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  1. Effectiveness and tolerability of bezafibrate in primary biliary cholangitis – a nationwide real-world study
  2. Addition of a Temporary Portocaval Shunt Does Not Reduce Acute Kidney Injury in Caval‐Sparing Liver Transplantation
  3. Performance of enhanced liver fibrosis test and indirect serum fibrosis markers for exclusion of advanced liver fibrosis in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
  4. Long-term maternal outcomes of pregnancy after orthotopic liver transplantation in the Netherlands: A retrospective multicenter cohort study
  5. Incidence and prevalence of primary biliary cholangitis in the Netherlands – a nationwide cohort study
  6. Autoimmune hepatitis displays distinctively high multi-antennary sialylation on plasma N-glycans compared to other liver diseases
  7. Prednisolone with azathioprine or mycophenolate mofetil as first-line therapy in autoimmune hepatitis: insights from a randomized controlled trial
  8. Incidence and predictors of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with autoimmune hepatitis
  9. Survival benefit from liver transplantation for patients with and without hepatocellular carcinoma
  10. Prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver in the general Dutch population and in groups at increased risk
  11. Skeletal muscle mass in patients with end-stage liver disease: Not only muscle size but especially muscle quality matters in relation to physical fitness
  12. Association between skeletal muscle index prior to liver transplantation and 1‐year mortality posttransplant
  13. Novel Explanted Human Liver Model to Assess Hepatic Extraction, Biliary Excretion and Transporter Function
  14. Randomized Trial of Ciclosporin with 2-h Monitoring vs. Tacrolimus with Trough Monitoring in Liver Transplantation: DELTA Study
  15. Role of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in liver transplantation for unresectable perihilar cholangiocarcinoma: multicentre, retrospective cohort study
  16. Epstein–Barr Viral Load Monitoring Strategy and the Risk for Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disease in Adult Liver Transplantation
  17. Fibrosis-Related Gene Profiling in Liver Biopsies of PiZZ α1-Antitrypsin Children with Different Clinical Courses
  18. Defining the Value of Extracorporeal Liver Support in Acute and Acute-on-chronic Liver Failure
  19. Inflammatory conditions play a role in recurrence of PSC after liver transplantation: An international multicentre study
  20. Tacrolimus 4‐hour monitoring in liver transplant patients is non‐inferior to trough monitoring: The randomized controlled FK04 trial
  21. Left atrial dysfunction is an independent predictor of mortality in patients with cirrhosis treated by transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
  22. Aminotransferases During Treatment Predict Long-Term Survival in Patients With Autoimmune Hepatitis Type 1: A Landmark Analysis
  23. B-cell activating factor and IL-21 levels predict treatment response in autoimmune hepatitis
  24. Calcineurin Inhibitors in the Treatment of Adult Autoimmune Hepatitis: A Systematic Review
  25. A multicentre outcome analysis to define global benchmarks for donation after circulatory death liver transplantation
  26. Development and validation of a dynamic survival prediction model for patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure
  27. Joint modeling of liver transplant candidates outperforms the model for end-stage liver disease: The effect of disease development over time on patient outcome
  28. The Netherlands Is on Track to Meet the World Health Organization Hepatitis C Elimination Targets by 2030
  29. Erratum to: Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatment for Hepatitis C Genotypes Uncommon in High-Income Countries: A Dutch Nationwide Cohort Study
  30. Oncofetal protein CRIPTO regulates wound healing and fibrogenesis in regenerating liver and is associated with the initial stages of cardiac fibrosis
  31. Recurrence of primary sclerosing cholangitis after liver transplantation – analysing the European Liver Transplant Registry and beyond
  32. Development and validation of a prognostic score for long‐term transplant‐free survival in autoimmune hepatitis type 1
  33. Refitting the Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease for the Eurotransplant Region
  34. Population pharmacokinetics and genetics of oral meltdose tacrolimus (Envarsus) in stable adult liver transplant recipients
  35. Hypothermic Machine Perfusion in Liver Transplantation — A Randomized Trial
  36. Both muscle quantity and quality are predictors of waiting list mortality in patients with end-stage liver disease
  37. Checkpoint inhibitor induced hepatitis and the relation with liver metastasis and outcome in advanced melanoma patients
