Diffuse duodenal nodular lymphoid hyperplasia: a large cohort of patients etiologically related to Helicobacter pylori infectionMehnaaz S Khuroo
Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
BMC Gastroenterol 11:36. 2011
..Nodular lymphoid hyperplasia of gastrointestinal tract is a rare disorder, often associated with immunodeficiency syndromes. There are no published reports of its association with Helicobacter pylori infection...
Discovery of hepatitis E: the epidemic non-A, non-B hepatitis 30 years down the memory laneMohammad Sultan Khuroo
Gastroenterology, Digestive Diseases Centre, Kashmir, J and K, India
Virus Res 161:3-14. 2011
..Two recombinant hepatitis E virus vaccines have successfully undergone phase 3 trials...
Anomalous pancreaticobiliary ductal union in tropical calcific pancreatitisNaira Sultan Khuroo
Digestive Diseases Centre, Dr Khuroo s Medical Clinic, Sector 1, Sher e Kashmir Colony, Qamarwari, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
JOP 11:18-24. 2010
..Tropical calcific pancreatitis is unique to developing countries with of unknown origin...
- Clinical course and duration of viremia in vertically transmitted hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in babies born to HEV-infected mothers
M S Khuroo
Digestive Diseases Centre, Dr Khuroo s Medical Clinic, Srinagar, Kashmir, J and K, India
J Viral Hepat 16:519-23. 2009
..Thus HEV infection is commonly transmitted from mother-to-foetus and causes high neonatal mortality. HEV infection in survivors is self-limiting with short lasting viremia...
- Budd-Chiari syndrome: long-term effect on outcome with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
Mohammad Sultan Khuroo
Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 20:1494-502. 2005
..To address this, the records of 47 consecutive patients with BCS evaluated in one center from January 1989 to April 2004, were analyzed...
- Meta-analysis: endoscopic variceal ligation for primary prophylaxis of oesophageal variceal bleeding
M S Khuroo
Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Aliment Pharmacol Ther 21:347-61. 2005
..The treatment effects of primary prophylactic endoscopic variceal ligation are unclear...
- Treatment with proton pump inhibitors in acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a meta-analysis
Mohammed S Khuroo
Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 20:11-25. 2005
..The overall mortality was unaffected. PPI therapy is useful only in a selected group of patients with acute non-variceal UGI bleeding, namely those with peptic ulcers having endoscopic high-risk stigmata for rebleeding...
- Meta-analysis: a randomized trial of peginterferon plus ribavirin for the initial treatment of chronic hepatitis C genotype 4
Mohammad S Khuroo
Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Aliment Pharmacol Ther 20:931-8. 2004
..Guidelines for treatment of patients infected with hepatitis C virus genotype 4 are not available...
- Molecular adsorbent recirculating system for acute and acute-on-chronic liver failure: a meta-analysis
Mohammed S Khuroo
Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh Saudi Arabia
Liver Transpl 10:1099-106. 2004
..Well-conducted randomized trials are strongly recommended to define the role of MARS in the treatment of patients with liver failure...
- Aetiology and prognostic factors in acute liver failure in India
M S Khuroo
Department of Gastroenterology, Sher I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar Kashmir, India
J Viral Hepat 10:224-31. 2003
..Acute liver failure occurs in a high proportion of pregnant women, mostly in third trimester. Early predictors of a poor outcome are non-E aetiology, prothrombin time >30 s, grade of coma >2 and age >40 years...
- Viral hepatitis in international travellers: risks and prevention
Mohammad Sultan Khuroo
Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, P O Box 3354, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Int J Antimicrob Agents 21:143-52. 2003
..Hepatitis A is the most common form of viral hepatitis in travellers and cumulative data have shown a risk of 3-6 cases/1,000 persons/month of stay whereas the risk of acquiring hepatitis B is 10 times lower...
- Aetiology, clinical course and outcome of sporadic acute viral hepatitis in pregnancy
M S Khuroo
Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
J Viral Hepat 10:61-9. 2003
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- Treatment of type I gastric neuroendocrine tumors with somatostatin analogs
Mehnaaz Sultan Khuroo
Sher e Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 25:548-54. 2010
..The objective of the present study was to assess the response of type-I gastric neuroendocrine tumors to octreotide-long acting, repeatable (LAR) therapy and evaluate long-term follow up of such patients after therapy...
- Hepatitis E virus infection may be transmitted through blood transfusions in an endemic area
Mohammad Sultan Khuroo
Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 19:778-84. 2004
..CONCLUSION: Frequent transmission of HEV by blood transfusion places recipients at risk and warrants redefining of the donor screening policy by blood banks, especially in endemic areas...
- Peginterferon alpha-2b plus ribavirin compared with interferon alpha-2b plus ribavirin for initial treatment of chronic hepatitis C in Saudi patients commonly infected with genotype 4
F Z Alfaleh
College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Liver Int 24:568-74. 2004
..CONCLUSIONS: Saudi patients with chronic HCV attained a higher, although statistically not significant sustained virologic response with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin compared with interferon plus ribavirin...
