Acute renal failure induced by carbon tetrachloride in rats with hepatic cirrhosis

Relationship between cirrhosis and renal dysfunction is not yet fully understood. A model of cirrhosis with acute hepatic and renal damage (RF), produced by CCl4 in rats, with hemodynamic and renal functional alterations...

Does HLA-DR7 differentiate the overlap syndrome of auto-immune hepatitis-primary biliary cirrhosis (AIH-PBC) from those with auto-immune hepatitis type 1?

Introduction. Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) and overlap-syndrome (OS) are autoimmune liver diseases of unknown etiology. Although HLA-DR3/DR4 plays a susceptibility role in AIH but there is limited information in regard to...

Prophylactic and curative effects of purslane on bile duct ligation-induced hepatic fibrosis in albino rats

Introduction. Hepatic fibrosis is a common pathological process of chronic liver injury. Oxidative stress and inflammation may have prognostic value in disease progression. Objective. To examine the implication of both a...

The Annals of Hepatology welcomes the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver (CASL)

Treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in the near future