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    Hepatology: Volume 34, Issue 6

    1065-1256
    December 2001
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Hepatology Highlights

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Hepatology highlights

James L. Boyer, 
  • Pages: 1065-1066
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Genes And Cholestasis

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Genes and cholestasis

Peter L. M. Jansen,  Michael Müller,  Ekkehard Sturm, 
  • Pages: 1067-1074
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Original Articles

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Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 1 is the 85-kilodalton pronase-resistant biliary glycoprotein in the cholesterol crystallization promoting low density protein-lipid complex

Milan Jirsa,  Lucie Muchová,  Lubica Dráberová,  Petr Dráber,  František Šmíd,  Masahide Kuroki,  Zdenčk Mareček,  Albert K. Groen, 
  • Pages: 1075-1082
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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The geographical distribution of primary biliary cirrhosis in a well-defined cohort

Martin I. Prince,  Amanda Chetwynd,  Peter Diggle,  Mikala Jarner,  Jane V. Metcalf,  Oliver F. W. James, 
  • Pages: 1083-1088
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Impact of gastroenterology consultation on the outcomes of patients admitted to the hospital with decompensated cirrhosis

Edmund J. Bini,  Elizabeth H. Weinshel,  Ramon Generoso,  Loay Salman,  Georges Dahr,  Ivan Pena-Sing,  Thomas Komorowski, 
  • Pages: 1089-1095
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Propranolol for the prevention of first esophageal variceal hemorrhage: A lifetime commitment?

Diane R. Abraczinskas,  Rie Ookubo,  Norman D. Grace,  Roberto J. Groszmann,  Jaime Bosch,  Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao,  Caroline R. Richardson,  Daniel S. Matloff,  Juan Rodés,  Harold O. Conn, 
  • Pages: 1096-1102
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Hepatic and intestinal cytochrome P450 3A activity in cirrhosis: Effects of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts

Naga Chalasani,  J. Christopher Gorski,  Nilesh H. Patel,  Stephen D. Hall,  Raymond E. Galinsky, 
  • Pages: 1103-1108
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Contrast-enhanced doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma and premalignant lesions in patients with cirrhosis

Anna Ludovica Fracanzani,  Larry Burdick,  Mauro Borzio,  Massimo Roncalli,  Nicola Bonelli,  Franco Borzio,  Alessandra Maraschi,  Gemino Fiorelli,  Silvia Fargion, 
  • Pages: 1109-1112
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Patterns of regional sympathetic nerve traffic in preascitic and ascitic cirrhosis

Massimo Pozzi,  Guido Grassi,  Elena Redaelli,  Raffaella Dell'Oro,  Laura Ratti,  Alessandro Redaelli,  Gerardo Foglia,  Alessandro Di Lelio,  Giuseppe Mancia, 
  • Pages: 1113-1118
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Activation of caspase-8 during N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide–induced apoptosis in fas-defective hepatoma cells

Kyung-Ran You,  Myung-Nym Shin,  Rae-Kil Park,  Seung-Ok Lee,  Dae-Ghon Kim, 
  • Pages: 1119-1127
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Immunohistologic study on the expressions of α-fetoprotein and protein induced by vitamin K absence or antagonist II in surgically resected small hepatocellular carcinoma

Miwako Fujioka,  Yutaka Nakashima,  Osamu Nakashima,  Masamichi Kojiro, 
  • Pages: 1128-1134
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Spatiotemporal expression of angiogenesis growth factor receptors during the revascularization of regenerating rat liver

Mark A. Ross,  Christina M. Sander,  Talia B. Kleeb,  Simon C. Watkins,  Donna Beer Stolz, 
  • Pages: 1135-1148
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Delivery of IκB superrepressor gene with adenovirus reduces early alcohol-induced liver injury in rats