  38. The role of the model for end-stage liver disease-sodium score and joint models for 90-day mortality prediction in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure
  39. Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatment for Hepatitis C Genotypes Uncommon in High-Income Countries: A Dutch Nationwide Cohort Study
  40. Budget impact of optimizing rifaximin-α use for the prevention of recurrent hepatic encephalopathy in The Netherlands
  41. Invited response to “MELD calibration”
  42. Validation of the Model for End-stage Liver Disease sodium (MELD-Na) score in the Eurotransplant region
  43. Donor diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for diminished outcome after liver transplantation: a nationwide retrospective cohort study
  44. Early Predictors of Short‐Term Prognosis in Acute and Acute Severe Autoimmune Hepatitis
  45. Evaluation of Liver Graft Donation After Euthanasia
  46. mTOR Inhibition Is Most Beneficial After Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Active Tumors
  47. Editorial: genome‐wide association studies for developing chronic hepatitis B
  48. Screening for abnormal glycosylation in a cohort of adult liver disease patients
  49. Donor hepatectomy time influences ischemia-reperfusion injury of the biliary tree in donation after circulatory death liver transplantation
  50. High discontinuation rate of azathioprine in autoimmune hepatitis, independent of time of treatment initiation
  51. Rapid Response to Treatment of Autoimmune Hepatitis Associated With Remission at 6 and 12 Months
  52. The role of complement activation in autoimmune liver disease
  53. HCC recurrence in HCV‐infected patients after liver transplantation: SiLVER Study reveals benefits of sirolimus in combination with CNIs – a post‐hoc analysis
  54. Does mucosal inflammation drive recurrence of primary sclerosing cholangitis in liver transplantion recipients with ulcerative colitis?
  55. Selected liver grafts from donation after circulatory death can be safely used for retransplantation – a multicenter retrospective study
  56. Liver retransplantation in adult recipients: analysis of a 38‐year experience in the Netherlands
  57. Adverse events related to low dose corticosteroids in autoimmune hepatitis
  58. Efficacy, Tolerance, and Plasma Levels of Abiraterone and Its Main Metabolites in a Patient With Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer With a Hepatic Transplant
  59. Impact of Temporary Portocaval Shunting and Initial Arterial Reperfusion in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
  60. Predniso(lo)ne Dosage and Chance of Remission in Patients With Autoimmune Hepatitis
  61. Comment on “The role of graft reperfusion sequence in the development of non-anastomotic biliary strictures following orthotopic liver transplantation: A meta-analysis”
  62. Local but not systemic administration of mesenchymal stromal cells ameliorates fibrogenesis in regenerating livers
  63. Outcome of Liver Transplant Patients With High Urgent Priority: Are We Doing the Right Thing?
  64. Prognostic Importance of Increased Right Ventricular Afterload in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation Recipients With Endstage Cirrhosis
  65. The role of proportionate kinetic growth rate fraction in future remnant liver function over volume determined by 99mTc-Mebrofenin hepatobiliary scintigraphy including SPECT and computed tomography in the risk prediction of postoperative mortality in A...
  66. Predictive Capacity of Risk Models in Liver Transplantation
  67. Increased Mortality Among Patients With vs Without Cirrhosis and Autoimmune Hepatitis
  68. Study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial to compare the efficacy of end-ischemic dual hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion with static cold storage in preventing non-anastomotic biliary strictures after transplantation of liver ...
  69. 8 weeks of sofosbuvir/ledipasvir is effective in DAA-naive non-cirrhotic HCV genotype 4 infected patients (HEPNED-001 study)
  70. Systematic review with meta‐analysis: risk factors for recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis after liver transplantation
  71. Optimizing the Use of Geriatric Livers for Transplantation in the Eurotransplant Region
  72. Association Between Black Race and Presentation and Liver-related Outcomes of Patients With Autoimmune Hepatitis
  73. Mesenchymal stromal cells prevent progression of liver fibrosis in a novel zebrafish embryo model
  74. Impact of hepatic encephalopathy on liver transplant waiting list mortality in regions with different transplantation rates
  75. Albiglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (Harmony Outcomes): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial
  76. Utilizing Mechanistic Biomarkers in Treating Paracetamol Hepatotoxicity
  77. Identification and Validation of the Predictive Capacity of Risk Factors and Models in Liver Transplantation Over Time
