Jeffrey M. Rank

TL;DR: This Mayo TIPS model may predict early death following elective TIPS for either prevention of variceal rebleeding or for treatment of refractory ascites, superior to both the Child‐Pugh classification and the Child-Pugh score in predicting survival.

TL;DR: It should now be possible to trace the emergence of antigenic variants of visna virus as well as ascribe defined functions to structural and regulatory genes of the virus in determining neurovirulence and the slow tempo of infection.

TL;DR: Liver transplantation can be performed successfully in patients with protoporphyric liver disease, with intermediate survival rates comparable to the general transplant population, however, disease may recur in the graft, particularly if there are complications that cause cholestasis.

TL;DR: No clinical, biochemical, or radiographic study was identified that was predictive of the likelihood of significant complications of tyrosinemia type I and the favorable outcome from transplantation lead us to recommend liver transplant for all patients with tyrosine type I by 12 months of age.

TL;DR: Serum IgA was a more sensitive indicator of cholestasis than was serum alkaline phosphatase, and increases in serum IgA associated with cholESTasis were shown to be due to increments in polymeric IgA.