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    Hepatology Research: Volume 43, Issue 4

    327-440
    April 2013
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Original Articles

Clinical hepatology

Association between an IL-28B genetic polymorphism and the efficacy of the response-guided pegylated interferon therapy in children with chronic hepatic C infection

Haruki Komatsu,  Ayano Inui,  Tomoyuki Tsunoda,  Tsuyoshi Sogo,  Tomoo Fujisawa, 
  • Pages: 327-338
  • First Published: 13 September 2012

Managing hepatitis B virus carriers with systemic chemotherapy or biologic therapy in the outpatient clinic

Tsutomu Nishida,  Naoki Hiramatsu,  Masao Mizuki,  Izumi Nagatomo,  Hiroshi Kida,  Keiko Tazumi,  Shinichiro Shinzaki,  Masanori Miyazaki,  Takayuki Yakushijin,  Tomohide Tatsumi,  Hideki Iijima,  Shinichi Kiso,  Tatsuya Kanto,  Masahiko Tsujii,  Tetsuo Takehara, 
  • Pages: 339-346
  • First Published: 09 July 2012

Effects of hepatitis B e-antigen on recurrence of hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma after curative resection: A meta-analysis

Li-Shuai Qu,  Jing Zhu,  Hong Chen,  Fei Jin,  Run-Zhou Ni,  Cui-Hua Lu, 
  • Pages: 347-354
  • First Published: 23 July 2012

Genotype D of hepatitis B virus and its subgenotypes: An update

Mukhlid Yousif,  Anna Kramvis, 
  • Pages: 355-364
  • First Published: 16 September 2012

Basic hepatology

Human study

Diuretics aggravate zinc deficiency in patients with liver cirrhosis by increasing zinc excretion in urine

Miho Chiba,  Kazuhiro Katayama,  Risato Takeda,  Rie Morita,  Kiyoshi Iwahashi,  Yoshiki Onishi,  Hisaaki Kita,  Akira Nishio,  Tomoyo Kanno,  Tamiko Saito,  Kosaku Maeda,  Masafumi Naito,  Tomoki Michida,  Toshifumi Ito, 
  • Pages: 365-373
  • First Published: 20 September 2012

Hypermethylation-repressed methionine adenosyltransferase 1A as a potential biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma

Jin Zhang,  Chen Gong,  Yuntao Bing,  Ting Li,  Zhisu Liu,  Quanyan Liu, 
  • Pages: 374-383
  • First Published: 16 October 2012

Experimental study

Conditional knockout of heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor in the liver accelerates carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury in mice

Takayo Takemura,  Yuichi Yoshida,  Shinichi Kiso,  Yukiko Saji,  Hisao Ezaki,  Mina Hamano,  Takashi Kizu,  Mayumi Egawa,  Norihiro Chatani,  Kunimaro Furuta,  Yoshihiro Kamada,  Ryo Iwamoto,  Eisuke Mekada,  Shigeki Higashiyama,  Norio Hayashi,  Tetsuo Takehara, 
  • Pages: 384-393
  • First Published: 11 July 2012

Quercetin improves bone strength in experimental biliary cirrhosis

Hoda Derakhshanian,  Sajad Ghadbeigi,  Maryam Rezaian,  Arash Bahremand,  Mohammad Hassan Javanbakht,  Atefeh Golpaie,  Payam Hosseinzadeh,  Narges Tajik,  Ahmad Reza Dehpour, 
  • Pages: 394-400
  • First Published: 12 July 2012

Pitavastatin ameliorated the progression of steatohepatitis in ovariectomized mice fed a high fat and high cholesterol diet

Yoshihiro Kamada,  Shinichi Kiso,  Yuichi Yoshida,  Norihiro Chatani,  Takashi Kizu,  Mina Hamano,  Mayumi Egawa,  Takayo Takemura,  Hisao Ezaki,  Kunimaro Furuta,  Norio Hayashi,  Tetsuo Takehara, 
  • Pages: 401-412
  • First Published: 30 July 2012

Short Communications

Limited infection with occult hepatitis B virus in drug users in the USA

Jason T. Blackard,  Christina M. Martin,  Satarupa Sengupta,  Janet Forrester, 
  • Pages: 413-417
  • First Published: 09 July 2012

Lipid profile is associated with the incidence of cognitive dysfunction in viral cirrhotic patients: A data-mining analysis

Eitaro Taniguchi,  Takumi Kawaguchi,  Masahiro Sakata,  Minoru Itou,  Tetsuharu Oriishi,  Michio Sata, 
  • Pages: 418-424
  • First Published: 19 July 2012

Case Reports

Open Access

Case treated with triple therapy of lamivudine, interferon-β and prednisolone for acute exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B during pregnancy

Maki Koh,  Jun Shinohara,  Yasushi Hongo,  Tadashi Okazaki,  Kimitaka Takitani,  Hiroshi Tamai, 
  • Pages: 425-429
  • First Published: 07 April 2013

Percutaneous transportal outflow-vessel-occluded sclerotherapy for gastric varices unmanageable by balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration

Nobuyuki Kawai,  Hiroki Minamiguchi,  Morio Sato,  Akira Ikoma,  Hiroki Sanda,  Kouhei Nakata,  Takami Tanaka,  Motoki Nakai,  Tetsuo Sonomura, 
  • Pages: 430-435
  • First Published: 07 April 2013

Percutaneous transhepatic sclerotherapy for recurrent bleeding ileal varices diagnosed by capsule endoscopy and computed tomography during percutaneous transhepatic venography

Yoshimasa Hashimoto,  Hajime Amano,  Akira Fukumoto,  Mio Amano,  Shintaro Sagami,  Kentaro Yamao,  Tomohiro Iiboshi,  Seiji Onogawa,  Naomichi Hirano,  Keiji Hanada,  Fumiaki Hino, 
  • Pages: 436-440
  • First Published: 07 April 2013