Andres Blei (Andy) October 1949-October 2008

Changes in insulin sensitivity and body weight during and after peginterferon and ribavirin therapy for hepatitis C

Hepatitis E virus serum antibodies and RNA prevalence in patients evaluated for heart and kidney transplantation

Background. Acute hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in solid organ transplant recipients is rare, but cancause severe hepatic and extrahepatic complications. We sought to identify the pretransplant prevalenceof HEV infec...

Prognostic implication of serum vascular endothelial growth factor in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma staging

Background. Staging systems have considerable impact on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treatment approaches and outcomes. There is an unmet need to improve their stratification ability. We have evaluated four commonly us...

The prevalence and clinical characteristics of glucose metabolism disorders in patients with liver cirrhosis. A prospective study

Aims. To define the prevalence and clinical characteristics of glucose metabolism disorders (GMD) in patients with compensated liver cirrhosis (LC). Material and methods. Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels were measured...