Hepatology Communications

Papers
(The TQCC of Hepatology Communications is 11. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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A genetic variant in the CD40 gene is related to HBV infection in the Chinese Han population143
Issue Information128
Targeting hepatocyte-specific SLC2A8 blocks hepatic steatosis and dissociates TCA cycle flux inhibition from glutamine anaplerosis127
HBV DNA polymerase regulates tumor cell glycogen to enhance the malignancy of HCC cells93
Disproportionate increases in alcohol-associated hepatitis incidence in women and individuals of low socioeconomic status: A population-based study using the Rochester epidemiology project database75
Co‐regulation of hepatic steatosis by ferritinophagy and unsaturated fatty acid supply69
Pharmacist‐led educational interventions involving the “hidden” patient in cirrhosis—Caregivers66
Patient‐oriented medication education intervention has long‐term benefits for people with decompensated cirrhosis65
CD8 TRM-like T cells expressing perforin and IFN-γ define a pediatric activated T-cell acute liver failure endotype64
Reduced short-term survival following liver transplant in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure: Reevaluating OPTN data63
Quality improvement in hepatology requires a chronic care framework62
Development and evaluation of a virtual reality driving test for patients with cirrhosis61
Erratum: Pervasive role of pruritus in impaired quality of life in patients with primary biliary cholangitis: Data from the GLIMMER study61
Association between widespread pain and associated symptoms in patients with cirrhosis51
Resolution of hepatic fibrosis after ZFN-mediated gene editing in the PiZ mouse model of human α1-antitrypsin deficiency50
Pain in chronic liver disease compared to other chronic conditions: Results from a contemporary nationally representative cohort study50
Management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in patients with alcohol-associated liver disease50
Aramchol attenuates fibrosis in mouse models of biliary fibrosis and blocks the TGFβ-induced fibroinflammatory mediators in cholangiocytes48
The truth of the matter: will immune-tolerant chronic hepatitis B patients benefit from antiviral treatment?48
Naltrexone for alcohol use disorder: Hepatic safety in patients with and without liver disease48
Zinc fingers and homeoboxes 2 is required for diethylnitrosamine‐induced liver tumor formation in C57BL/6 mice47
Deletion of sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1 in myeloid cells reduces hepatic inflammatory macrophages and attenuates MASH45
Complementary and alternative medicines and liver disease43
Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells armored by FGF21 ameliorate alcohol-induced liver injury through modulating polarization of macrophages43
Increasing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease–related mortality rates in the United States from 1999 to 202243
Visualizing in situ viral replication across the natural history of chronic HBV infection42
Infections in decompensated cirrhosis: Pathophysiology, management, and research agenda42
Ranking of transarterial and targeted therapies for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma in the era of immuno‐oncology: A network meta‐analysis of randomized sorafenib‐controlled trials42
Effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists on histologic MASH: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials41
A prospective investigation of serum bile acids with risk of liver cancer, fatal liver disease, and biliary tract cancer41
Community-level social vulnerability and individual socioeconomic status on liver transplant referral outcome40
Immunologic landscape of human hepatic hemangiomas and epithelioid hemangioendotheliomas39
Medical malpractice claims in Hepatology: Rates, Reasons, and Results38
Clinical and genetic definition of serum bilirubin levels for the diagnosis of Gilbert syndrome and hypobilirubinemia37
Depression and anxiety management in cirrhosis37
Clinical decision support automates care gap detection among primary care patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease37
Atorvastatin for patients with cirrhosis. A randomized, placebo-controlled trial36
Baseline serum HBV RNA is associated with the risk of hepatitis flare after stopping nucleoside analog therapy in HBeAg-negative participants36
High prevalence of liver fibrosis among general population: a Romanian population-based study: Erratum36