Takehiko Uesugi,  Matthias Froh,  Gavin E. Arteel,  Blair U. Bradford,  Erwin Gábele,  Michael D. Wheeler,  Ronald G. Thurman, 
  • Pages: 1149-1157
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Gene expression of tumor necrosis factor α and TNF-receptors, p55 and p75, in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis patients

Javier Crespo,  Amalía Cayón,  Pedro Fernández-Gil,  Manuel Hernández-Guerra,  Marta Mayorga,  Agustín Domínguez-Díez,  José Carlos Fernández-Escalante,  Fernando Pons-Romero, 
  • Pages: 1158-1163
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Adenosine monophosphate–activated protein kinase mediates the protective effects of ischemic preconditioning on hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury in the rat

Carmen Peralta,  Ramón Bartrons,  Anna Serafin,  Cristina Blázquez,  Manuel Guzmán,  Neus Prats,  Carme Xaus,  Blanca Cutillas,  Emilio Gelpí,  Joan Roselló-Catafau, 
  • Pages: 1164-1173
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Disturbances in hepatic cell-cycle regulation in mice with assembly-deficient keratins 8/18

Diana M. Toivola,  Mikko I. Nieminen,  Michael Hesse,  Tao He,  Hélène Baribault,  Thomas M. Magin,  M. Bishr Omary,  John E. Eriksson, 
  • Pages: 1174-1183
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Notch receptor expression in adult human liver: A possible role in bile duct formation and hepatic neovascularization

Sarbjit S. Nijjar,  Heather A. Crosby,  Lorraine Wallace,  Stefan G. Hubscher,  Alastair J. Strain, 
  • Pages: 1184-1192
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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The influence of human immunodeficiency virus coinfection on chronic hepatitis C in injection drug users: A long-term retrospective cohort study

Vincent Di Martino,  Pierre Rufat,  Nathalie Boyer,  Philippe Renard,  Françoise Degos,  Michèle Martinot-Peignoux,  Sophie Matheron,  Vincent Le Moing,  François Vachon,  Claude Degott,  Dominique Valla,  Patrick Marcellin, 
  • Pages: 1193-1199
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis C virus infection at an Urban veterans administration medical center

Megan E. Briggs,  Christiane Baker,  Robert Hall,  J. Michael Gaziano,  David Gagnon,  Natalie Bzowej,  Teresa L. Wright, 
  • Pages: 1200-1205
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Different hepatitis C virus nonstructural protein 3 (Ns3)-DNA–expressing vaccines induce in HLA-A2.1 transgenic mice stable cytotoxic T lymphocytes that target one major epitope

Carine Brinster,  Stéphanie Muguet,  Yu-Chun Lone,  Delphine Boucreux,  Nathalie Renard,  Anne Fournillier,  François Lemonnier,  Geneviève Inchauspé, 
  • Pages: 1206-1217
  • First Published: 30 December 2003
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Hepatitis B virus X protein transactivates inducible nitric oxide synthase gene promoter through the proximal nuclear factor κB–binding site: Evidence that cytoplasmic location of X protein is essential for gene transactivation

Pedro Majano,  Enrique Lara-Pezzi,  Manuel López-Cabrera,  Arantxa Apolinario,  Ricardo Moreno-Otero,  Carmelo García-Monzón, 
  • Pages: 1218-1224
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Aasld Practice Guidelines

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Chronic hepatitis B

Anna S. F. Lok,  Brian J. McMahon, 
  • Pages: 1225-1241
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Clinical Challenge

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New challenge of hepatorenal syndrome: Prevention and treatment

Florence Wong,  Laurence Blendis, 
  • Pages: 1242-1251
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Editorial

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International hepatology

D. Montgomery Bissell M.D., 
  • Pages: 1252-1253
  • First Published: 30 December 2003

Hepatology Elsewhere

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A new player in the team: SOCS-3 socks it to cytokine signaling in the regenerating liver

Tom Luedde M.D.,  Torsten Wuestefeld M.D.,  Christian Trautwein M.D., 
  • Pages: 1254-1256
  • First Published: 30 December 2003