Liver International

Editor's report: reflections on the first year
pp. 1181-1182(2)
Author: Lee, Samuel S.

Metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma: when, how, where and so what?
pp. 1183-1185(3)
Authors: Huo, Teh-Ia; Lin, Han-Chieh

Deciding liver transplant candidacy: tools of the trade
pp. 1186-1189(4)
Authors: Landaverde, Carmen; Saab, Sammy

Hepatitis E and pregnancy: understanding the pathogenesis
pp. 1190-1199(10)
Authors: Navaneethan, Udayakumar; Al Mohajer, Mayar; Shata, Mohamed T.

Pregnancy and liver transplantation
pp. 1200-1206(7)
Authors: Surti, Bijal; Tan, Jennifer; Saab, Sammy

Intracrine signalling of activin A in hepatocytes upregulates connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) expression
pp. 1207-1216(10)
Authors: Gressner, Olav A.; Lahme, Birgit; Siluschek, Monika; Rehbein, Katharina; Weiskirchen, Ralf; Gressner, Axel M.

All-trans-retinoic acid ameliorates carbon tetrachloride-induced liver fibrosis in mice through modulating cytokine production
pp. 1217-1225(9)
Authors: Hisamori, Shigeo; Tabata, Chiharu; Kadokawa, Yoshio; Okoshi, Kae; Tabata, Rie; Mori, Akira; Nagayama, Satoshi; Watanabe, Go; Kubo, Hajime; Sakai, Yoshiharu

Protection by bicyclol derivatives against acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure in mice and its active mechanism
pp. 1226-1235(10)
Authors: Hou, Yan; Li, Libo; Wei, Huailing; Wu, Liping; Tong, Yuanfeng; Wu, Song; Liu, Gengtao

Median liver lobe of woodchuck as a model to study hepatic outflow obstruction: a pilot study
pp. 1236-1244(9)
Authors: Dahmen, Uta; Radtke, A.; Schröder, T.; Chi, H.; Madrahimov, N.; Lu, M.; Schenk, A.; Peitgen, K. H.; Dirsch, O.

Report from South Korea
pp. 1245-1248(4)
Authors: Baik, Soon Koo; Lee, June Sung; Yeon, Jong Eun; Chung, Young-Hwa

A rare cause of acute hepatic failure
pp. 1249-1249(1)
Authors: Giers, Kinga; Niemczyk, Stanislaw; Ziarkiewicz-Wroblewska, Bogna; Matuszkiewicz-Rowinska, Joanna

Adult liver transplant survey: policies towards eligibility criteria in Canada and the United States 2007
pp. 1250-1255(6)
Authors: Kroeker, Karen I.; Bain, Vincent G.; Shaw-Stiffel, Thomas; Fong, Tse-Ling; Yoshida, Eric M.

Extrahepatic metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma: incidence and risk factors
pp. 1256-1263(8)
Authors: Kanda, Miho; Tateishi, Ryosuke; Yoshida, Haruhiko; Sato, Takahisa; Masuzaki, Ryota; Ohki, Takamasa; Imamura, Jun; Goto, Tadashi; Yoshida, Hideo; Hamamura, Keisuke; Obi, Shuntaro; Kanai, Fumihiko; Shiina, Shuichiro; Omata, Masao

Intra-operative application of real-time tissue elastography for the diagnosis of liver tumours
pp. 1264-1271(8)
Authors: Kato, Koichi; Sugimoto, Hiroyuki; Kanazumi, Naohito; Nomoto, Shuji; Takeda, Shin; Nakao, Akimasa

Hepatocellular carcinoma incidence trends in Canada: analysis by birth cohort and period of diagnosis
pp. 1272-1279(8)
Authors: Pocobelli, Gaia; Cook, Linda S.; Brant, Rollin; Lee, Samuel S.

Bright liver, body composition and insulin resistance changes with nutritional intervention: a follow-up study
pp. 1280-1287(8)
Authors: Catalano, Daniela; Trovato, Guglielmo M.; Martines, Giuseppe F.; Randazzo, Marianna; Tonzuso, Antonia

Interferon-α treatment in children and young adults with chronic hepatitis B: a long-term follow-up study in Taiwan
pp. 1288-1297(10)
Authors: Hsu, Hong-Yuan; Tsai, Hsiu-Yuan; Wu, Tzee-Chung; Chiang, Cheng-Lun; Ni, Yen-Hsuan; Chen, Pei-Jer; Chang, Mei-Hwei

Changing aetiology of liver dysfunction in the new generation of a hepatitis B and C-endemic area: cross-sectional studies on adolescents born in the first 10 years after universal hepatitis B vaccination
pp. 1298-1304(7)
Authors: Kao, Jung-Ta; Wang, Jing-Houng; Hung, Chao-Hung; Hu, Tsung-Hui; Lee, Chuan-Mo; Hung, Shu-Fen; Lu, Sheng-Nan

Natural history and prognostic factors of primary biliary cirrhosis in Taiwan: a follow-up study up to 18 years
pp. 1305-1313(9)
Authors: Su, Chien-Wei; Hung, Hung-Hsu; Huo, Teh-Ia; Huang, Yi-Hsiang; Li, Chung-Pin; Lin, Han-Chieh; Lee, Pui-Ching; Lee, Shou-Dong; Wu, Jaw-Ching

Platelet-associated IgG for the diagnosis of immune thrombocytopaenic purpura during peginterferon α and ribavirin treatment for chronic hepatitis C
pp. 1314-1315(2)
Authors: Enomoto, Masaru; Yamane, Takahisa; Hino, Masayuki; Ohnishi, Miho; Tamori, Akihiro; Kawada, Norifumi

Hepatocellular apoptosis in polycystic liver disease
pp. 1315-1317(3)
Authors: Xiao, Liang; Wang, Chao; Yang, Zhen

ANNOUNCEMENTS
pp. 1318-1318(1)