Chantal Marteau, Bernard Sastre, Nicola Iconomidis, Henri Portugal, Anne‐Marie Pauli, André Gérolami – 1 June 1990 – Samples of gallbladder bile obtained from 25 controls and 34 patients with pigment (28 cases) or cholesterol (6 cases) gallstones were studied to establish whether disturbances in regulation of the biliary pH are likely to play a role in the pathogenesis of gallstones. Samples were assayed for pH, Pco2 and concentrations of sodium, bicarbonate and calcium (total and ionized). Saturation of bile in calcium carbonate was calculated.

Kirsten D. Bentsen, Jens H. Henriksen, Flemming Bendtsen, Kim Hørslev‐Petersen, Ib Lorenzen – 1 June 1990 – Splanchnic and renal extraction of circulating aminoterminal propeptide of type III procollagen and related antigens were studied in 12 patients with normal liver function and in 19 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis during catheterization.

1 June 1990

Hussein Mousa Atta, J. Michael Henderson, Ricardo Mastai, Jaime Bosch – 1 June 1990

Richard E. Hernandez – 1 June 1990

Jaw‐Ching Wu, Shou‐Dong Lee, Sugantha Govindarajan, Hwa‐Chen Lin, Pesus Chou, Yan‐Jenn Wang, Shoou‐Yih Lee, Yang‐Te Tsai, Kwang‐Juei Lo, Ling‐Pai Ting – 1 June 1990 – Multivariate analysis of the risk factors for hepatitis D virus infection among 53 men with acute hepatitis D virus superinfection, 59 men with acute exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B and 54 asymptomatic male hepatitis B carriers revealed that sexual contact with prostitutes and use of nondisposable needles were the factors significantly associated with hepatitis D virus infection in Taiwan (odds ratio = 5.5, 95% confidence

Raymond D. Dubois – 1 June 1990

Eric Bismuth, Antoine Hadengue, Pascal Hammel, Jean‐Pierre Benhamou – 1 June 1990 – We describe four patients with hepatic vein thrombosis caused by Behçet's disease and review the 17 previously published cases. In addition, we compared these 21 cases of hepatic vein thrombosis to our 24 cases of hepatic vein thrombosis caused by primary myeloproliferative disorders.

Robert G. Heath – 1 June 1990

Antoni Mas, María Buti, Rafael Esteban, José M. Sánchez‐Tapias, Josep Costa, Rosendo Jardí, Miquel Bruguera, Jaime Guardia, Joan Rodés – 1 June 1990 – Hepatitis B virus DNA and hepatitis D virus RNA, the most sensitive markers of hepatitis B and hepatitis D virus replication, were sought by molecular hybridization with radioactive probes in serial serum samples from 29 consecutive patients with HBsAg‐positive fulminant hepatitis. Nineteen patients had evidence of hepatitis D virus infection, as assessed by the presence in serum of delta antigen, anti‐delta antibodies, or both.