Nicholas F. LaRusso, Benjamin L. Shneider, Dennis Black, Gregory J. Gores, Stephen P. James, Edward Doo, Jay H. Hoofnagle – 29 August 2006 – Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a rare but important liver disease that leads to cirrhosis and need for liver transplantation in a high proportion of cases. The disease occurs in approximately 1 per 100,000 population per year, usually presents in adulthood, and affects men more often than women.

Patrizia Farci – 29 August 2006

Ramazan Idilman, Sadik Ersoz, Sahin Coban, Ozlem Kumbasar, Hakan Bozkaya – 24 August 2006 – Standard antituberculous therapy including isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol, and pyrazinamide is widely used for the treatment of active tuberculosis. Its most important side effect is hepatotoxicity, ranging from asymptomatic transaminitis to fulminant hepatic failure. A 19‐year‐old woman was admitted to our unit due to jaundice and unconsciousness. According to her past medical history, she was diagnosed as having extrapulmonary tuberculosis and had been prescribed standard antituberculous therapy.

Guy Maddern – 24 August 2006

See Ching Chan, Sheung Tat Fan – 24 August 2006

Mitsuhisa Takatsuki, Susumu Eguchi, Hirotaka Tokai, Masaaki Hidaka, Akihiko Soyama, Yoshitsugu Tajima, Takashi Kanematsu – 24 August 2006

Antonio J. Sanchez, Jaime Aranda‐Michel – 24 August 2006 – Patients with end‐stage liver disease (ESLD) frequently have diverse abnormalities of carbohydrate, lipid, and protein metabolism that cause progressive deterioration of their clinical condition and lead to malnutrition. Malnutrition is almost universally present in patients with ESLD undergoing liver transplantation and has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality.

24 August 2006

Yasuhiko Sugawara, Masatoshi Makuuchi – 24 August 2006

Naoki Shimojima, Rie Shibata, Ken Hoshino, Shigeyuki Kawachi, Minoru Tanabe, Go Wakabayashi, Motohide Shimazu, Michiie Sakamoto, Yasuhide Morikawa, Masaki Kitajima – 24 August 2006 – Although the causes of fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) remain cryptogenic in many cases, a few reports have reviewed the pathological findings of native livers to evaluate the etiology. We report 2 cases of infantile cryptogenic FHF with unique vascular obstructive changes in the native livers.