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Linda D. Ferrell
Other affiliations: Stanford University, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of California, Berkeley ...read more
Bio: Linda D. Ferrell is an academic researcher from University of California, San Francisco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Liver transplantation & Transplantation. The author has an hindex of 66, co-authored 248 publications receiving 24358 citations. Previous affiliations of Linda D. Ferrell include Stanford University & Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
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TL;DR: A strong scoring system and NAS for NAFLD and NASH with reasonable inter‐rater reproducibility that should be useful for studies of both adults and children with any degree ofNAFLD are presented.
8,253 citations
TL;DR: The current criteria for OLT based on tumor size may be modestly expanded while still preserving excellent survival after OLT, and only pT4 stage and total tumor diameter remained statistically significant in multivariate analysis.
1,934 citations
TL;DR: HCV-related disease progression is accelerated in immunocompromised compared to immunOCompetent patients, with a progressive increase in patients who have recently undergone liver transplantation.
745 citations
TL;DR: Although HCV infection recurs posttransplant in almost all infected patients, acquisition of theHCV infection with transplant is common, and although many patients with postTransplant viremia have little evidence of histologic hepatitis, significant hepatic damage may occur.
481 citations
TL;DR: It is suggested that UCSF criteria better predict acceptable posttransplant outcome than Milan criteria, which require information on microvascular invasion that is difficult to ascertain preoperatively without the attendant risk of biopsy.
394 citations
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TL;DR: There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one, which seems an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality.
Abstract: There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one. I remember first hearing about it at school. It seemed an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality.
Usually familiarity dulls this sense of the bizarre, but in the case of i it was the reverse: over the years the sense of its surreal nature intensified. It seemed that it was impossible to write mathematics that described the real world in …
33,785 citations
TL;DR: The following Clinical Practice Guidelines will give up-to-date advice for the clinical management of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as providing an in-depth review of all the relevant data leading to the conclusions herein.
7,851 citations
01 Jan 2010
TL;DR: Since the publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) practice guidelines on the management of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in 2005, new information has emerged that requires that the guidelines be updated.
Abstract: Since the publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) practice guidelines on the management of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in 2005, new information has emerged that requires that the guidelines be updated. The full version of the new guidelines is available on the AASLD Web site at http://www.aasld.org/practiceguidelines/ Documents/Bookmarked%20Practice%20Guidelines/ HCCUpdate2010.pdf. Here, we briefly describe only new or changed recommendations.
6,642 citations
TL;DR: The prevention of Cirrhosis can prevent the development of HCC and progression from chronic HCV infection to advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis may be prevented in 40% of patients who are sustained responders to new antiviral strategies, such as pegylated interferon and ribavirin.
5,557 citations
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01 Feb 2009
TL;DR: This Secret History documentary follows experts as they pick through the evidence and reveal why the plague killed on such a scale, and what might be coming next.
Abstract: Secret History: Return of the Black Death Channel 4, 7-8pm In 1348 the Black Death swept through London, killing people within days of the appearance of their first symptoms. Exactly how many died, and why, has long been a mystery. This Secret History documentary follows experts as they pick through the evidence and reveal why the plague killed on such a scale. And they ask, what might be coming next?
5,234 citations