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Hepatobiliary disease

• Detection of hypermethylation of thep16^INK4A gene promoter in chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis associated with hepatitis B or C virus

  (1 March, 2001)

  H Kaneto, S Sasaki, H Yamamoto, F Itoh, M Toyota, H Suzuki, I Ozeki, N Iwata, T Ohmura, T Satoh, Y Karino, T Satoh, J Toyota, M Satoh, T Endo, M Omata, K Imai
• Induction of autoantibodies to the adrenal cortex and pancreatic islet cells by interferon alpha therapy for chronic hepatitis C (1 March, 2001)

  B Wesche, E Jaeckel, C Trautwein, H Wedemeyer, A Falorni, H Frank, A von zur Mühlen, M-P Manns, G Brabant
• Abdominal decompression plays a major role in early postparacentesis haemodynamic changes in cirrhotic patients with tense ascites (1 March, 2001)

  J Cabrera, L Falcón, E Gorriz, M D Pardo, R Granados, A Quinones, M Maynar
• Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) versus endoscopic variceal ligation in the prevention of variceal rebleeding in patients with cirrhosis: a randomised trial (1 March, 2001)

  G Pomier-Layrargues, J-P Villeneuve, M Deschênes, B Bui, P Perreault, D Fenyves, B Willems, D Marleau, M Bilodeau, M Lafortune, M-P Dufresne
• HLA and interleukin 1 gene polymorphisms in primary biliary cirrhosis: associations with disease progression and disease susceptibility (1 March, 2001)

  P Donaldson, K Agarwal, A Craggs, W Craig, O James, D Jones
• K-ras mutations in the bile of patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (1 March, 2001)

  S Kubicka, F Kühnel, P Flemming, B Hain, N Kezmic, K L Rudolph, M Manns, P N Meier
• The causes of obvious jaundice in South West Wales: perceptions versus reality (1 March, 2001)

  M W Whitehead, I Hainsworth, J G C Kingham
• Increased sphincter of Oddi basal pressure in patients affected by gall stone disease: a role for biliary stasis and colicky pain? (1 March, 2001)

  M Cicala, F I Habib, F Fiocca, N Pallotta, E Corazziari