Acute liver failure (ALF) in children differs from that observed in adults in both the etiologic spectrum and the clinical picture. Children, particularly very young ones, do not demonstrate ...

Microbiome Changes in Chronic Liver Disease Highlight the Need for Personalized Treatment Nov. 18, 2024 — People with chronic liver disease have dramatic changes to the types and functions of ...

Pediatric acute liver failure. Data taken from [10,14]. Hereditary tyrosinemia Nitisinone (NTBC or 2-[2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl]-1,3-cyclohexanedione) 1 mg/kg/day orally in two doses ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is common in patients with cirrhosis, but cirrhosis itself is not significantly associated with ...

Advances in therapy are improving outcomes for patients, but the incidence and mortality rates for hepatocellular carcinoma ...

Track your liver function with regular blood tests, such as liver function tests (LFTs), which measure enzyme and protein ...

Late-stage acute liver failure (ALF) has limited therapies. The authors show that the bioactive compound SCM-198 extends the ALF treatment window from 3 to 24 hours in mice by selectively ...

He had a history of atrial fibrillation (AF) that initially occurred 2 years before in the context of streptococcal ...

Infectious diseases tend to spread during the winter holiday season in the Northern Hemisphere. (Manuel Romano / NurPhoto via Getty Images) It's that time of year, when families and friends come ...

Though the two have similar symptoms, they require different ... July 17, 2023 — Chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is on the rise worldwide.

Sergio A. Giralt, MD, discusses how the pathophysiology of chronic graft-vs-host disease involves complex immune dysregulation, with CSF1R playing a crucial role in driving the differentiation of ...