Hepatology

Intrahepatic splenosis (IHS) is thought to be formed by the intrahepatic proliferation of splenic tissue by autograft after splenic injury…

Interview: Irene Bargellini – Following your medical degree, what sparked your interest in oncologic imaging and later liver imaging? The…

Stable patients with Child–Pugh A cirrhosis and acute variceal bleeding did not experience different outcomes after antibiotic prophylaxis…

A new study investigates the clinical course of alcohol-related liver disease, considering that 15% of patients experience decompensation…

My father always wanted me to be a doctor. He was a police officer and would come home late at night, talking about forensics and autopsies. My best friend in grade school had doctors for parents: a neurologist and neurosurgeon.

Cholestatic liver diseases include primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), and progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC). In all of these conditions, cholestatic itch is a major symptom that can severely and chronically impact a person’s quality of life (QoL).

Hepatitis B affects more than 296 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). More than 1.5 million new infections occur each year, despite the availability of safe and effective vaccines.