  78. The One Health stewardship of colistin as an antibiotic of last resort for human health in South Africa
  79. Role of age in presentation, response to therapy and outcome of autoimmune hepatitis
  80. CRIPTO it in Hepatocellular Carcinoma results in this cancer being more aggressive.
  81. A model including sarcopenia surpasses the MELD score in predicting waiting list mortality in cirrhotic liver transplant candidates: A competing risk analysis in a national cohort
  82. The center effect in liver transplantation in the Eurotransplant region: a retrospective database analysis
  83. Trajectories of Anxiety and Depression After Liver Transplantation as Related to Outcomes During 2-Year Follow-Up
  84. DSA associated with graft loss but not to biliary strictures after liver transplantation
  85. Current policy for allocation of donor livers in the Netherlands advantages primary sclerosing cholangitis patients on the liver transplantation waiting list-a retrospective study
  86. Copeptin in acute decompensation of liver cirrhosis: relationship with acute-on-chronic liver failure and short-term survival
  87. Urokinase is safe but does not improve outcome of DCD liver transplantation
  88. Genetic association analysis identifies variants associated with disease progression in primary sclerosing cholangitis
  89. Fibrates for the treatment of cholestatic itch (FITCH): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
  90. Safety of Anti-TNF Treatment in Liver Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
  91. Trajectories of anxiety and depression in liver transplant candidates during the waiting-list period
  92. Short article: Impact of genetic variation in the vasopressin 1a receptor on the development of organ failure in patients admitted for acute decompensation of liver cirrhosis
  93. A prospective cohort study on posttraumatic stress disorder in liver transplantation recipients before and after transplantation: Prevalence, symptom occurrence, and intrusive memories
  94. Hemodynamic response to primary prophylactic therapy with nonselective β-blockers is related to a reduction of first variceal bleeding risk in liver cirrhosis: a meta-analysis
  95. Expert clinical management of autoimmune hepatitis in the real world
  96. Liver test abnormalities predict complicated disease behaviour in patients with newly diagnosed Crohn’s disease
  97. Plasma copeptin as biomarker of disease progression and prognosis in cirrhosis
  98. Limited Generalizability of Registration Trials in Hepatitis C: A Nationwide Cohort Study
  99. Longterm results of liver transplantation from donation after circulatory death
  100. Ledipasvir and sofosbuvir plus ribavirin in patients with genotype 1 or 4 hepatitis C virus infection and advanced liver disease: a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial
  101. Pharmacokinetics, Efficacy, and Safety of Hepatitis C Virus Drugs in Patients with Liver and/or Renal Impairment
  102. Effects of preventive versus “on-demand” nutritional support on paid labour productivity, physical exercise and performance status during PEG-interferon-containing treatment for hepatitis C
  103. Flushing the liver with urokinase before transplantation does not prevent nonanastomotic biliary strictures
  104. Response: Limited sampling strategies for once daily tacrolimus exposure monitoring
  105. Sirolimus Use in Liver Transplant Recipients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  106. Covered transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt versus endoscopic therapy + β‐blocker for prevention of variceal rebleeding
  107. Copeptin is an independent prognostic factor for transplant‐free survival in cirrhosis
  108. Combined effect of donor and recipient risk on outcome after liver transplantation: Research of the Eurotransplant database
  109. Value of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in Assessment of Nonanastomotic Biliary Strictures After Liver Transplantation
  110. Population pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenetics of once daily tacrolimus formulation in stable liver transplant recipients
  111. Auxiliary or orthotopic liver transplantation for acute fatty liver of pregnancy: case series and review of the literature
  112. Copeptin as an Indicator of Hemodynamic Derangement and Prognosis in Liver Cirrhosis
  113. Elderly donor liver grafts are not associated with a higher incidence of biliary complications after liver transplantation: results of a national multicenter study
  114. Biliary Complications After Liver Transplantation From Donation After Cardiac Death Donors
  115. High peak alanine aminotransferase determines extra risk for nonanastomotic biliary strictures after liver transplantation with donation after circulatory death
  116. HLA-DRB1*03:01 and HLA-DRB1*04:01 modify the presentation and outcome in autoimmune hepatitis type-1
  117. No Association Between BMD and Prevalent Vertebral Fractures in Liver Transplant Recipients at Time of Screening Before Transplantation
  118. Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of autoimmune hepatitis in the Netherlands
  119. Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Variants Associated With Autoimmune Hepatitis Type 1
  120. Longitudinal Changes in BMD and Fracture Risk in Orthotopic Liver Transplant Recipients Not Using Bone-Modifying Treatment
  121. Gastric Variceal Hemorrhage in a Noncirrhotic Patient Treated with Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration
  122. Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin in HCV Genotypes 2 and 3
  123. Limited Sampling Model for Advanced Mycophenolic Acid Therapeutic Drug Monitoring After Liver Transplantation
  124. Population-based epidemiology, malignancy risk, and outcome of primary sclerosing cholangitis
