Aftab Ala

Summary

Affiliation: Frimley Park Hospital
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Wilson's disease
    Aftab Ala
    UCL Institute of Hepatology, Hampstead Campus, Division of Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, London, UK
    Lancet 369:397-408. 2007
  2. ncbi Wilson disease: pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and screening
    Aftab Ala
    Division of Liver Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Clin Liver Dis 8:787-805, viii. 2004
  3. ncbi Histopathology and clinical correlates of end-stage hepatitis B cirrhosis: a possible mechanism to explain the response to antiviral therapy
    Samuel H Sigal
    Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, New York Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, Box 308, New York, NY 10021, USA
    Liver Transpl 11:82-8. 2005
  4. ncbi Wilson disease in septuagenarian siblings: Raising the bar for diagnosis
    Aftab Ala
    Division of Liver Diseases, Recanati/Miller Transplant Institute, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
    Hepatology 41:668-70. 2005

Collaborators

  • Michael L Schilsky
  • Samuel H Sigal
  • Albert D Min
  • Katya Ivanov
  • Swan N Thung
  • Carol Bodian
  • Thomas D Schiano
  • Sabera Hossain
  • Henry C Bodenheimer

Detail Information

Publications4

  1. ncbi Wilson's disease
    Aftab Ala
    UCL Institute of Hepatology, Hampstead Campus, Division of Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, London, UK
    Lancet 369:397-408. 2007
    ..Liver transplantation corrects the underlying pathophysiology and can be lifesaving. The discovery of the Wilson's disease gene has opened up a new molecular diagnostic approach, and could form the basis of future gene therapy...
  2. ncbi Wilson disease: pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and screening
    Aftab Ala
    Division of Liver Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Clin Liver Dis 8:787-805, viii. 2004
    ..Future cell-based and genetic therapies may provide a cure for this disorder...
  3. ncbi Histopathology and clinical correlates of end-stage hepatitis B cirrhosis: a possible mechanism to explain the response to antiviral therapy
    Samuel H Sigal
    Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, New York Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, Box 308, New York, NY 10021, USA
    Liver Transpl 11:82-8. 2005
    ..In conclusion, high-grade inflammation is common in end-stage HBV cirrhosis, but it is not readily detected by biochemical and virologic parameters. High-grade inflammation is associated with a greater degree of hepatic decompensation...
  4. ncbi Wilson disease in septuagenarian siblings: Raising the bar for diagnosis
    Aftab Ala
    Division of Liver Diseases, Recanati/Miller Transplant Institute, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
    Hepatology 41:668-70. 2005
    ..Environmental and extragenic factors are pivotal determinants of disease phenotype. We suggest that WD must be considered at all ages in patients with hepatic disease, neurological disease, or psychiatric symptoms...