Copper deficiency is an independent risk factor for mortality in patients with advanced liver disease36
Granulomatous liver diseases36
Noninvasive pathway for stratifying fibrosis in suspected metabolic dysfunction and alcohol-associated liver disease (MetALD)36
Letter to the Editor: Rifamycin SV MMX was superior to placebo, but was the comparison appropriate?35
SARS-CoV-2 viral liver aggregates and scarce parenchymal infection implicate systemic disease as a driver of abnormal liver function35
Hepatocellular carcinoma cells downregulate NADH:Ubiquinone Oxidoreductase Subunit B3 to maintain reactive oxygen species homeostasis34
Hepatocyte-derived liver progenitor-like cells attenuate liver cirrhosis via induction of apoptosis in hepatic stellate cells34
Human VH-based chimeric antigen receptor T cells targeting glypican 3 eliminate tumors in preclinical models of HCC34
GATA4 downregulation enhances CCL20-mediated immunosuppression in hepatocellular carcinoma34
A nationwide study of primary biliary cholangitis prevalence, geographic distribution, and health care providers34
CD36 in liver diseases34
Reply to the Letter to the editor “Ipragliflozin improves the hepatic outcomes of patients with diabetes with NAFLD”34
Progression to cirrhosis is similar among all ages in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, but liver-related events increase with age33
Lipid droplet deposition in the regenerating liver: A promoter, inhibitor, or bystander?33
Increased MASH-associated liver cancer in younger demographics33
CD63-high macrophage-derived exosomal miR-6876-5p promotes hepatocellular carcinoma stemness via PTEN/Akt-mediated EMT pathway32
Serologic extracellular matrix remodeling markers are related to fibrosis stage and prognosis in a phase 2b trial of simtuzumab in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis32
HBV core protein enhances WDR46 stabilization to upregulate NUSAP1 and promote HCC progression32
A need for confirmatory testing of isolated HBcAb-positive results in screening programs32
EBV enhances immunotherapy sensitivity in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma through cGAS-STING pathway activation31
A qualitative patient interview study to understand the experience of patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis31
Behavioral weight-loss interventions for patients with NAFLD: A systematic scoping review31
Precipitous changes in nomenclature and definitions—NAFLD becomes SLD: Implications for and expectations of AASLD journals31
Lumican–TLR4 interaction accelerates hepatic fibrosis by activating hepatic stellate cells31
Risk-stratified surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma31
Loss of heat shock factor 1 promotes hepatic stellate cell activation and drives liver fibrosis30
Fatty acid synthesis is indispensable for Kupffer cells to eliminate bacteria in ALD progression29
Design, implementation, and impact of a cirrhosis-specific remote patient monitoring program29
Gut microbiota and metabolic biomarkers in metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease29
Evolutional transition of HBV genome during the persistent infection determined by single-molecule real-time sequencing29
Cellular communication networks in fibrosis: Insights from the MASLD pig model28
Alpha-fetoprotein: Past, present, and future28
Erratum: Clinical spectrum and genetic causes of mitochondrial hepatopathy phenotype in children28
Sirtuin3 promotes the degradation of hepatic Z alpha-1 antitrypsin through lipophagy28
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Clinical predictors and noninvasive imaging in Fontan-associated liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis27
Repurposing of the analgesic Neurotropin for MASLD/MASH treatment27
Falls and malnutrition are associated with in-hospital mortality in patients with cirrhosis27
Dexamethasone mitigates remdesivir-induced liver toxicity in human primary hepatocytes and COVID-19 patients27
Clinical outcomes in MetALD compared with ALD in patients referred for liver transplant evaluation27
Long-term weight changes are associated with initial weight changes after nonalcoholic fatty liver disease diagnosis27
Defining the Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT) research agenda: A Delphi consensus project26
A plasma peptidomic signature reveals extracellular matrix remodeling and predicts prognosis in alcohol-associated hepatitis26
Association of preoperative IL-6 levels with overt HE in patients with cirrhosis after TIPS26
Increasing national trend of direct-acting antiviral discontinuation among people treated for HCV 2016–202126
