Hepatitis A vaccination in healthcare personnel

Background and aims. Despite effective vaccine available, hepatitis A remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide including acute liver failure, transplantation and death. Vaccination rates for hepat...

Cardiac metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma in a young non-cirrhotic patient, to the left ventricle

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary tumor of the liver. 1,2 The most common extrahepatic metastatic sites are lung, abdominal lymph nodes and bone, while its cardiac metastasis is rare. 2,3Metasta...

IGF-I and IGFBP-3 serum levels in patients hospitalized for complications of liver cirrhosis

[b]Background[/b]. IGF-I and IGFBP-3 are part of IGF system and, due to their predominantly hepatic synthesis, they seem to correlate with hepatic dysfunction intensity. Aims. To investigate the significance of IGF-I and...

Citrus auraptene: A potential multifunctional therapeutic agent for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Insights in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease pathophysiology with lipidomic analyses