Cardiac Changes in Hepatic Cirrhosis

Changes in human hepatic metabolism in steatosis and cirrhosis

AIM To understand the underlying metabolic changes in human liver disease we have applied nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) metabolomics analysis to human liver tissue. METHODS We have carried out pilot study using 1H-NMR to derive metabolomic signatures from human liver from patients with steatosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) or alcohol-related liver damage (ARLD) to identify species...

Hepatic Cirrhosis

TIhC 0CCLPTen1CC inI h1o0Spitall Within a conmparatively shiort space of time of touIr unuISula.l examllples of cirrhosis of tihe li\-er in-younil-chil(lren has le(d us to Iake this comlnlLI1liunictionl. Disorders of tihe liver in chil(lhoo(l ha\ve iii recent N'ears not attracted imiuchi attentioni in tihis country, and we feel that tlhe mere ventilation of the suLb)ject, thIough,0LI we mXVn ha...

[Hepatic cirrhosis].

Hepatic Cirrhosis

The Thymus in Hepatic Cirrhosis.

A post-mortem examination, in the case of a 34-year-old man dying suddenly from head injuries sustained in a road accident, showed early cirrhosis of the liver and associated splenomegaly 17 years after an attack of infective hepatitis. The histology of the thymus showed abnormal changes in the medulla, consisting of epithelial hyperplasia and the presence of lymph follicles with germinal centr...