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Dec 2004

Page Twenty-Two


Treatment for Decompensated Cirrhotics

Dec 10 2004

Treatment for Compensated Cirrhotics

Dec 10 2004

Treatment for Relapsers and Non-Responders

Dec 09 2004

Persistent ascites and low serum sodium

Nov 28 2004

Late-Evening Snacks Containing Branched-Chain Amino Acids Benefit Hepatitis-Caused Cirrhosis

 

Page Twenty-One

Long-term Effect of Peginterferon Alfa-2b (Peg-Intron) Plus Ribavirin (Rebetol) on Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with HCV-related Cirrhosis

Nov 11 2004

Peginterferon Alfa-2a (Pegasys) and Ribavirin (Copegus) for the Treatment of Chronic HCV and Compensated Cirrhosis/Fibrosis

Nov 10 2004

Viremia, cirrhosis, and possibly knowledge of infection are associated with fatigue in HCV-infected VA patients

Nov 02 2004

Improving Liver Cancer Detection in Cirrhosis is Study Aim

Oct 18 2004

New Liver Rejection Treatment Approach Demonstrates Its Merit, Doctors Say

Oct 01 2004

Persistent ascites and low serum sodium identify patients at high risk of early death

Sep 25 2004

Bacterial infections in cirrhosis


Page Twenty


Intercept Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication of Study Demonstrating Its Lead Compound Can Reverse Liver Fibrosis

Aug 11 2004

Nadolol in the prophylaxis of growth of small esophageal varices

Aug 11 2004

Role of Vitamin K2 in the Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Women
With Viral Cirrhosis of the Liver

July 19 2004

New Doppler ultrasound signs improve diagnosis of cirrhosis or severe liver fibrosis

July 14 2004

Experts Probe Cirrhosis-Related Fatigue

July 07 2004

Cirrhosis:
An Introduction

July 01 2004

Prevention of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

July 2004

Natural History of Cirrhosis

July 2004


Page Nineteen


New treatment offers hope to hepatitis C virus sufferers

June 18 2004

Mitchell Shiffman and colleagues report results from the first 604 patients enrolled into the Hepatitis C Antiviral Long-Term Treatment against Cirrhosis (HALT-C) trial. 

Gene therapy breakthrough

June 05 2004


Page Eighteen


New Approach for Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy?

May 27 04

Cirrhotic nodules sometimes resemble liver cancer on computed tomography

May 27 04

Anemia Is a Major Determinant of Fatigue in Patients with Cirrhosis
May 26 2004

Texan fights cancer with new treatment-HCV, cirrhosis and cancer

May 25 2004


Page Seventeen


Actimmune for Advanced Liver Cirrhosis Fails in Phase II Study
China develops new artificial liver machine
New test detects cirrhosis
Diabetes raises risk of serious liver problems

May 25 04

Treatment Considerations in Patients with Hepatitis C and Cirrhosis `

May 04 2004

The Relationship of Chronic Viral Hepatitis, Alcoholism, and Cirrhosis to Liver Cancer
  A Sustained Viral Response Predicts a Significant Decrease in Clinical Complications Among Patients with Advanced Fibrosis or Cirrhosis

 

  Future Trends of HCV-related Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Greece after Adjusting for Access to Peginterferon and Ribavirin

April 14 2004


Page Sixteen


Impact of Pegylated Interferon alfa-2b (Peg-Intron) and Ribavirin on Progression of Liver Fibrosis in patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

Can Cirrhotics Achieve a Histologic Response?

 

  Normalization of ALT in HCV Patients with Cirrhosis Significantly Reduces the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  Half of Cirrhosis Patients Respond to Pegasys and Ribavirin
  The Management of Ascites in Cirrhosis: Report on the Consensus Conference of the International Ascites Club

Combining Induction and Prolonged Maintenance Therapy Produces High Sustained Virological Response in Chronic HCV Patients

HCV cirrhosis is a life threatening disease

 

 

Page Fifteen


 

  Treatment considerations in patients with hepatitis C and cirrhosis
 
  NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION IN ADVANCED CIRRHOSIS.....
  Pathogenesis of Hepatic Encephalopathy in Acute Liver Failure
 

 

Page Fourteen


Predicting Progression to Cirrhosis in Chronic HCV Infection

Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio: proposal and validation of a non-invasive parameter to predict the presence of oesophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis

  Protein markers could shed light on the origins of liver cancer
  Peripheral neuropathy in liver cirrhosis.
  Axcan Licenses Drug for the Treatment of Hepatic Encephalopathy from Merz Pharmaceuticals

 


Page Thirteen


  Reversal of cirrhosis: evidence-based medicine?
  Transnasal diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy appears to be a promising alternative to peroral upper endoscopy
  Cirrhosis: Circulatory Changes
  Advances in Endoscopy and Endoscopic Sedation
  Treatment Considerations in Patients with Hepatitis C and Cirrhosis
  Cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
  DO OVER-THE-COUNTER ANALGESICS CONTRIBUTE TO DECOMPENSATION OF CIRRHOSIS? - A PROSPECTIVE STUDY

 

 

Page Eleven

Treating Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis: 20% sustained response rate

Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in Decompensated Cirrhotics

Pegasys News: 4 year follow-up; study of treating cirrhotics; study of Peg-Intron non-responders

 

 

  Page Ten

 

Good news for Hepatitis C Patients with Cirrhosis

  Quantitative liver function predicts development of HCV-related cirrhosis
  Common Hepatitis C Virus Genotype Raises Cirrhotic Decompensation Risk
  New Treatment Stops Liver Scarring in Mice
InterMune Announces Start of Phase II Trial of Actimmune for the Treatment Of Liver Fibrosis
  HCV and Estrogen in Women
Peginterferon alfa-2a in Chronic HCV & Cirrhosis or Bridging Fibrosis
  Prevention of cirrhosis is the best measure against hepatocellular cancer

Liver Scarring Not Always Permanent
Study shows surgery reverses cirrhosis in some patients

 

 

 
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