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    What You Must Know About Alcoholic Hepatitis
    This much-needed synopsis of alcoholic hepatitis reminds us that you don't need to be a heavy drinker to suffer from this condition. Looking over the causes, risk factors and complications of alcoholic hepatitis will motivate anyone with liver concerns to...

    15 Tips for Managing Interferon-Ribavirin Side Effects
    Finding new ways to manage the side effects of Hepatitis C combination therapy adds to a person’s likelihood of conquering the virus....

    New Mexico Offers Free Hepatitis C Hotline
    Finally being recognized as the widespread, public health problem that it is, the New Mexico Department of Health has taken a giant step forward to help people with Hepatitis C. By launching a new, toll-free phone number, locals concerned about...
    Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma as an Entity With a High Rate of Surgical Cure

    table 1. Diagnosis of Stage I Liver Tumors in 80 Patients
    Method Performed* No. of Patients (%)
    Detectable dagger Diagnosticdagger
     -Fetoprotein assay 80 49 (61) 14 (18)
    Ultrasonography 80 79 (99) 52 (65)
    CT 80 71 (89) 54 (68)
    Angiography 80 55 (69) 52 (65)
    Portographic CT 23 17 (74) 15 (65)
    Arteriographic CT 12 10 (83) 7 (58)
    Lipiodol-CT 10 5 (50) 5 (50)
    * In all patients, the first four diagnostic methods were performed. In patients whose tumors did not meet the diagnostic criteria for HCC, one or more of the last three methods were performed.
    dagger -Fetoprotein concentrations over 20 ng/mL were defined as detectable , and those over 200 ng/mL as diagnostic for HCC. Other definitions are described in Patients and Methods.

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