Extended peginterferon plus ribavirin treatment for 72 weeks versus standard peginterferon plus ribavirin treatment for 48 weeks in chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 infected slow-responder adult patientsLior H Katz
Hepatology and Nutrition Department, MD Anderdson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 9:CD008516. 2012
..However, the number of patients demonstrating a sustained virological response is not high. In order to improve sustained virological response, extending the length of the treatment period has been suggested...
Mass antibiotic treatment to stop an outbreak of meningococcal disease: a molecular analysisL H Katz
Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Aviv, Israel
Clin Microbiol Infect 13:943-6. 2007
..Mass antibiotic prophylaxis initially suppressed meningococcal carriage, but the carriage rate subsequently rebounded...
- Lamivudine prevents reactivation of hepatitis B and reduces mortality in immunosuppressed patients: systematic review and meta-analysis
L H Katz
Department of Medicine D and Liver Institute, Beilinson Campus, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel
J Viral Hepat 15:89-102. 2008
..Lamivudine should be administered prophylactically to HBsAg-positive patients who are about to receive immunosuppressive therapy...
- Long-term Parkinson's disease--time for optimism
Shlomit Yust-Katz
Department of Neurology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
Biomed Pharmacother 62:233-5. 2008
..In conclusion, PD has a chronic progressive course, although most patients do not reach end-stage disease. The effect of L-dopa treatment decreases over time, but is not lost completely...
- Handedness as a predictor of side of onset of Parkinson's disease
Shlomit Yust-Katz
Department of Neurology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqwa 49100, Israel
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 14:633-5. 2008
..06]. In conclusion, Parkinson's disease appears to be characterized by asymmetry of symptoms. There was a trend toward symptoms onset on the dominant side...
- Prevention of recurrent hepatitis B virus infection after liver transplantation: hepatitis B immunoglobulin, antiviral drugs, or both? Systematic review and meta-analysis
L H Katz
Liver Institute, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva, Israel
Transpl Infect Dis 12:292-308. 2010
..To evaluate antiviral prophylaxis against hepatitis B virus (HBV) following liver transplantation...
- Respiratory distress: an unrecognized non-motor phenomenon in patients with parkinsonism
Shlomit Yust-Katz
Department of Neurology, Movement Disorders Clinic, Rabin Medical Center, 49100 Petach Tikva, Israel
J Neural Transm 119:73-6. 2012
..Dyspnea and respiratory distress should be included among the non-motor symptoms of parkinsonism...
- Placental mesenchymal stromal cells induced into neurotrophic factor-producing cells protect neuronal cells from hypoxia and oxidative stress
Shlomit Yust-Katz
Department of Neurology, Hospital for Women, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tiqwa 49100, Israel
Cytotherapy 14:45-55. 2012
..The aim of this study was to evaluate the capacity of induced placental MSC to differentiate into neurotrophic factor-producing cells (NTF) and their protective effect on neuronal cells...
- The effect of duloxetine on primary pain symptoms in Parkinson disease
Ruth Djaldetti
Department of Neurology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tiqva, Israel
Clin Neuropharmacol 30:201-5. 2007
..To study the effect of duloxetine (Cymbalta), a selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, on pain symptoms in Parkinson Disease (PD)...
