Publications by authors named "Ylenia Perez Castano"
Article Synopsis
- Mongolia has a high rate of viral hepatitis infections (B, C, D), prompting a community program aimed at increasing awareness and screening among Mongolians living in Spain.
- The program included educational activities, epidemiological questionnaires, and rapid hepatitis testing, with 79% attendance from invited participants, predominantly women with an average age of 42.
- Results revealed several positive hepatitis cases; the educational component significantly boosted participants' knowledge levels, and the initiative successfully linked 22 individuals to care, half of whom were previously unaware of their infection status.
Background & Aims: Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), heterogeneous biliary tumours with dismal prognosis, lacks accurate early diagnostic methods especially important for individuals at high-risk (i.e. those with primary sclerosing cholangitis [PSC]).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: We previously identified subsets of patients with NAFLD with different metabolic phenotypes. Here we align metabolomic signatures with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and genetic risk factors.
Approach And Results: We analyzed serum metabolome from 1154 individuals with biopsy-proven NAFLD, and from four mouse models of NAFLD with impaired VLDL-triglyceride (TG) secretion, and one with normal VLDL-TG secretion.
Introduction: parenteral drug users (PDUs) are a population with a high prevalence of infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and significant difficulties to access to treatment. Opioid replacement therapy programs regularly monitor these individuals.
Objective: to effectively treat this population using a directly observed therapy (DOT) and bringing resources closer to the methadone dispensing center in Gipuzkoa (Bitarte).