Browsing by Author "Ampuero Herrojo, Javier"
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El antígeno de células neoplásicas escamosas (SCCA) solo o formando el complejo SCCA-igM es un biomarcador precoz de carcinoma hepatocelular. [PhD Thesis]
(2018-07-11)Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents more than 90% of primary liver cancers and is a major health problem. Every year more than 6.7 million deaths and 10.9 million new cancer cases were diagnosed. Early ...
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Case Report: Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: Making the Diagnosis between Infection and Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis [Article]
(Thieme Medical Publishers, 2016-06)Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) represents a reversible syndrome associated with high short-term mortality, characterized by acute decompensation in patients with chronic liver disease and extrahepatic organ failure. ...
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Diabetes mellitus: impact on the pathophysiology, diagnose and treatment of the hepatic encephalopathy. [PhD Thesis]
(2015-01-09)Encefalopatía hepática La encefalopatía hepática (EH) es un disturbio potencialmente reversible, de causa metabólica, que ocurre en pacientes con enfermedad hepática aguda o crónica, y que consiste en una alteración del ...
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Genes y encefalopatía hepática: propuesta de una huella genética para la valoración del riesgo [PhD Thesis]
(2019-06-06)Introducción y objetivos: Determinar el impacto de los factores genéticos en el desarrollo de encefalopatía hepática (EH) en pacientes con cirrosis. Metodología: Se incluyeron pacientes con cirrosis hepática compensada [n=434; ...
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Metformin inhibits glutaminase activity and protects against hepatic encephalopathy [Article]
(2012)Aim: To investigate the influence of metformin use on liver dysfunction and hepatic encephalopathy in a retrospective cohort of diabetic cirrhotic patients. To analyze the impact of metformin on glutaminase activity and ...
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Metformin modifies glutamine metabolism in an in vitro and in vivo model of hepatic encephalopathy [Article]
(Sociedad Española de Patología Digestiva, 2018-02-01)Aim: to analyze the effect of metformin on ammonia production derived from glutamine metabolism in vitro and in vivo. Methods: twenty male Wistar rats were studied for 28 days after a porto-caval anastomosis (n = 16) or ...
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Usefulness of bioelectrical impedance analysis for monitoring patients with refractory ascites [Article]
(Sociedad Española de Patología Digestiva, 2019)Background: bioelectrical impedance analysis is a technique for the determination of the hydropic component. The hydropic component, determined by blood volume, could be a reflection of the hemodynamic situation. This ...
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Utilidad de la sobrecarga oral de glutamina en la predicción del riesgo y del tipo de encefalopatía hepática. [PhD Thesis]
(2018-12-12)La encefalopatía hepática (EH) es un síndrome neuropsiquiátrico complejo potencialmente reversible que se produce en pacientes con disfunción hepática grave o grandes comunicaciones portosistémicas. Basándose en esto, se ...