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Harald Hofer
Researcher at Medical University of Vienna
Publications - 145
Citations - 8822
Harald Hofer is an academic researcher from Medical University of Vienna. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ribavirin & Hepatitis C. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 135 publications receiving 7724 citations. Previous affiliations of Harald Hofer include University of Vienna.
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Global prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus infection in 2015: a modelling study
Sarah Blach,Stefan Zeuzem,Michael Manns,Ibrahim Altraif,Ann-Sofi Duberg,David H. Muljono,Imam Waked,Seyed M Alavian,Mei Hsuan Lee,Francesco Negro,Faisal Abaalkhail,Ahmed Abdou,Maheeba Abdulla,Antoine Abou Rached,Inka Aho,Ulus Salih Akarca,Imad Al Ghazzawi,Saad Al Kaabi,Faryal Al Lawati,Khalid Al Namaani,Youssif Al Serkal,Said A. Al-Busafi,Layla Al-Dabal,Soo Aleman,Abdullah S. Alghamdi,Abdulrahman Aljumah,Hamad Al-Romaihi,Monique Andersson,Vic Arendt,Perttu Arkkila,Abdullah M. Assiri,Oidov Baatarkhuu,Abate Bane,Ziv Ben-Ari,Colm Bergin,Fernando Bessone,Florian Bihl,Abdul Rahman Bizri,M. Blachier,Antonio Javier Blasco,Carlos E Brandão Mello,Philip Bruggmann,Cheryl Brunton,Filipe Calinas,Henry Lik-Yuen Chan,Asad Chaudhry,Hugo Cheinquer,Chien-Jen Chen,Rong-Nan Chien,Moon Seok Choi,Peer Brehm Christensen,Wan-Long Chuang,Vladimir Chulanov,Laura Cisneros,Mette Rye Clausen,Matthew E. Cramp,Antonio Craxì,E. A. Croes,Olav Dalgard,Jorge Daruich,Victor de Ledinghen,Gregory J. Dore,Manal H El-Sayed,Gül Ergör,Gamal Esmat,Chris Estes,Karolin Falconer,Elmoubashar Farag,Maria Lucia Gomes Ferraz,Paulo R. Ferreira,Robert Flisiak,Sona Frankova,Ivane Gamkrelidze,Edward Gane,Javier García-Samaniego,Akram Khan,Ilias Gountas,Adrian Goldis,Magnus Gottfredsson,Jason Grebely,Michael Gschwantler,Mario G. Pessoa,Jessie Gunter,Behzad Hajarizadeh,Omer Hajelssedig,Saeed Hamid,Waseem Hamoudi,Angelos Hatzakis,Sayed Himatt,Harald Hofer,Irena Hrstić,Yee Tak Hui,Béla Hunyady,Ramazan Idilman,Wasim Jafri,Rohani Jahis,Naveed Z. Janjua,Peter Jarcuska,Agita Jeruma,Jon G. Jonasson,Yasser Kamel,Jia-Horng Kao,Sabahattin Kaymakoglu,David Kershenobich,Jawad Khamis,Young Sik Kim,Loreta A. Kondili,Zaher Koutoubi,Mel Krajden,Henrik Krarup,Moon sing Lai,Wim Laleman,Wai-cheung C Lao,Daniel Lavanchy,Pablo Lázaro,Henri Leleu,Olufunmilayo A. Lesi,Laurentius A. Lesmana,Michael Li,Valentina Liakina,Young-Suk Lim,Boris Lukšić,Adam Mahomed,Matti Maimets,Mihály Makara,Abraham O. Malu,Rui Tato Marinho,Paul Marotta,Stefan Mauss,Muhammad S. Memon,Maria C Mendes Correa,Nahum Méndez-Sánchez,Shahin Merat,Ammal M. Metwally,Rosmawati Mohamed,Christophe Moreno,Fadi H. Mourad,Beat Müllhaupt,Kimberly Murphy,Helen Nde,Richard Njouom,Diana Nonković,Suzanne Norris,Solomon Obekpa,Stephen Oguche,S. Olafsson,Marian Oltman,Ogu Omede,CE Omuemu,Ohene Opare-Sem,Anne Øvrehus,Shirley Owusu-Ofori,Tsendsuren S. Oyunsuren,George V. Papatheodoridis,Ken Pasini,Kevork M. Peltekian,Richard Phillips,N. N. Pimenov,Hossein Poustchi,Nishi Prabdial-Sing,Huma Qureshi,Alnoor Ramji,Devin Razavi-Shearer,Kathryn Razavi-Shearer,Berhane Redae,Henk W. Reesink,Ezequiel Ridruejo,Sarah Robbins,Lewis R. Roberts,Stuart K. Roberts,William Rosenberg,Françoise Roudot-Thoraval,Stephen D. Ryder,Rifaat Safadi,Olga Sagalova,Riina Salupere,Faisal M. Sanai,Juan F.Sanchez Avila,Vivek A. Saraswat,Rui Sarmento-Castro,Christoph Sarrazin,Jonathan Schmelzer,Ivan Schréter,Carole Seguin-Devaux,Samir Shah,Ala I. Sharara,Manik Sharma,Anatoly Shevaldin,Gamal Shiha,William Sievert,Mark W. Sonderup,Kyriakos Souliotis,Danute Speiciene,Jan Sperl,Peter Stärkel,Rudolf E. Stauber,Catherine A.M. Stedman,Daniel Struck,Tung-Hung Su,Vana Sypsa,Soek Siam Tan,Junko Tanaka,Alexander J. Thompson,Ieva Tolmane,Krzysztof Tomasiewicz,Jonas Valantinas,Pierre Van Damme,Adriaan J. van der Meer,Ingo van Thiel,Hans Van Vlierberghe,Adriana Vince,Wolfgang Vogel,Heiner Wedemeyer,Nina Weis,Vincent Ws Wong,Cesar Yaghi,Ayman Yosry,Man-Fung Yuen,Evy Yunihastuti,Aasim Yusuf,Eli Zuckerman,Homie Razavi +221 more
TL;DR: The global estimate of viraemic HCV infections is lower than previous estimates, largely due to more recent prevalence estimates in Africa, and increased mortality due to liver-related causes and an ageing population may have contributed to a reduction in infections.
