Liver Cirrhosis Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Liver Cirrhosis, including details on alcohol, treatment, drugs, effects, causes.

Volume 3 (2006), Issue 7 (July)

1. Fatigue in primary biliary cirrhosis is associated with excessive daytime somnolence.
   Hepatology, 44(1): 91-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Development of autoimmune hepatitis in patients with typical primary biliary cirrhosis.
   Hepatology, 44(1): 85-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. The eNOS cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin improves endothelial dysfunction in livers of rats with CCl4 cirrhosis.
   Hepatology, 44(1): 44-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Elevated levels of von Willebrand Factor in cirrhosis support platelet adhesion despite reduced functional capacity.
   Hepatology, 44(1): 53-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Fibrinogen gamma375 arg-->trp mutation (fibrinogen aguadilla) causes hereditary hypofibrinogenemia, hepatic endoplasmic reticulum storage disease and cirrhosis.
   Am J Surg Pathol, 30(7): 906-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Elevated resistin levels in cirrhosis are associated with the proinflammatory state and altered hepatic glucose metabolism but not with insulin resistance.
   Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, 291(2): E199-206. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Water and sodium retention in edematous disorders: role of vasopressin and aldosterone.
   Am J Med, 119(7): S47-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Overexpression of Bcl-2 by activated human hepatic stellate cells: resistance to apoptosis as a mechanism of progressive hepatic fibrogenesis in humans.
   Gut, 55(8): 1174-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Efficacy of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with talc pleurodesis for porous diaphragm syndrome in patients with refractory hepatic hydrothorax.
   Ann Thorac Surg, 82(2): 457-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in cirrhotic patients: the role of subtotal cholecystectomy and its variants.
    J Am Coll Surg, 203(2): 145-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Renovascular impedance correlates with portal pressure in patients with liver cirrhosis.
    Radiology, 240(2): 581-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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