However, the European health data is not necessarily transferable 1:1 to Germany. For example, a recent study shows that the ...

Roughly half as many patients with cirrhosis in remission from overt hepatic encephalopathy (OHE) experienced a breakthrough ...

Total paracentesis has also been shown to be as safe as repeated partial paracentesis and to shorten the period of hospitalization -- and may even be performed on an outpatient basis. [34] However ...

Portosystemic shunting has been thought to be one of the factors in the pathogenesis of hepatic neuropathy. [21] However, Chari et al. [5] did not find a higher incidence of neuropathy in patients ...

Portal hypertension is an abnormal increase in blood pressure defined clinically as hepatic venous pressure gradient 5 mmHg in the hepatic portal vein system. Causes of portal hypertension ...

Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic inflammatory liver disease which, if untreated, often leads to cirrhosis, liver failure and death. Major advances were made in its management based on ...