  125. Nucleoside plus nucleotide analogs and cessation of hepatitis B immunoglobulin after liver transplantation in chronic hepatitis B is safe and effective
  126. Recipient’s Genetic R702W NOD2 Variant Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Bacterial Infections after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
  127. MMP-2 is a disease-modifying gene in primary sclerosing cholangitis
  128. Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Antigen–4 +49A/G polymorphism does not affect susceptibility to autoimmune hepatitis
  129. Acute Cellular Rejection Is Associated With Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 Genotype Chimerism After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
  130. The price of donation after cardiac death in liver transplantation: a prospective cost-effectiveness study
  131. Relapse is almost universal after withdrawal of immunosuppressive medication in patients with autoimmune hepatitis in remission
  132. Preventive versus “on-demand” nutritional support during antiviral treatment for hepatitis C: A randomized controlled trial
  133. Transarterial RAdioembolization versus ChemoEmbolization for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (TRACE): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
  134. Liver transplantation for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma in normal livers
  135. Acute liver failure, multiorgan failure, cerebral oedema, and activation of proangiogenic and antiangiogenic factors in a case of Marburg haemorrhagic fever
  136. Sequential Liver Chemistry Profiling and Abdominal Ultrasound Assessments to Predict Biliary Strictures after Liver Transplantation
  137. Sirolimus Conversion Regimen Versus Continued Calcineurin Inhibitors in Liver Allograft Recipients: A Randomized Trial
  138. Risk factors for infection after liver transplantation
  139. Bacterial infections in cirrhosis: role of proton pump inhibitors and intestinal permeability
  140. Protein energy malnutrition predicts complications in liver cirrhosis
  141. Mannose-binding lectin and Ficolin-2 gene polymorphisms predispose to cytomegalovirus (re)infection after orthotopic liver transplantation
  142. Mycophenolate mofetil for patients with autoimmune hepatitis and overlap syndromes: authors’ reply
  143. Telaprevir for Retreatment of HCV Infection
  144. The role of mycophenolate mofetil in the management of autoimmune hepatitis and overlap syndromes
  145. Use of a liver from donor after cardiac death: is it appropriate for the sick or the stable?
  146. Clinical value of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy as a screening tool in liver transplant candidates
  147. Matrix metalloproteinase 2 genotype is associated with nonanastomotic biliary strictures after orthotopic liver transplantation
  148. Chewing khat and chronic liver disease
  149. Two Patients with Extremely Elevated Tumor Markers: Where Is the Malignancy?
  150. Patients with isolated polycystic liver disease referred to liver centres: clinical characterization of 137 cases
  151. Trends in liver transplantation for primary biliary cirrhosis in the Netherlands 1988-2008
  152. Authors' reply: Similar liver transplantation survival with selected cardiac death donors and brain death donors (Br J Surg 2010; 97; 744–753)
  153. No beneficial effects of amantadine in treatment of chronic hepatitis C patients
  154. Lectin complement pathway gene profile of donor and recipient determine the risk of bacterial infections after orthotopic liver transplantation
  155. A prospective randomised, open-labeled, trial comparing sirolimus-containing versus mTOR-inhibitor-free immunosuppression in patients undergoing liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma
  156. Similar liver transplantation survival with selected cardiac death donors and brain death donors
  157. Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in Patients With Chronic Portal Vein Occlusion and Cavernous Transformation
  158. Toward MSC in Solid Organ Transplantation: 2008 Position Paper of the MISOT Study Group
  159. Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies in Small-Duct Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
  160. Predicting survival after liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma beyond the Milan criteria: a retrospective, exploratory analysis
  161. Flexible Limited Sampling Model for Monitoring Tacrolimus in Stable Patients Having Undergone Liver Transplantation With Samples 4 to 6 Hours After Dosing Is Superior to Trough Concentration
  162. Reuse of Auxiliary Liver Grafts in Second Recipients With Chronic Liver Disease
  163. Individualized population pharmacokinetic model with limited sampling for cyclosporine monitoring after liver transplantation in clinical practice
  164. ?-Glutamyltransferase and rapid virological response as predictors of successful treatment with experimental or standard peginterferon-?-2b in chronic hepatitis C non-responders
  165. Genetic variation in thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) is associated with the risk of splanchnic vein thrombosis
  166. Liver Chimerism After Allogeneic Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
  167. A Novel Technique for Auxiliary Partial Liver Transplantation With Reno-Portal Anastomosis and Avoidance of the Hepatoduodenal Ligament
  168. Reply to Rijnders
  169. Successful Treatment of Legionella maceachernii Pneumonia after Diagnosis by Polymerase Chain Reaction and Culture
  170. Mannose-Binding Lectin and Liver Transplantation
  171. Mannose Binding Lectin Gene Polymorphisms Confer a Major Risk for Severe Infections After Liver Transplantation
  172. Preanalytical Conditions and Circulating Matrix Metalloproteinases
  173. Easy‐to‐use, accurate and flexible individualized Bayesian limited sampling method without fixed time points for ciclosporin monitoring after liver transplantation