Long-term management and treatment of acute intermittent porphyria with recurring attacks using pharmacological prophylaxis25
A randomized trial of mailed outreach with behavioral economic interventions to improve liver cancer surveillance25
Fecal microbiota transplantation in chronic liver disease: Current and future state of the art25
The impact of multidrug-resistant microorganisms on critically ill patients with cirrhosis in the intensive care unit: a cohort study25
Meaningful differences in patient-reported outcome measurement scores in liver disease25
Home exercise, branched-chain amino acids, and probiotics improve frailty in cirrhosis: A randomized clinical trial25
CD4+ T-cell subsets in autoimmune hepatitis: A review24
The global prevalence and impact of steatotic liver disease and viral infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis24
Diet composition impacts the natural history of steatotic liver disease24
Steroid responsiveness in alcohol-associated hepatitis is linked to glucocorticoid metabolism, mitochondrial repair, and heat shock proteins24
Erratum: Binge drinking at time of bariatric surgery is associated with liver disease, suicides, and increases long-term mortality23
iPSC-based hepatic organoids reveal a heterozygous MYO5B variant as driver of intrahepatic cholestasis23
Patient-reported symptoms and interest in symptom monitoring in HCC treated with locoregional therapies: A qualitative study23
Screening and management of portal hypertension and varices in cirrhosis: Expert perspectives23
Evaluation of the definition of hyperdynamic circulation in patients with cirrhosis and ascites23
Erratum: Use and outcome of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in hospitalized patients Germany:Nationwide study (2007-2018)23
Differentiation of biliary atresia using a rapid point-of-care matrix metalloproteinase-7 assay: A multicenter diagnostic study23
Toll-like receptor 2 activation in monocytes contributes to systemic inflammation and alcohol-associated liver disease in humans23
Reply: Hepatopulmonary syndrome associated with common variable immunodeficiency: Is it reasonable to investigate?22
Leukemia inhibitory factor promotes human cholangiopathies, and its inhibition improves cholestasis in Abcb4 −/− mice22
Efficacy and safety of fenofibrate addition therapy in patients with cirrhotic primary biliary cholangitis with incomplete response to ursodeoxycholic acid22
A strategy for varices screening based on acoustic radiation force impulse combined with platelet (CHESS2001): An alternative of Baveno VI criteria: Erratum22
Inhibition of CBP/β‐catenin signaling ameliorated fibrosis in cholestatic liver disease22
Reply: Antibiotic prophylaxis in palliative patients with cirrhosis: Stewardship or gatekeeping?22
Response to Tinospora cordifolia (Giloy)‐induced liver injury during the COVID‐19 pandemic—Multicenter nationwide study from India22
Extracellular matrix protein 1 binds to connective tissue growth factor against liver fibrosis and ductular reaction21
An overview of the cholesterol metabolism and its proinflammatory role in the development of MASLD21
Tetrahydroxylated bile acids improve cholestatic liver and bile duct injury in the Mdr2−/− mouse model of sclerosing cholangitis via immunomodulatory effects21
Aspirin is associated with a reduced incidence of liver disease in men21
Amphisome plays a role in HBV production and release through the endosomal and autophagic pathways21
Impact of social determinants of health on hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance, treatment, and health care costs21
Reproducibility of vibration-controlled transient elastography, controlled attenuation parameter, and blood tests in cirrhosis21
HCC surveillance in hepatitis C: A longitudinal algorithm improves alpha-fetoprotein screening21
Risk of HCC decreases in HBV-related patients with cirrhosis acquired recompensation: A retrospective study based on Baveno VII criteria21
A healthy lifestyle is prospectively associated with lower onset of metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease21
Low awareness of MASLD among U.S. adults: Trends from NHANES 2017–202321
Acute on chronic liver failure: prognostic models and artificial intelligence applications21
Growth hormone deficiency and NAFLD: An overlooked and underrecognized link20
Functional involvement of endothelial lipase in hepatitis B virus infection20
Erratum: BTLA deficiency promotes HSC activation and protects against hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury20
