primary cultures

Elke Roeb,  Dr. Lutz Graeve,  Rolf Hoffmann,  Karl Decker,  Dylan R. Edwards,  Peter C. Heinrich, 
  • Pages: 1437-1442
  • First Published: December 1993
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Stimulation of liver growth by exogenous human hepatocyte growth factor in normal and partially hepatectomized rats

Kenji Fjuiwara M. D., Ph.D.,  Sumiko Nagoshi,  Akihiko Ohno,  Keiichi Hirata,  Yasuhiko Ohta,  Satoshi Mochida,  Tomoaki Tomiya,  Kanji Higashio,  Kiyoshi Kurokawa, 
  • Pages: 1443-1449
  • First Published: December 1993
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Capillarization and venularization of hepatic sinusoids in porcine serum-induced rat liver fibrosis: A mechanism to maintain liver blood flow

Ekapot Bhunchet M. D.,  Kaori Fujieda, 
  • Pages: 1450-1458
  • First Published: December 1993
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Increased benzodiazepine-like activity is neither necessary nor sufficient to explain acute hepatic encephalopathy in the thioacetamide-treated rat

Peter Widler,  Hans U. Fisch M. D., Ph.D.,  Peter Schoch,  Arthur Zimmermann,  Thomas E. Schläpfer,  Jürg Reichen, 
  • Pages: 1459-1464
  • First Published: December 1993
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Degradation and intracellular accumulation of a residualizing hyaluronan derivative by liver endothelial cells

Carl T. McGary,  Judith Yannariello-Brown,  Dennis W. Kim,  Tami C. Stinson,  Paul H. Weige Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 1465-1476
  • First Published: December 1993
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Production of chemotactic factor, interleukin-8, from hepatocytes exposed to ethanol

Yasushi Shiratori M. D.,  Hiroshi Takada,  Yohko Hikiba,  Ryo Nakata,  Ken'Ichi Okano,  Yutaka Komatsu,  Yasuro Niwa,  Masayuki Matsumura,  Shuichiro Shiina,  Masao Omata,  Kazuo Kamii, 
  • Pages: 1477-1482
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Role of ethanol-inducible cytochrome p-450 2E1 in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma by the chemical carcinogen, N-nitrosodimethylamine

Mikihiro Tsutsumi,  Yoshiro Matsuda,  Akira Takada M. D., 
  • Pages: 1483-1489
  • First Published: December 1993
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Differential impact of carolina rinse and university of wisconsin solutions on microcirculation, leukocyte adhesion, kupffer cell activity and biliary excretion after liver transplantation

Stefan Post Priv.-DoZ. Dr med.,  Pablo Palma,  Markus Rentsch,  Alberto P. Gonzalez,  Michael D. Menger, 
  • Pages: 1490-1497
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Increased dietary fat content accelerates cholesterol gallstone formation in the cholesterol-fed prairie dog

Wayne W. Lamorte M. D., Ph.D.,  Daniel P. O'Leary,  Michael L. Booker,  Thayer E. Scott, 
  • Pages: 1498-1503
  • First Published: December 1993
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Plasma elimination of indocyanine green in the intact pig after bolus injection and during constant infusion: Comparison of spectrophotometry and high-pressure liquid chromatography for concentration analysis

Peter Ott,  Susanne Keiding,  Ludvik Bass, 
  • Pages: 1504-1515
  • First Published: December 1993
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Increase in prostanoid formation in rat liver macrophages (Kupffer cells) by human anaphylatoxin C3a

Dr. Gerhard P. Püschel,  Ursula Hespeling,  Martin Oppermann,  Peter Dieter, 
  • Pages: 1516-1521
  • First Published: December 1993

Special Articles

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Cholesterol carriers in human bile: Are “lamellae” involved?

David E. Cohen M. D., Ph.D.,  Eric W. Kaler,  Martin C. Carey, 
  • Pages: 1522-1531
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Editorials

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Stress proteins: Is their application in clinical medicine on the horizon?

Ivor J. Benjamin M. D., 
  • Pages: 1532-1534
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Hepatology Elsewhere

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Hepatology elsewhere

Jorge J. Gumucio M. D., Editor, 
  • Pages: 1535-1536
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Hepatocyte apoptosis: Is transforming growth factor-B1 the kiss of death?

Nelson Fausto M. D., 
  • Pages: 1536-1537
  • First Published: December 1993
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DNA/protein complexes delivered in conjunction with adenovirus generate high-efficiency in vitro transfection: A powerful transfection reagent with potential broad applications

Fred Askari M. D., PH.D, 
  • Pages: 1537-1539
  • First Published: December 1993

Book Reviews

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Hepatic plasma proteins: Mechanisms of function and regulation. By B. H. Bowman, 285 pp. San Diego: Academic Press, inc., 1993. $59.95.

Raymond S. Koff,  Mark A. Zern M. D., 
  • Page: 1540
  • First Published: December 1993
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The liver in systemic disease. Edited by V.K. Rustgi and D.H. Van Thiel, 383 pp. New York: Raven Press, 1993. $85.

Robert K. Ockner M. D., 
  • Pages: 1540-1541
  • First Published: December 1993
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Hepatobiliary diseases. Edited by J. Prieto, J. Rodés and D.A. Shafritz, 1,128 pp. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1992. $150.

Raymond S. Koff M. D., 
  • Pages: 1541-1542
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Glossary of biotechnology terms. By M.H. Fleschar and K.R. Nill, 153 pp. Lancaster: Technomic Publishing Co., Inc., 1993. $49.

Jonathan M. Koff, 
  • Page: 1542
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Correspondence

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Of windows, fenestrae and defenestrations

Antonio Martinez M. D.,  Paul D. Berk M. D., 
  • Pages: 1543-1544
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Normal increase in glucose output by portal noradrenaline and glucagon but not nerve stimulation with enhanced portal resistance, not only in micronodular but also in intermediate thioacetamide cirrhotic livers

Andreas Gardemann,  Thomas Zimmermann,  Georg Machnik,  Rolf Dargel,  Kurt Jungermann, 
  • Pages: 1544-1545
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Notices

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Notices

  • Page: 1546
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