Vitamin A and zinc therapy in primary biliary cirrhosis. Hepatology 1981;1:348-51.Herlong HF, Russell RM, Maddrey WC. Vitamin A and zinc therapy in primary biliary cirrhosis. Hepatol 1981; 1:348.Herlong HF, Russell RM, Maddrey WC (1981) Hepatology 1:348...
Eighty four patients with liver cirrhosis were studied and their plasma levels of vitamin A, fibronectin and endotoxin were assayed. Various degrees of vitamin A deficiency were found in 79% of the patients, but no deficiency in vitamin A caused the rise in plasma fibronectin. The incidence of...
Being fat-soluble, vitamin A is stored to a variable degree in the body (liver), making it more likely to cause toxicity when taken in excess amounts Certain herbal remedies – cascara, chaparral, comfrey, kava and ephedra are considered to be dangerous to the liver Certain medications – ...
Harmful and Beneficial Effects of Anticoagulants in Patients With Cirrhosis and Portal Vein Thrombosis Vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) promote recanalization of portal vein thrombosis (PVT) in patients with cirrhosis. However, the benefit of PVT recanalization ... VL Mura,S Braham,G Tosetti,... - ...
Consume a balanceddietand one multivitamin daily. Patients with PBC with impaired absorption of fat-solublevitaminsmay need additional vitaminsD and K (these are fat soluble vitamins) Avoid medications (including alcohol) that cause liver damage. All patients with cirrhosis should avoid alcohol. Most...
Supplementation with calcium and vitamin D is important in patients at high risk for osteoporosis, especially patients with chronic cholestasis or primary biliary cirrhosis and patients receiving corticosteroids for autoimmune hepatitis. The discovery on bone densitometry studies of decreased bone ...
The plasma concentrations of the indicators of cobalamin deficiency, homocysteine (p < 0.05) and methylmalonic acid (p < 0.001), were increased, which could indicate poor cellular penetration of vitamin B12 or a defect in the activation of the two vitamin-B12-dependent enzymes....
291 Genetic associations HLA DRBI*08 haplotypes, CTLA4, TNFα, vitamin D receptor, and CTLA4/ICOS gene variants remain controversial.289,291–294 Zhong et al. reported that keratin 8 (K8)/K18/K19 variants are overrepresented in PBC patients and associate with disease severity, suggesting that ...
Metabolism of vitamin D in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis and alcoholic liver disease. The metabolism of isotopically labelled vitamin D2 and D3 has been investigated in eight patients with primary biliary cirrhosis and in five controls. The ......
e) Sexual activity Hepatic cirrhosis: Cirrhosis/ hepatic cirrhosis is a condition in which the liver does not function properly due to long-term damage characterized by the replacement of normal liver tissue by scar tissue. Answer and Explanation:...