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Jean-Pierre Benhamou
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Preservation of renal perfusion and postoperative renal function by side-to-side cavo-caval anastomosis in liver transplant recipients
Postoperative renal failure is common after liver transplantation (LT). The aim of this study was to investigate peroperative renal perfusion and postoperative renal function in 12 patients who underwent LT wi...
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Acute hepatitis induced by HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, lovastatin
The HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, lovastatin, is known to induce asymptomatic liver dysfunction in a few patients. We report the case of an adult who suffered from clinical hepatitis three months after the onse...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Chronic Non-A, Non-B, Non-C Hepatitis in French Blood Donors Assessed with HCV Third-generation Tests and Polymerase Chain Reaction
The livers of blood donors with increased serum aminotransferase levels were assessed histologically and were tested for antibodies to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) with a third-generation ELISA and RIBA and fo...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Long-term Histologic Improvement and Persistent HCV Replication in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Having Responded to Recombinant Alpha Interferon
We assessed long-term outcome in 24 patients with chronic hepatitis C who responded to interferon-α in a previous study. All patients were followed up for 12 months and 16 patients were followed up for a furth...
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MR imaging in intracystic hemorrhage of simple hepatic cysts
Intracystic hemorrhage of simple hepatic cysts is one of the most frequent complications. Ul-trasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT) may show abnormal findings and mimic other diseases. We describe mag...
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Transient Portal Hypertension
In most cases, portal hypertension is a chronic complication of a chronic disease of the portal vein, or the liver, or the hepatic veins. It is conceivable that an acute and transient disease of the portal vei...
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Prevention of the First Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Esophageal variceal bleeding may occur in patients with portal hypertension who have developed superior portosystemic circulation. Thus, the ideal way to prevent bleeding esophageal varices is to avoid the dev...
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Disorders of the Hepatic Veins and Venules
Impaired outflow of blood from the liver commonly results from diseases affecting the hepatic venous tree. “Hepatic venous outflow block” is the best term for designating these diseases. The terms “Chiari’s di...
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Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Patients with Portal Hypertension
A rare exception to the usual systemic, splanchnic, and pulmonary vasodilation in patients with portal hypertension is the occurrence of pulmonary hypertension. In the lung, the most frequent change associated...
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Clinical Manifestations of Portal Hypertension
Portal hypertension, like systemic arterial hypertension, may be clinically latent and is usually diagnosed under three circumstances. First, in patients with chronic liver disease, clinical evaluation, ultras...
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Pharmacokinetics of Ketanserin in Patients with Cirrhosis
The pharmacokinetics of ketanserin, a new serotonin S2 (5HT2) antagonist, were studied in 26 patients with cirrhosis. Patients were randomised to receive either a single oral dose of ketanserin 20mg (n = 14) or 4...
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A Randomised Controlled Study of Propranolol for Prevention of Recurrent Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients with Cirrhosis
74 cirrhotic patients with a history of variceal or gastric bleeding were randomly assigned to treatment with propranolol (40 to 360 mg/day) or placebo. The patients were all in good condition and doses of pro...
