Prospective study of bacterial infection in acute liver failure: An analysis of fifty patients

Nancy Rolando, Felicity Harvey, Javier Brahm, John Philpott‐Howard, Graeme Alexander, Alexander Gimson, Mark Casewell, Elizabeth Fagan, Roger Williams – 1 January 1990 – Fifty consecutive patients admitted with acute liver failure, minimal grade II encephalopathy, were studied prospectively to determine to incidence, timing and cause of bacterial infection, the relationship to clinical criterial for infection; and the influence of early microbiological diagnosis on clinical outcome.

Does primary sclerosing cholangitis occurring in association with inflammatory bowel disease differ from that occurring in the abssence of inflammatory bowel disease? A study of sixty‐six subjects

Mordechai Rabinovitz, Judith S. Gavaler, Robert R. Schade, Vincents J. Dindzans, Mai‐Ching Chien, David H. Van Thiel – 1 January 1990 – Primary sclerosing cholangitis often occurs in association with inflammatory bowel disease, particularly ulcerative colitis but also Crohn's disease of the colon either with or without terminal ileal disease. Little data exist as to the effect of inflammatory bowel disease on the presenting symptoms, radiological features, response to liver transplantation, and potential risk of bile duct carcinoma in individuals with primary sclerosing cholangitis.

Alpha‐1‐antitrypsin distribution in nodular regenerative hyperplasia of liver

Swan N. Thung – 1 January 1990 – Nodular regenerative hyperplasia, a disorder characterized by regenerative nodules scattered diffusely throughout the liver without associated fibrosis, is most often recognized at autopsy when the entire liver is available for inspection. Diagnosis by needle biopsy is much more subtle.

Absence of growth‐hormone receptor in hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhotic liver

Tien‐Chun Chang, Jyh‐Jian Lin, Shan‐Chang Yu, Tien‐Jye Chang – 1 January 1990 – Hepatocellular carcinoma is a hormone‐sensitive tumor. It has been reported that thyroxine and prolactin significantly stimulated hepatoma growth, whereas growth hormone failed to do so. To learn whether the growth hormone receptor is present in human hepatocellular carcinoma, we used radioreceptor assays in samples of human hepatocellular carcinoma. The liver tissues adjacent to hepatocellular carcinoma (mostly cirrhotic) and control liver tissues (taken during various surgical procedures) were also studied.

Intrahepatic markers of hepatitis delta virus infection: A study by in Situ hybridization

Francesco Negro, Ferruccio Bonino, Adrian Di Bisceglie, Jay H. Hoofnagle, John L. Gerin – 1 December 1989 – The intrahepatic distribution of hepatitis delta virus RNA was studied by in situ hybridization in 33 formalin‐fixed, paraffin‐embedded biopsies from 17 chronic hepatitis B virus carriers superinfected with hepatitis delta virus. The findings were correlated with the expression of the hepatitis delta antigen, the duration of the hepatitis delta virus infection and the eosinophilic degeneration of the hepatocytes.

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