Gut microbial metabolites in MASLD: Implications of mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathogenesis and treatment20
Novel metabolic phenotypes for extrahepatic complication of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Erratum20
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Pragmatic strategies to address health disparities along the continuum of care in chronic liver disease20
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Erratum: Gut microbiota and metabolic biomarkers in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)20
Gut microbiota-produced vitamin B6 mitigates alcohol-associated liver disease by attenuating hepatic oxidative stress damage19
NME2 modulates HCC progression through 4EBP1 phosphorylation and autophagy regulation independent of mTOR19
Hepatitis C is associated with more adverse pregnancy outcomes than hepatitis B: A 7‐year national inpatient sample study19
Heterogeneity of treatment response to beta-blockers in the treatment of portal hypertension: A systematic review19
Blood bacterial DNA signatures in a prospective cohort of patients with MASLD cirrhosis19
Adipose tissue insulin resistance exacerbates liver inflammation and fibrosis in a diet-induced NASH model19
The burden of extrahepatic organ failures in European patients with cirrhosis19
Tenofovir alafenamide for prevention of HBV reactivation in HBsAg-negative, anti–HBc-positive patients undergoing rituximab-based chemotherapy: A multicenter randomized controlled trial18
Hepatocyte dedifferentiation in 2D culture reveals extensive transcriptomic and proteomic rewiring18
A novel experimental model of MetALD in male mice recapitulates key features of severe alcohol-associated hepatitis18
Hepcidin inhibits hepatocyte apoptosis through the PERK pathway in acute liver injury and fibrosis18
The dual roles of natural killer cells in liver immunity and tolerance: Implications for health and disease18
METTL3 inhibits liver fibrosis via RBX1 stability and TXNIP-mediated ferroptosis18
Collagen in hepatocellular carcinoma: A novel biomarker and therapeutic target18
miR-34a regulates macrophage-associated inflammation and angiogenesis in alcohol-induced liver injury18
Epigenetic deregulation of MLF1 drives intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma progression through EGFR/AKT and Wnt/β-catenin signaling18
Sodium cholate ameliorates nonalcoholic steatohepatitis by activation of FXR signaling18
Genetic variants associated with immune-mediated liver injury from checkpoint inhibitors18
Mouse model of NASH that replicates key features of the human disease and progresses to fibrosis stage 318
EGFR activation in cholangiocytes promotes extrahepatic bile duct regeneration after injury17
Long-term HBV infection of engineered cultures of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocytes17
The most impactful findings on liver cancer in 202317
Activin B promotes the initiation and progression of liver fibrosis17
Lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 antagonist (EPGN2154) causes regression of NASH in preclinical NASH models17
Common variable immunodeficiency disorder-related liver disease is common and results in portal hypertension and an increased risk of death17
Zinc supplementation to improve prognosis in patients with compensated advanced chronic liver disease: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial17
Interleukin-18 binding protein protects against metabolic steatohepatitis17
Elevated FBXL18 promotes RPS15A ubiquitination and SMAD3 activation to drive HCC17
Outcomes of patients with acute liver failure not listed for liver transplantation: A cohort analysis17
Atorvastatin favorably modulates a clinical hepatocellular carcinoma risk gene signature16
Inhibition of nonhomologous end joining‐mediated DNA repair enhances anti‐HBV CRISPR therapy16
The impact of aging on liver health and the development of liver diseases16
Bile acid conjugation deficiency causes hypercholanemia, hyperphagia, islet dysfunction, and gut dysbiosis in mice16
Clinical and genetic risk factors for progressive fibrosis in metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease16
Population screening for cirrhosis16
Evidence-based criteria for identifying at-risk individuals requiring liver disease screening16
Severe acute hepatitis of unknown etiology in a large cohort of children16
Dysregulated meta-organismal metabolism of aromatic amino acids in alcohol-associated liver disease16
Monitoring quality of care in hepatocellular carcinoma: A modified Delphi consensus16
Post-translational modifications drive the effects of HMGB1 in alcohol-associated liver disease16
