Metabolic and Genetic Liver Diseases: Porphyrias

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Type Enzyme Clinical features 5-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase porphyria 5-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase Rare, primarily neurological symptoms, no photosensitivity [2] Acute intermittent porphyria Porphobilinogen deaminase The most common acute form of porphyria….

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Benign Liver Lesions

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Type of adenoma Prevalence Malignant transformation MRI characteristics Inflammatory HCAs 30–50 % 5–10 % Plain MRI: hyperintense on T2WI; hypointense on T1WI HNF-1-mutated HCAs 30–35 % Minimal Heterogeneous hypointense areas…

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Autoimmune Liver Diseases: Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Kia Saeian and Reza Shaker (eds.)Liver Disordershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30103-7_17 17. Autoimmune Liver Diseases: Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis José Franco1   (1) Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8700 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee,…

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General Care of the Liver Patient

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Population group Incidence of HCC Surveillance recommended   Asian male hepatitis B carriers > age 40 0.4–0.6 %/year Asian female hepatitis B carriers > age 50 0.3–0.6 %/year Hepatitis B…

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Viral Hepatitis: Other Viral Hepatides

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Kia Saeian and Reza Shaker (eds.)Liver Disordershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30103-7_12 12. Viral Hepatitis: Other Viral Hepatides Adnan Said1   and Aiman Ghufran2 (1) Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, William S. Middleton VAMC, University…

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Viral Hepatitis: Hepatitis B (& D)

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Kia Saeian and Reza Shaker (eds.)Liver Disordershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30103-7_10 10. Viral Hepatitis: Hepatitis B (& D) Tatyana Taranukha1   and Venelin Kounev1   (1) Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA…

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