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High serum levels of free cortisol indicate severity of cirrhosis in hemodynamically stable patients. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 Oct;27(10):1596-1601. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2012.07188.x. High serum levels of free cortisol indicate severity of cirrhosis in hemodynamically stable patients. Thevenot T, Dorin R, Monnet E, Qualls CR, Sapin R, Grandclement E, Borot S, Sheppard F, Weil D, Degand T, Di Martino V, Kazlauskaite R. Source Published on: Oct-2012 Read more	Gaucher’s disease – A case accidentally diagnosed at five years of age Tanmay was born in November 2002. Parents reported a healthy childhood till the age of five. Family was living a happy normal life till then residing in the Mumbai suburbs. In 2007, Tanmay got fever which was diagnosed as a case of chronic malaria, he was hospitalized for 15 days at a local hospital. Fever relapsed, he was brought to Lokmanya Tilak Hospital, Sion, where he was hospitalized and treated for malaria. One of the signs of malaria is the increase in size of liver and spleen which usually reverts back to normal after treatment. But it did not happen in Tanmay’s case, his liver and spleen remained enlarged. His parents resorted to alternate system of medicines for treatment. Read more
Surgical risk in patients with cirrhosis J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 Oct;27(10):1569-75. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2012.07205.x. Surgical risk in patients with cirrhosis. Nicoll A. Source Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Royal Melbourne hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. Abstract Published on: Oct-2012 Read more	Budd Chiari Syndrome – A one and a half year old child with abdominal distension Jasmine (name changed), a nine year girl, as any other child of her age was busy watching cartoon show on TV. Her physical growth appeared normal, good in studies. “She scored 90% in her exams this time”, says her mother affectionately. Read more
Prevalence and risk factors for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Asian people who are not obese. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 Oct;27(10):1555-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2012.07222.x. Prevalence and risk factors for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Asian people who are not obese. Liu CJ. Source Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Abstract Published on: Oct-2012 Read more	Pediatric obesity and gallstone disease J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2012 Sep;55(3):328-33. Pediatric obesity and gallstone disease. Koebnick C, Smith N, Black MH, Porter AH, Richie BA, Hudson S, Gililland D, Jacobsen SJ, Longstreth GF. Source *Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena †Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center, Baldwin Park ‡Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center, Riverside §Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center, Fontana, CA. Abstract Published on: Sep-2012 Read more
A prospective nationwide study of drug-induced liver injury in Korea Am J Gastroenterol. 2012 Sep;107(9):1380-7. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2012.138. Epub 2012 Jun 26. A prospective nationwide study of drug-induced liver injury in Korea. Suk KT, Kim DJ, Kim CH, Park SH, Yoon JH, Kim YS, Baik GH, Kim JB, Kweon YO, Kim BI, Kim SH, Kim IH, Kim JH, Nam SW, Paik YH, Suh JI, Sohn JH, Ahn BM, Um SH, Lee HJ, Cho M, Jang MK, Choi SK, Hwang SG, Sung HT, Choi JY, Han KH. Source Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, South Korea. Abstract OBJECTIVES: To address a growing concern about drug-induced liver injury (DILI), a nationwide study was performed to investigate the significance of DILI in Korea. METHODS: Published on: Sep-2012 Read more	Investigative MR Cholangiopancreatography for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis-type Lesions in Children With IBD J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2012 Sep;55(3):308-13. Investigative MR Cholangiopancreatography for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis-type Lesions in Children With IBD. Alexopoulou E, Xenophontos PE, Economopoulos N, Spyridopoulos TN, Papakonstantinou O, Panayotou I, Dimakou K, Roma E, Kelekis NL. Source *Second Department of Radiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General University Hospital "Attikon," †Gastroenterology Unit of the First Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aghia Sofia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece. Abstract Published on: Sep-2012 Read more
Rapid Point-of-Care First-Line Screening Tests for Hepatitis B Infection: A Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy (1980-2010). Am J Gastroenterol. 2012 Sep;107(9):1306-13. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2012.141. Epub 2012 May 29. Rapid Point-of-Care First-Line Screening Tests for Hepatitis B Infection: A Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy (1980-2010). Shivkumar S, Peeling R, Jafari Y, Joseph L, Pai NP. Source 1] Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University and Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada [2] Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Abstract OBJECTIVES: Published on: Sep-2012 Read more	Profile of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in children in a tertiary care hospital in India. Indian Pediatr. 2011 Jan;48(1):31-5. Epub 2010 Aug 1. Profile of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in children in a tertiary care hospital in India. Ramachandran B, Balasubramanian S, Abhishek N, Ravikumar KG, Ramanan AV. Source Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 034, India. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiology, clinical features, laboratory findings, outcome and the difficulties in diagnosis and management of children with Hemo-phagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) in a tertiary children's hospital in India. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of case records of all the children with a diagnosis of HLH from December 2006 to December 2008. SETTING:Tertiary care children's teaching hospital in Chennai, India. Published on: Sep-2012 Read more

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