[Ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, hepatorenal syndrome: What is common in their diagnosis and treatment?].

Complications of cirrhosis are a main cause of death in the immediate and late follow-up periods in these patients. Portal hypertension, edematous-ascitic syndrome, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, hepatorenal syndrome, and hepatic encephalopathy are poor predictors. The sociomedical importance of these complications is obvious for reasons of the high risk of death in these patients in the immediate period (15-30 days).

NS3 protease inhibitors for treatment of chronic hepatitis C: Efficacy and safety.

A new treatment paradigm for hepatitis C is that the treatment must include an existing direct-acting antiviral agent, namely, a protease inhibitor (PI) combined with PEGylated interferon-α and ribavirin. The currently marketed PIs and PIs in clinical trials have different mechanisms of action. The development of new PIs aims for an improved safety profile and higher effectiveness.

[Celiac disease is a 33-year-old man with periodic disease].

The article presents a clinical case of a 33-year-old Armenian man, who suffered from two rare diseases: Familial Mediterranean fever and celiac. The diagnosis of Familial Mediterranean fever: abdominal-feverish form, is confirmed by genetic markers. The morphological study of duodenal mucosa's specimens confirms the celiac.