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Deficiency of Ugcg in LSECs alleviates high-fat diet-induced MASLD16
Validating new coding algorithms to improve identification of alcohol-associated and nonalcohol-associated cirrhosis hospitalizations in administrative databases16
Clinical utility of two-step hepatitis E virus IgM antibody testing in a low-prevalence setting: A 10-year retrospective multicenter study16
NUAK1 promotes metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis progression by activating Caspase 6–driven pyroptosis and inflammation16
Neighborhood disparities and metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease in children with overweight or obesity16
Low vitamin A levels are associated with liver-related mortality: a nationally representative cohort study16
ARID1A deficiency promotes malignant proliferation of hepatocellular carcinoma by activating HDAC7/ENO1 signaling pathway16
Incidence, clinical characteristics, and risk factors associated with recurrent alcohol-associated hepatitis16
Prevalence of at-risk NASH and its association with metabolic syndrome in US adults with NAFLD, 2017–201816
Neurogastroenterology and motility disorders in patients with cirrhosis15
Transversal psoas muscle thickness measurement is associated with response and survival in patients with HCC undergoing immunotherapy15
Disparities in presentation and management of chronic hepatitis B among Hispanics in a diverse safety net system15
HBV-specific T-cell function is nonenhanced by tenofovir-induced decline in HBV viremia or HBsAg titer in chronic hepatitis B15
Biliary microbial patterns in primary sclerosing cholangitis are linked to poorer transplant-free survival15
Serum levels of total bile acids are associated with an increased risk of HCC in patients with cirrhosis15
ROTEM-detected hypocoagulability is associated with major non-portal hypertensive bleeding in cirrhosis15
Spatial and functional polarization of cancer-associated fibroblasts with CXCR4-mediated immune modulation in hepatocellular carcinoma15
Immune‐mediated liver injury following COVID‐19 vaccination: A systematic review15
An optimized peritonitis-induced ACLF model that reproduces the full spectrum of extrahepatic organ failures in mice15
Hepatotoxicity of immune checkpoint inhibitors: What is Currently Known15
Predicting hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis: A UK population–based study and validation of risk scores15
Aerobic exercise interventions lead to MASH resolution in clinical trials: Pooled analysis using the MASH resolution index15
Novel biomarkers for early detection of HCC in patients with MASLD or ALD15
Profiling of cell‐free DNA methylation and histone signatures in pediatric NAFLD: A pilot study15
MAPK15 controls intracellular lipid uptake and protects mammalian liver from steatotic disease15
Liver histology is associated with long-term clinical outcomes in patients with metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis15
A versatile method to profile hepatitis B virus DNA integration15
NAFLD polygenic risk score and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in an East Asian population15
Differential survival benefit of curative versus non-curative intent treatment in a real-world cohort with early and intermediate-stage hepatocellular carcinoma15
Modulating intestinal neuroimmune VIPergic signaling attenuates the reduction in ILC3-derived IL-22 and hepatic steatosis in MASLD14
Assessing the risk of surgery in patients with cirrhosis14
Learn, adapt, act: A pragmatic approach for intervening on disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma outcomes14
The incidence and predictors of false-negative pancreatobiliary fluorescence in situ hybridization (PB-FISH) in biliary strictures: A prospective study14
Seladelpar in patients with primary biliary cholangitis and compensated cirrhosis: Efficacy and safety from RESPONSE and ASSURE studies14
Spermidine enhances the efficacy of adjuvant in HBV vaccination in mice14
Digital therapeutics lead to clinically significant body weight loss in patients with metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis14
The ferroptosis mediator ACSL4 fails to prevent disease progression in mouse models of MASLD14
Microbially conjugated bile salts found in human bile activate the bile salt receptors TGR5 and FXR14
Erratum: Community-level social vulnerability and individual socioeconomic status on liver transplant referral outcome14
Financial burden in a US cohort of patients with HCC14
Baveno VII for HCC: Are we there yet?14
