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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Hepatology"”.
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Review of liver biopsies at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital over a six-year period
… is a fundamental diagnostic tool in clinical hepatology, also playing a crucial role in the prognostication and management of liver diseases. Previous studies at various centres have examined liver biopsies in the context of liver disease workups, including indications, histological findings …
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The Use of Healing Touch in Adults with Hepatitis C Virus Receiving Interferon and Ribavirin: A Pilot Study
… conditions, HT or MT. The setting was a hepatology clinic in eastern Canada. The entire sample included 17 subjects, with 10 in the experimental HT group and 7 in the MT group. All sessions lasted 30 minutes and were provided over 3 consecutive weeks after the baseline measures had been …
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Multidimensional Experience of Pain in Adults with Advanced Liver Disease
… interview study, was conducted in a Toronto hepatology clinic between May and September 2021. Methods Following a scoping review study, a cross-sectional survey study was conducted for adult patients with advanced liver disease using convenience sampling. The Brief Pain Inventory (Short Form) …
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An investigation of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-5 (IGFBP-5) as a biomarker for the detection of early liver disease
… could determine it as useful biomaker in the hepatology clinic.
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Studies on polyunsaturated fatty acid content and lipid peroxidation in preterm infant nutrition from non-maternal sources.
… Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition recommendations. Although, with fortification, recommended levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA 22:6n-3; 11.5 ± 2.3 vs. 8 mg/100 mL) but not arachidonic acid (ARA 20:4n-6; 8.3 ± 2.9 vs. 12 mg/100 mL) could be reached. Preterm …
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HBV genotypes at the Groote Schuur Hospital Liver Clinic, Cape Town : genotype and subgenotype prevalence and the influence of ethnicity on treatment outcomes during long term clinical follow-up of patience with chronic HBV infection.
In the developing world, hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an important cause of acute and chronic liver disease. Two billion people worldwide are infected with the virus and an estimated 350 million who have failed to clear the virus have chronic infection. In Africa, HBV is endemic with 98% of the …
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A Decade of Hepatitis C at the UCT/GSH Liver Clinic in the Pre-DAA era
Background Hepatitis C (HCV) in South Africa is incompletely characterised and understood. Epidemiological and clinical data will better inform our understanding and assist national policy decision making. On the background of more than two decades of clinical challenges in HCV management, the …
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Gastrointestinal Disorders in Women
Abstract: This doctoral thesis has sought to clarify the influence of gender in gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. Women with different hormone profiles were investigated, their colonic microbiota was characterized, and the impact of lifestyle and risk factors for GI disease were examined. In a pilot …
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Hepatitis C prevalence in HIV infected heterosexual men and men who have sex with men
Background: Globally 1% of individuals are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). In South Africa (SA), the prevalence ranges between 0.3% - 1% with few prospective screening data available. Similarly, local data on transmission modes of HCV are limited but probably include parenteral routes and …
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Depression, Anxiety, Hazardous Drinking, Subjective Burden, and Rewards in Family Caregivers of Patients With Chronic Liver Disease
… patients receiving care in a university-based, hepatology practice located in a large metropolitan city in the Mid-South provided data for the study. Depressive symptoms were measured with the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Anxiety was measured with the Hamilton …
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Using Telemedicine To Optimize The Delivery Of Care In Patients With Liver Disease
<p>Chronic Liver Disease (CLD) is one of the top causes of morbidity and mortality globally. Among the spectrum of liver diseases, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is the most common cause of cirrhosis and one of the top reasons for a liver transplant. Patients with NASH end up with hepatic …
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INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL DERIVED LIVER MODEL FOR THE STUDY OF PNPLA3-ASSOCIATED NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is now the leading cause of chronic liver disease in the developed world, afflicting approximately one in four adults globally. NAFLD is defined by the accumulation of fat within the liver which ranges in severity from simple steatosis to non-alcoholic …
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Neuroimmune Interactions of Enteric Neurons and Mast Cells: Friends or Foes?
Psychological distress or physical strain lead to reduced blood flow in the intestine since other organs are prioritised. One aim of this thesis was to investigate how ischemia followed by reperfusion affects the large intestine and the enteric nervous system (ENS). To do so an experimental …
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Personalised Medicine for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is a chronic and dangerous condition which has grown in prevalence over recent decades due to increasing rates of obesity, affecting roughly a quarter of adults globally. This thesis develops a useable NAFLD definition which can be applied to large …
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Complications of total parenteral nutrition: focus on fats and fistulae
Contains fulltext : 95518.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis: from genetic risk to disease biology
Primary sclerosing cholangitis: from genetic risk to disease biology Elizabeth Claire Goode One in 10,000 people in the Western world lives with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), an immune-mediated, inflammatory disease of the bile ducts that is highly co-morbid with inflammatory bowel disease …
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