The global burden of liver disease: The major impact of China

Fu‐Sheng Wang, Jian‐Gao Fan, Zheng Zhang, Bin Gao, Hong‐Yang Wang – 28 August 2014 – Liver disease is a major cause of illness and death worldwide. In China alone, liver diseases, primarily viral hepatitis (predominantly hepatitis B virus [HBV]), nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and alcoholic liver disease, affect approximately 300 million people.

The global burden of liver disease: The major impact of China

Fu‐Sheng Wang, Jian‐Gao Fan, Zheng Zhang, Bin Gao, Hong‐Yang Wang – 28 August 2014 – Liver disease is a major cause of illness and death worldwide. In China alone, liver diseases, primarily viral hepatitis (predominantly hepatitis B virus [HBV]), nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and alcoholic liver disease, affect approximately 300 million people.

Liver transplant patients have a risk of progression similar to that of sporadic patients with branch duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms

Anne Marie Lennon, David Victor, Atif Zaheer, Mohammad Reza Ostovaneh, Jessica Jeh, Joanna K. Law, Neda Rezaee, Marco Dal Molin, Young Joon Ahn, Wenchuan Wu, Mouen A. Khashab, Mohit Girotra, Nita Ahuja, Martin A. Makary, Matthew J. Weiss, Kenzo Hirose, Michael Goggins, Ralph H. Hruban, Andrew Cameron, Christopher L. Wolfgang, Vikesh K. Singh, Ahmet Gurakar – 25 August 2014 – Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) have malignant potential and can progress from low‐ to high‐grade dysplasia to invasive adenocarcinoma.

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