Lawrence Serfaty, Philippe Giral, Marie Hélène Elghouzzi, Anne Marie Jullien, Raoul Poupon – 1 February 1993 – Studies of blood donors positive for antibody to hepatitis C virus on enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay are probably biased by the large number of false‐positive results.
1 February 1993
David A. Brenner, Linda Veloz, Rudolf Jaenisch, Joseph M. Alcorn – 1 February 1993 – Cirrhosis is characterized by a marked increase in the deposition of type I collagen and in the expression of the type I collagen genes α1(I) and α2(I). Although α1(I) gene regulation has been extensively studied in cultured cells, these results may not be applicable to hepatic fibrogenesis in vivo.
Claudio Toledo, Joan‐Manuel Salmerón, Antoni Rimola, Miquel Navasa, Vicente Arroyo, Josep Llach, Angels Ginés, Pere Ginès, Joan Rodés – 1 February 1993 – Cefotaxime is the most commonly used antibiotic for initial therapy of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis. However, since the introduction of cefotaxime no study has been performed to investigate factors influencing prognosis in cirrhotic patients with this type of infection.
Bruce R. Davidson – 1 February 1993
Julián Panés, Josep M. Bordas, Josep M. Piqué, Juan C. García‐pagán, Faust Feu, Josep Terés, Jaime Bosch, Joan Rodés – 1 February 1993 – This study investigated the effects of the short‐term administration of propranolol on gastric blood perfusion in cirrhotic patients with portal hypertensive gastropathy. Portal hypertensive gastropathy is a common cause of nonvariceal bleeding in cirrhosis, which is associated with increased gastric mucosal perfusion and is favorably influenced by propranolol therapy.
1 February 1993
Raymond S. Koff, Elihu M. Schimmel – 1 February 1993
Toru Takahashi, Jerome M. Lasker, Alan S. Rosman, Charles S. Lieber – 1 February 1993 – The propensity of centrilobular liver damage to develop in alcohol abusers after exposure to various hepatotoxins, including ethanol itself, has been linked to the induction by ethanol of P‐4502E1, a microsomal P‐450 enzyme that bioactivates these agents to reactive metabolites.
David Sacerdoti, Massimo Bolognesi, Carlo Merkel, Paolo Angeli, Angelo Gatta – 1 February 1993 – Studies of renal perfusion when kidney function tests are still normal could be useful to understand the pathophysiology of functional kidney impairment in cirrhosis; currently, this requires invasive methodology. Duplex Doppler ultrasonography allows noninvasive evaluation of intrarenal arterial resistances.