Issue 4 Articles

Spectrum of Acute Hepatitis B at Tertiary Care Center of Northeren India

1. Abstract 1.1. Introduction: Hepatitis is often a viral infection and Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is reason in significant proportion of cases worldwide. Hepatitis B virus impact on liver can be of varying severity ranging from acute hepatitis to chronic hepatitis which can further lead to chronic liver disease, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). …

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Role of Serum Nitric Oxide in Prediction of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Hepatitis CPatients Treated with Direct – Acting Antiviral Agents

1. Abstract1.1. Background: Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) is the 6th most common malignancy globally and it’s the most common tumor which originates primarily in the liver, the aim of this study is to find out the connection between increased serum nitric oxide (sNO) and its HCC predictive value in patients who received direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs).1.2. …

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Oropharyngeal Transition during Swallowing between Stroke and Head and Neck Cancer Survivors

1. Abstract 1.1. Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze three oropharyngeal bolus transition timings, Oral Transition Time (OTT), Pharyngeal Transition Time (PTT), and Duration of Upper Esophageal Sphincter Opening (DUESO), using videofluoroscopic swallowing examinations (VFSEs) between stroke survivors and head and neck cancer survivors to determine differences between the two populations. 1.2. …

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Large Bowel Auto-Immune Diseases: Current Recommendation for Surgery

1. Abstract There are two clinical features of autoimmune disease in the large intestine that we often find in our clinical practice, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s Disease. The clinical picture that we need to understand is the change in bowel patterns over the past few weeks. Clinical symptoms that appear need to be diagnosed …

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Alagille Syndrome: Not Always Hepatic Involvement

1. Clinical Image We present a 22-month-old girl affected by surgical palliative corrected Tetralogy of Fallot and peculiar facial features characterized by prominent forehead, deep-set eyes, pointed chin and bulbous tip of nose (Figure 1) typical of Alagille Syndrome (AS). Hypoplasia of the distal phalanges of both feet and two butterfly vertebrae at D10-D11 on …

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