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 5 (2008), Issue 4 (April)

1. Surgical treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma beyond Milan criteria. Results of liver resection, salvage transplantation, and primary liver transplantation.
   Ann Surg Oncol, 15(5): 1383-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in cirrhotic patients with symptomatic gallstone disease.
   ANZ J Surg, 78(5): 363-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Hemodynamic effects of urotensin II and its specific receptor antagonist palosuran in cirrhotic rats.
   Hepatology, 47(4): 1264-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Mortality attributable to cholestatic liver disease in the United States.
   Hepatology, 47(4): 1241-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Oxygen desaturation during sleep in hepatopulmonary syndrome.
   Hepatology, 47(4): 1257-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Increased oxidative stress in cirrhotic rat livers: A potential mechanism contributing to reduced nitric oxide bioavailability.
   Hepatology, 47(4): 1248-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Hepatocyte growth factor suppresses profibrogenic signal transduction via nuclear export of Smad3 with galectin-7.
   Gastroenterology, 134(4): 1180-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Keratin mutation predisposes to mouse liver fibrosis and unmasks differential effects of the carbon tetrachloride and thioacetamide models.
   Gastroenterology, 134(4): 1169-79. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Nuclear factor-eythroid 2-related factor 2 prevents alcohol-induced fulminant liver injury.
   Gastroenterology, 134(4): 1159-68. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Cell type-dependent pro- and anti-inflammatory role of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 in alcoholic liver injury.
    Gastroenterology, 134(4): 1148-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Performance of transient elastography for the staging of liver fibrosis: a meta-analysis.
    Gastroenterology, 134(4): 960-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Hepatic macrophages promote the neutrophil-dependent resolution of fibrosis in repairing cholestatic rat livers.
    Surgery, 143(5): 667-78. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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