Deepak Amarapurkar

..Majority of data comes from hospital based studies including small number of patients. Therefore this study was planned to estimate the prevalence of NAFLD in general population...

..CONCLUSION: Prevalence of extrahepatic manifestations with viral hepatitis was found to be 6.4%. These manifestations recover completely with recovery from viral hepatitis...

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..CONCLUSION: Although there is high intolerance to the treatment, closely-monitored low dose escalating Interferon and/ or Ribavirin therapy achieves good results...

..The prevalence and clinical spectrum of mesenteric venous thrombosis (MVT) in India is largely unknown...

..Parietal cell antibody (PCA) and intrinsic factor antibody (IFA) are characteristic of autoimmune gastritis, of which IFA is more specific. Patients who are IFA negative are considered under the category of chronic atrophic gastritis...

..To define the parameters that positively predict diagnosis of Crohn's disease (CD) and differentiate it from gastrointestinal tuberculosis (GITB)...

..Use of covered TIPS has shown to improve shunt patency rate over uncovered TIPS. This retrospective analysis was performed on patients with RA to assess efficacy of TIPS, both covered and uncovered...

..To date, however, data on the natural history and impact of NAFLD causing serious significant chronic liver disease are lacking and there is a need for prospective, cooperative studies...

..To evaluate patterns of obstruction, etiological spectrum and non-surgical treatment in patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome in India...

..Telbivudine is one of the most potent antiviral agents for chronic hepatitis B virus and was approved by the FDA in late 2006...

..The natural history of hepatitis C genotype III infection, the predominant form in India, is not wholly understood. This study attempted to compare the natural history of diseases due to genotypes III and I...

..We planned a prospective analysis to identify impact of DM in Indian patients with HCC...

..However, there has been change in pattern of gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors over last few years. There is limited data available on epidemiology and patterns of these tumors in India...

..To study the profile of gastrointestinal luminal tuberculosis (GITB) patients who have been treated on a confirmed and a presumptive diagnosis...

..CONCLUSION: We conclude that the prevalence of NASH is high in type 2 DM patients and liver biopsy is the only investigation to differentiate between non-alcoholic fatty liver and steatohepatitis...

..CONCLUSIONS: Periodic laboratory monitoring is important in detecting hepatotoxicity at an early stage, thereby preventing mortality. Sequential reintroduction is often successful...

..In conclusion, HCC surveillance could be effective at reducing disease-specific mortality with acceptable cost-effectiveness among selected patient groups, provided it is a well-organized program...

..This article summarizes all the consensus statements approved by the APASL on various aspects of EHPVO...

..Type II diabetes mellitus (DM) has been shown as more common in patients with hepatitis C virus infection (HCV). Similar data from India is not available...

..We report 2 cases of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) who with time, crossed over to autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). Recognition of such switch over from PBC to AIH is important for appropriate change in management of the patients...

..Ribavirin is contraindicated in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF). Conventional Interferon monotherapy is effective in around 30% of such patients. There is scanty data on the use of Peginterferon monotherapy in them...

..The prevalence and spectrum of autoimmune liver diseases (AILDs) in India are rarely reported in comparison to the West...

..Also, all patients with metabolic syndrome should undergo liver function tests and, in the presence of abnormal transaminases, a liver biopsy to define NASH...

..In patients with diabetes and hepatomegaly in the absence of other obvious liver diseases, even normal ALT may not rule out advanced liver disease, and liver biopsy may be necessary to identify the severity of liver disease...

..HBTB forms an important subgroup in TB cases. It requires a combination of imaging, histological and microbiological procedures to define the diagnosis. HBTB responds well to treatment...

..7%) (p < 0.05) and poor in 0 (0%) versus 6 (20%) patients respectively. It may be concluded that ganaton (itopride hydrochloride) is superior in efficacy and safety over mosapride citrate in the management of functional dyspepsia...

..Gastric tuberculosis is rare, and usually associated with pulmonary tuberculosis or an immunodeficient state. Here, we report five cases of gastric tuberculosis in immunocompetent patients without evidence of pulmonary involvement...

..The immunogenetic basis of autoimmune diseases has become more and more evident. We have analyzed the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) associations with type-1 autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) among patients from western India...

..Interfering with angiogenesis may be a potential target to avoid progression of liver disease. Hence we planned to evaluate the CD34 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), the markers for angiogenesis in chronic liver disease...