Para-Bombay blood group: Report of a rare blood group.

Para-Bombay blood group is a rare blood group typically characterized by the absence of H antigens on red blood cell and the presence of ABH substances on secretion. It can be easily missed and often mistaken as blood group O without extended testing. Detection is important as it significantly affect transfusion management.

A Study of Creatinine Level among Patients with Dyslipidemia and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus using Multilayer Perceptron and Multiple Linear Regression.

Background And Objective: Dyslipidemia is one of the most important risk factors for coronary heart disease with diabetes mellitus. Diabetic dyslipidemia is correlated with reduced concentrations of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, elevated concentrations of plasma triglycerides, and increased concentrations of dense small particles of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Furthermore, dyslipidemia is one of the factors that accelerate renal failure in patients with nephropathy that is observed to be higher in these patients.

Diagnostic value of a group of biochemical markers of liver fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Objective: The objectives of this study were to investigate the use of non-invasive biochemical markers to evaluate the severity of liver fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of patients with histopathologically confirmed NASH between January 2005 and December 2006. The patients' characteristics were recorded and the body mass index was calculated for each patient.

Clinical picture, insulin resistance, and adipocytokines profiles of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) patients in Indonesia.

Aim: To know the clinical picture of subjects with NASH in Jakarta, Indonesia and the prevalence of insulin resistance, TNF-a, and adiponectin levels among them.

Methods: this was a comparative cross-sectional study between patients with histopathologically confirmed NASH and normal subjects. The population of study was patients with fatty liver without history or significant consumption of ethanol.

Incidence of helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer : an 8-year hospital based study.

Aim: To observe the tendency of decreased prevalence of H pylori infection in a 14 year-period and observe the prevalence of intestinal metaplasia and gastric cancer.

Methods: All patients who were diagnosed with dyspepsia and underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy in Cikini hospital Jakarta from January 1998 until December 2005 were evaluated. We evaluated the histopathologic result of H pylori, the presence of intestinal metaplasia and gastric cancer.

Hepatocarcinogenesis in viral Hepatitis B infection: the role of HBx and p53.

Infection of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is a risk factor of chronic active hepatitis (CAH), hepatic cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Infection of HBV may develop to HCC without antecedent hepatic cirrhosis. Pathogenesis of HBV causing malignant changes has not been fully understood.