  174. Military Explosives and Health: Organic Energetic Compound Syndrome?
  175. ASSESSMENT OF SERUM MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES MMP-2 AND MMP-9 AFTER HUMAN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION: INCREASED SERUM MMP-9 LEVEL IN ACUTE REJECTION
  176. Switching monitoring of emulsified cyclosporine from trough level to 2-hour level in stable liver transplant patients
  177. Plasma MMP–2 and MMP–9 and their inhibitors TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 during human orthotopic liver transplantation
  178. Determinants of survival and the effect of portosystemic shunting in patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome
  179. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a brief review
  180. Serum matrix metalloproteinase MMP-2 and MMP-9 in the late phase of ischemia and reperfusion injury in human orthotopic liver transplantation
  181. Retreatment of hepatitis C non-responsive to Interferon. A placebo controlled randomized trial of Ribavirin monotherapy versus combination therapy with Ribavirin and Interferon in 121 patients in the Benelux [ISRCTN53821378]
  182. Extensive chimerism in liver transplants: Vascular endothelium, bile duct epithelium, and hepatocytes
  183. Assessment of the clinical significance of serum matrix metalloproteinases MMP-2 and MMP-9 in patients with various chronic liver diseases and hepatocellular carcinoma
  184. Extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis: aetiology and determinants of survival
  185. The prognostic value of histology in the assessment of patients with Budd–Chiari syndrome
  186. Monitoring response during a randomised controlled trial of escalating interferon dose for chronic hepatitis C infection: predictive value of quantitative and qualitative HCV RNA assays
  187. SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME WITH A ???QUINTUPLE APPROACH??? OF POSTTRANSPLANT LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER
  188. Hepatocellular carcinoma in glycogen storage disease type IV
  189. Hemolytic anemia, ARDS and acute liver failure as acute presentation of Wilson disease, cured by liver transplantation
  190. Liver Rupture after Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization of a Giant Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  191. Auxiliary versus orthotopic liver transplantation for acute liver failure
  192. Factor V Leiden mutation, prothrombin gene mutation and deficiencies in coagulation inhibitors associated with Budd-Chiari syndrome and portal vein thrombosis
  193. Famcyclovir followed with interferon for chronic active hepatitis B resistant to interferon alone
  194. Gravesʼ hyperthyroidism in a patient with primary sclerosing cholangitis. Coincidence or combined pathogenesis?
  195. Campylobacter jejuni peritonitis in a patient with liver cirrhosis
  196. The spectrum of liver disease in systemic lupus erythematosus
  197. Auxiliary liver transplantation: Regeneration of the native liver and outcome in 30 patients with fulminant hepatic failure-a multicenter European study
  198. LONG-TERM TREATMENT OF RECURRENT PERIHILAR NONANASTOMATIC BILIARY STRICTURES AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION WITH EXPANDABLE METALLIC STENTS
  199. Temporary heterotopic auxiliary liver transplantation for fulminant hepatitis B
  200. Inadvertent arteriovenous stenting during transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt procedure and the importance of hepatic artery perfusion
  201. Energy expenditure and substrate metabolism in patients with cirrhosis of the liver: effects of the pattern of food intake.
  202. The Role of Portosystemic Shunts for Variceal Bleeding in the Liver Transplantation Era
  203. Syphilis in pregnant patients and their offspring
  204. Habitual pattern of food intake in patients with liver disease
  205. Hepatic Allograft Rejection: New Developments in Terminology, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment
  206. Prognostic features and role of liver transplantation in severe corticosteroid-treated autoimmune chronic active hepatitis
  207. Severe Ductopenic Rejection Following Liver Transplantation: Incidence, Time of Onset, Risk Factors, Treatment, and Outcome
  208. Current concepts in cell-mediated hepatic allograft rejection leading to ductopenia and liver failure
  209. The immunology of hepatic allograft rejection
  210. Indomethacin treatment in a patient with lithium-induced polyuria