Hepatology

Symptoms of the progressive cholestatic liver disease primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) include pruritus and fatigue.

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

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.

Several presentations at the recent International Liver Congress™ (ILC), held in London, UK, from 22nd–26th of June 2022, addressed the role of the gut microbiome in chronic liver disease.

PBC is an immune-mediated, chronic, progressive liver disease characterised by gradual destruction of intrahepatic bile ducts.

There is growing recognition of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) as a distinct clinical syndrome that portends excessively high…