Mohammad Irshad

..In addition, these reports produce a further scope for more studies to unravel the mystery behind HCV-genotypes and formulate guidelines to resolve this public health problem noted worldwide...

..To investigate the effect of viral hepatitis on serum levels of apo- and lipoproteins in different forms of liver diseases...

..None of the control sera were positive for any hepatitis marker. The significance of HCV core protein in relation to HCV-RNA and anti-HCV for the diagnosis of HCV infection in different liver diseases has been discussed...

..Although published information shows a lot about the clinical significance of HCV core protein, several studies are still needed to demonstrate its exact significance in viral biology and underlying HCV pathogenesis...

..Recently, attempts have been made to eradicate this virus with interferon treatment. More information is still needed to extricate various mysteries related to TTV...

..To describe the prevalence of transfusion-transmitted virus (TTV) infection in association with hepatitis A-E viral infections in different forms of liver diseases in North India...

..To investigate the prevalence and genotype distribution of Torque teno virus (TTV) in patients with different liver diseases and chronic renal failure treated at a referral hospital in North India...

..An effective immunotherapy and vaccine against HCV is still awaited...

..The aim behind this study was to explore the possibility of HCV core induced lipid changes and ensuing oxidative liver damage in these liver diseases...

..The findings of this study suggested that serum Lp(a) level was significantly (P<0.001) reduced in patients with liver diseases irrespective of the viral etiology...

..As such, this study concludes that TTV appears as a benign pathogen, showing no sign of renal/liver damage or any change in the severity of diseases caused by blood-borne hepatitis viruses...

..Because of its costs and the complexity of its treatment, proper care is available to very few patients in India. A community-based study has not been done to determine the prevalence of CRF in India...

..CONCLUSION. Chronic hepatitis is not uncommon in India. It presents with evidence of severe disease and, as elsewhere, is most frequently caused by the hepatitis B virus...

..CONCLUSION: Thalassemic patients receiving multiple blood transfusions often acquire hepatitis B (20%) and C (30%) infections. Recent hepatitis E infection was documented in 10% in this one-point study...

..Erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase was inhibited at all doses used. Dose-dependent histopathological changes, observed in both liver and brain, are also described...

..The likely reasons for this could be differences in the patient profile and greater load of severity of illness being managed with lesser resources--both physical and human--and differences in the quality of care...

..Seropositivity to HEV antibodies increased by over 2 times beyond 4 years of age as compared to younger age. Anti-HEV IgG antibodies appear to wean off with increasing age...

..As more and more reports are pouring in, a lot of information is being unfolded about oxidative stress in relation to several other diseases...

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..To test the hypothesis that combined administration of multiple doses of nebulised salbutamol and magnesium sulphate provides additional benefit compared with salbutamol alone in adult patients with acute asthma...

..Exposure to arsenite and other arsenicals has been previously shown to induce apoptosis in certain tumor cell lines at low (1-3 microM) concentration...

..To determine the influence of gestation and weight on the development of protective anti-HB levels and geometric mean titres after three doses of HBV vaccine and to ascertain the need for a fourth dose in low birthweight infants...

..6%). CONCLUSIONS. Our results indicate that in India the so-called high risk groups, other than truck drivers and professional blood donors, are unlikely to represent major sources of infection...