Liver diseases during pregnancy comprise an important area of common interest for both perinatologists and internists. On the basis of my own practical experiences and from an extensive review of the literature which by necessity includes the presentation of at times contrasting views of unsatisfactorily resolved Problems, I am attempting to give a review of the current knowledge. In liver dise...

background: serial measurement of  hepatitis b virus (hbv) dna levels in the liver and its relation with liver damage and serum hbv dna levels are guide to begin and/or end a treatment course. this study evaluated the relationship between liver hepatitis b dna viral load with liver histology in patients with chronic hepatitis b (hbv). methods:  thirty patients with chronic anti-hbe positive hep...

Background: Massularia acuminata has been claimed to be used in managing several ailments in folk medicine and in some instances substantiated with scientific data. This however has been without recourse to its safety. Therefore, aqueous stem extract of M. acuminata was evaluated for its effects on some function indices of the liver of male rats. Methods: Sixty, male rats were grouped into 4 ...

Numerous pharmaceutical agents can induce adverse reactions in the human body, including toxicity to the liver and the inflammation of intestines. Therefore, nowadays one of the most urgent problems in modern medical science is the prevention and restoration of morphological and dysbiosis disorders caused by numerous medications. With this background in mind, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy o...

conclusions the article presents the relation between anemia and liver dysfunction viewed by iranian traditional medicine as an important finding in designing a treatment plan. despite the new findings on the evaluation of liver function (i.e. laboratory tests), it seems that further studies for earlier evaluation of liver function in anemia are highly required. results our findings proved that...