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Simplified criteria for the diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis
E. M. Hennes,Mikio Zeniya,Albert J. Czaja,Albert Parés,George N. Dalekos,Edward L. Krawitt,Paulo Lisboa Bittencourt,Gilda Porta,Kirsten Muri Boberg,Harald Hofer,Francesco B. Bianchi,Minoru Shibata,Christoph Schramm,Barbara Eisenmann de Torres,Peter R. Galle,Ian G. McFarlane,Hans-Peter Dienes,AW Lohse +17 more
TL;DR: A reliable diagnosis of AIH can be made using a very simple diagnostic score proposed, which is the diagnosis of probable AIH at a cutoff point greater than 6 points and definite AIH 7 points or higher.
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Historical epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in selected countries
Philip Bruggmann,Thomas Berg,Anne Øvrehus,Christophe Moreno,C. E. Brandão Mello,Françoise Roudot-Thoraval,Rui Tato Marinho,Morris Sherman,Stephen D. Ryder,Jan Sperl,Ulus Salih Akarca,İsmail Balik,Florian Bihl,Marc Bilodeau,Antonio Javier Blasco,Maria Buti,Filipe Calinas,Jose Luis Calleja,Hugo Cheinquer,Peer Brehm Christensen,Mette Rye Clausen,Henrique Sérgio Moraes Coelho,Markus Cornberg,Matthew E. Cramp,Gregory J. Dore,Wahid Doss,Ann-Sofi Duberg,Manal H El-Sayed,Gül Ergör,Gamal Esmat,Chris Estes,Karolin Falconer,J. Félix,Maria Lucia Gomes Ferraz,Paulo R. Ferreira,S. Frankova,Javier García-Samaniego,Jan Gerstoft,José Giria,Fernando L. Gonçales,E. Gower,Michael Gschwantler,M Guimarães Pessôa,Christophe Hézode,Harald Hofer,Petr Husa,Ramazan Idilman,Martin Kåberg,Kelly Kaita,Achim Kautz,Sabahattin Kaymakoglu,Mel Krajden,Henrik Krarup,Wim Laleman,Daniel Lavanchy,Pablo Lázaro,Paul Marotta,S. Mauss,M. C. Mendes Correa,Beat Müllhaupt,Robert P. Myers,Francesco Negro,Vratislav Nemecek,Necati Örmeci,J Parkes,Kevork M. Peltekian,Kevork M. Peltekian,Alnoor Ramji,Homie Razavi,N. Reis,Stuart K. Roberts,William Rosenberg,Rui Sarmento-Castro,Christoph Sarrazin,David Semela,Gamal Shiha,William Sievert,Peter Stärkel,Rudolf E. Stauber,Alexander J. Thompson,Petr Urbánek,I. van Thiel,H. Van Vlierberghe,D. Vandijck,D. Vandijck,D. Vandijck,Wolfgang Vogel,Imam Waked,Heiner Wedemeyer,Nina Weis,Johannes Wiegand,Ayman Yosry,Amany Zekry,P. Van Damme,Soo Aleman,Soo Aleman,S. J. Hindman +96 more
TL;DR: In most countries, prevalence rates were higher among males, reflecting higher rates of injection drug use, and Diagnosis, treatment and transplant levels also differed considerably between countries.
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Sustained virologic response to interferon-free therapies ameliorates HCV-induced portal hypertension
Mattias Mandorfer,Karin Kozbial,Philipp Schwabl,C Freissmuth,Remy Schwarzer,R Stern,David Chromy,Albert Friedrich Stättermayer,Thomas Reiberger,Sandra Beinhardt,Wolfgang Sieghart,Michael Trauner,Harald Hofer,Arnulf Ferlitsch,Peter Ferenci,Markus Peck-Radosavljevic +15 more
TL;DR: SVR to IFN-free therapies might ameliorate portal hypertension across all BL HVPG strata, however, changes inHVPG seemed to be more heterogeneous among patients with BL HvPG of ⩾16mmHg and a HV PG decrease was less likely in patients with more advanced liver dysfunction.
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25-Hydroxyvitamin D3-1α-hydroxylase and vitamin D receptor gene expression in human colonic mucosa is elevated during early cancerogenesis
Heide S. Cross,Petra Bareis,Harald Hofer,Martin Bischof,Erika Bajna,Stefan Kriwanek,Elisabeth Bonner,Meinrad Peterlik +7 more
TL;DR: Colorectal cancer cells are apparently able to increase their potential for an autocrine counter-regulatory response to neoplastic cell growth, particularly in the early stages of malignancy.