Statin use and risk of progression to liver cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis B independent of conventional risk factors: A nationwide study14
Portal cavernoma cholangiopathy: A systematic review of current understanding, clinical significance, and management14
Heterologous adenovirus‐vector/messenger RNA regimen is associated with improved severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 humoral response in liver transplant recipients14
Erratum: Live-smart: A sequential, multiple assignment randomized trial to reduce falls in cirrhosis14
Sarcopenia is associated with osteopenia and impaired quality of life in children with genetic intrahepatic cholestatic liver disease14
Nicotinamide riboside enhances liver regeneration via the MCART1/ASB3 axis in obesity-compromised rats13
Utility of pathologist panels for achieving consensus in NASH histologic scoring in clinical trials: Data from a phase 3 study13
Cytomegalovirus infection in patients with biliary atresia—further questions and possible solutions13
GALAD outperforms aMAP and ALBI for predicting HCC in patients with compensated advanced chronic liver disease: A 12-year prospective study13
Loss of phospholipase Cγ1 suppresses hepatocellular carcinogenesis through blockade of STAT3‐mediated cancer development13
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Clinical outcomes of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy with versus without chronic hepatitis B: A retrospective analysis13
HMOX1+ macrophages determine immunosuppressive microenvironment and immunotherapy efficacy in hepatocellular carcinoma13
Ethanol disrupts hepatocellular lipophagy by altering Rab5-centric LD-lysosome trafficking13
Problematic alcohol use and its impact on liver disease quality of life in a multicenter study of patients with cirrhosis13
Liver iron levels are associated with HFE-hemochromatosis genotype, diet, adiposity, and disease in the UK Biobank13
Long-term outcomes after ICU admission in critically ill patients with liver cirrhosis: An Australian state-wide cohort study13
Cellular communication network factor 1‐stimulated liver macrophage efferocytosis drives hepatic stellate cell activation and liver fibrosis13
Hepatocellular carcinoma in Fontan-associated liver disease: Incidence, risk stratification, and surveillance implications13
HCV direct acting antiviral treatment leads to highly durable rates of ALT and AST lower than 30/19 criteria and improved APRI and FIB‐4 scores13
Farnesoid X receptor alpha ligands inhibit HDV in vitro replication and virion infectivity13
Role of mitogens in normal and pathological liver regeneration13
Major Shifts in Outpatient Cirrhosis Care Delivery Attributable to the COVID‐19 Pandemic: A National Cohort Study13
Blocking interleukin-1 receptor type 1 (IL-1R1) signaling in hepatocytes slows down diethylnitrosamine-induced liver tumor growth in obese mice12
Health economic outcomes of a minimal monitoring approach to providing HCV therapy12
Year in review: Liver cancer research in 2022: tumor microenvironment takes the central stage: Erratum12
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease prevalence and severity in Asian Americans from the national health and nutrition examination surveys 2017–201812
HBV suppresses macrophage immune responses by impairing the TCA cycle through the induction of CS/PDHC hyperacetylation12
Roles of RNA m6A modification in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease12
Missense variants in the TRPM7 α-kinase domain are associated with recurrent pediatric acute liver failure12
Erratum: Regulation of immune responses in primary biliary cholangitis: A transcriptomic analysis of peripheral immune cells12
From mechanisms to management: Early detection and improved treatment of MASLD and its related hepatocellular carcinoma12
Whole-exome sequencing reveals novel cancer genes and actionable targets in biliary tract cancers in primary sclerosing cholangitis12
Recall patterns and risk of primary liver cancer for subcentimeter ultrasound liver observations: a multicenter study12
Multidisciplinary clinic model enhances liver and metabolic health outcomes in adults with MASH12
Reply—Examining pregnancy outcomes in alcohol-associated hepatitis: A call for further research12
Reply: Critical commentary on the study comparing TIPS, tunneled peritoneal catheter, and ascites pump in refractory ascites12
Maternal Western diet is associated with distinct preclinical pediatric NAFLD phenotypes in juvenile nonhuman primate offspring12
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