Ke‐Qin Hu, Wei Cui – 6 June 2016 – The current standard in diagnosing hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection requires two sequential steps: anti‐HCV test to screen, followed by HCV RNA reverse‐transcription polymerase chain reaction to confirm viremic HCV (V‐HCV) infection. HCV core antigen tests provided potential for possible one‐step diagnosis. However, low sensitivity and specificity limit their clinical utility.

Barry Schlansky, Carmel Shachar – 6 June 2016

Rodrigo Liberal, Diego Vergani, Giorgina Mieli‐Vergani – 3 June 2016 – Approximately 10% of children with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) and 30% of those with sclerosing cholangitis (SC) require liver transplantation (LT). LT is indicated in patients who present with fulminant hepatic failure (ie, with encephalopathy) and in those who develop end‐stage liver disease despite treatment. After LT, recurrent AIH is reported in approximately 30% of patients and recurrent SC in up to 50%.

Kyoji Ito, Nobuhisa Akamatsu, Akihiko Ichida, Daisuke Ito, Junichi Kaneko, Junichi Arita, Yoshihiro Sakamoto, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Norihiro Kokudo – 2 June 2016 – Simultaneous splenectomy (SPX) is preferentially performed in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) to modulate portal flow; increase postoperative platelet count, especially among those with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection; and modulate the immunologic status in ABO‐incompatible cases. The negative effects of the procedure, however, are not well established.

Michael Punzel, Patrick Medd, Hannah Hunter, Richard Cunningham, Bryson Pottinger, Bernd Burde, Marek Widera, Annegret Quade, Gerhard Ehninger, Anna Kozlova, Helmuth Schmidt, Karin Buhrmann, Christian G. Schüttler, Dieter Glebe, Annelies Billen, Alexander H. Schmidt, Thilo Mengling, Jens Verheyen – 30 May 2016

Michael Punzel, Patrick Medd, Hannah Hunter, Richard Cunningham, Bryson Pottinger, Bernd Burde, Marek Widera, Annegret Quade, Gerhard Ehninger, Anna Kozlova, Helmuth Schmidt, Karin Buhrmann, Christian G. Schüttler, Dieter Glebe, Annelies Billen, Alexander H. Schmidt, Thilo Mengling, Jens Verheyen – 30 May 2016

Gin‐Ho Lo – 30 May 2016

I. Lisanne Holster, Eric T.T.L. Tjwa, Adriaan Moelker, Ernst J. Kuipers, Henk R. van Buuren – 30 May 2016

Maria Eugenia Inzaugarat, Alexander Wree, Ariel E. Feldstein – 30 May 2016

Fernando Pedraza, Marco Ladino, David Roth – 27 May 2016