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J Pers Med
November 2024
Healthpoint Hospital, Abu Dhabi 112308, United Arab Emirates.
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is an autoimmune chronic cholestatic disease of the liver that symptomatically can present with pruritus and fatigue. Its established first- and second-line therapies are ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) and obeticholic acid (OCA) although they provide limited symptom management. Liver transplantation offers a potentially curative therapeutic option in refractory cases progressing to cirrhosis.
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December 2024
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile.
Liver transplantation (LT) remains the treatment of choice for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and offers the best long-term oncological outcomes. However, the increasing waiting list for LT has led to a significant dropout rate as patients experience tumor progression beyond the Milan criteria. Currently, locoregional therapies, such as microwave ablation (MWA), have emerged as promising bridge treatments for patients awaiting LT.
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December 2024
Department of Internal Medicine I, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology, Rheumatology, and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
Background: Mushrooms, an integral component of human diets, range from esteemed delicacies to potentially lethal toxins. The risk of severe poisoning from misidentified species, poses a significant challenge. For clinicians, recognizing mushroom poisoning amidst nonspecific symptoms and determining the specific mushroom ingested are critical yet complex tasks.
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December 2024
ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, 500007, Telangana, India.
Biofortification of staple food crops with zinc (Zn) is considered a sustainable strategy to prevent deficiency, but evidence on their health impact is awaited. The weaning Wistar/Kyoto male rats were fed on a Zn-deficient diet (ZDD, < 0.1 ppm) for 4 weeks followed by repletion (pair feeding) with control rice diet without (CRD; 5.
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December 2024
HPB Surgical Oncology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Liver transplantation (LT) has been accepted as a cornerstone of care in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) for almost three decades. In recent years, its role has been evolving to include patients with disease burden beyond the widely used Milan criteria. The integration of dynamic biomarkers such as alpha-fetoprotein together with downstaging approaches and tumor evolution after enlistment has allowed the selection of patients most likely to benefit, resulting in 5-year survival rates greater that 70%.
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