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Acute septic shock during pegylated-interferon and ribavirin therapy in a patient with chronic hepatitis C who underwent aortic graft replacement
We report an autopsied case of a 59-year-old woman with acute septic shock from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection during combination therapy with pegylated-interferon-α-2b (PEG-IFNα-2b)...
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Influence of phlebotomy on iron-related gene expression levels in the livers of patients with chronic hepatitis C
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Unidentified virus-like particles are detected in plasmas with elevated ALT levels: are they significant of etiological agent(s) of non-B, non-C hepatitis?
GB virus C (GBV-C) and hepatitis G virus (HGV) have been proposed as new viruses etiologically implicated in non-B, non-C hepatitis, but the morphology of these particular virus particles is still unknown, and...
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Iron reduction therapy by phlebotomy reduces lipid peroxidation and oxidative stress in patients with chronic hepatitis C
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Iron content and consumption of health foods by patients with chronic hepatitis C
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Hepatotoxicity associated with Lyophyllum decastes Sing. (Hatakeshimeji)
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Dubin-Johnson-like black liver with normal bilirubin level
Black liver is a common finding in Dubin-Johnson syndrome (DJS), which is caused by the lack of multidrug resistance-associated protein 2 (MRP2). Impaired excretion of epinephrine metabolites is believed to be...
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Recent advances in bilirubin metabolism research: the molecular mechanism of hepatocyte bilirubin transport and its clinical relevance
Bilirubin is taken up from blood into hepatocytes by sinosuidal membrane transporters and then excreted into bile through the bile canalicular membrane mainly as bilirubin glucuronides. (1) Mechanism of bilir...
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A model for antiHelicobacter pylori chemotherapy using an experimental murine infection withHelicobacter felis
Colonization ofHelicobacter felis was observed to continue for at least 24 weeks in a BALB/c mouse stomach after oral inoculation of the bacteria. Bacteria were observed on the surface of the gastric mucosa and i...