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R. A. Sayegh
Researcher at Saint Joseph's University
Publications - 6
Citations - 606
R. A. Sayegh is an academic researcher from Saint Joseph's University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Liver disease & Disease burden. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 5 publications receiving 572 citations.
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The present and future disease burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with today's treatment paradigm.
A. Sibley,Kwang Hyub Han,A. Abourached,Laurentius A. Lesmana,Mihály Makara,Wasim Jafri,Riina Salupere,Abdullah M. Assiri,Adrian Goldis,Faisal Abaalkhail,Zaigham Abbas,A. Abdou,F. Al Braiki,F. Al Hosani,K. Al Jaberi,M. Al Khatry,M. A. Al Mulla,H. Al Quraishi,A. Al Rifai,Y. Al Serkal,Altaf Alam,Seyed Moayed Alavian,Hamad I. Al-Ashgar,S. Alawadhi,L. Al-Dabal,P. Aldins,Faleh Z. Al-Faleh,Abdullah S. Alghamdi,R. Al-Hakeem,Abdulrahman Aljumah,A. Almessabi,Adel Alqutub,Khalid Alswat,Ibrahim Altraif,M. Alzaabi,N. Andrea,Mohamed A. Babatin,A. Baqir,M. T. Barakat,Ottar M. Bergmann,Abdul Rahman Bizri,Sarah Blach,Asad Chaudhry,M. S. Choi,T. Diab,Samsuridjal Djauzi,E. S. El Hassan,S. El Khoury,Chris Estes,S. Fakhry,J. I. Farooqi,J. I. Farooqi,H. Fridjonsdottir,Rino Alvani Gani,A. Ghafoor Khan,Liana Gheorghe,Magnus Gottfredsson,S. Gregorcic,Jessie Gunter,Behzad Hajarizadeh,Behzad Hajarizadeh,Saeed Hamid,Irsan Hasan,Almoutaz Hashim,Gabor Horvath,Béla Hunyady,R. Husni,Agita Jeruma,Jon G. Jonasson,Jon G. Jonasson,B. Karlsdottir,Do Young Kim,Young Seok Kim,Z. Koutoubi,Valentina Liakina,Valentina Liakina,Young-Suk Lim,A. Löve,A. Löve,Matti Maimets,Reza Malekzadeh,Mojca Maticic,Muhammad S. Memon,Shahin Merat,Jacques E Mokhbat,Fadi H. Mourad,David H. Muljono,David H. Muljono,Arif Nawaz,N. Nugrahini,S. Olafsson,S. Priohutomo,H. Qureshi,P. Rassam,Homie Razavi,Devin Razavi-Shearer,Kathryn Razavi-Shearer,Baiba Rozentale,M. Sadik,K. Saeed,A. Salamat,Faisal M. Sanai,A. Sanityoso Sulaiman,R. A. Sayegh,Ala I. Sharara,M. Siddiq,A. M. Siddiqui,G. Sigmundsdottir,B. Sigurdardottir,Danute Speiciene,Andri Sanityoso Sulaiman,Marwa Sultan,M. Taha,Junko Tanaka,H. Tarifi,G. Tayyab,Ieva Tolmane,M. Ud Din,M. Umar,M. Umar,M. Umar,Jonas Valantinas,J. Videčnik-Zorman,Cesar Yaghi,Evy Yunihastuti,M. A. Yusuf,Bader Faiyaz Zuberi,Jonathan Schmelzer +127 more
TL;DR: The current treatment rate and efficacy are not sufficient to manage the disease burden of hepatitis C virus and alternative strategies are required to keep the number of HCV individuals with advanced liver disease and liver‐related deaths from increasing.
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Strategies to manage hepatitis C virus infection disease burden - Volume 3
Faleh Z. Al-Faleh,N. Nugrahini,Mojca Matičič,Ieva Tolmane,M. Alzaabi,Behzad Hajarizadeh,Behzad Hajarizadeh,Jonas Valantinas,Do Young Kim,Béla Hunyady,Faisal Abaalkhail,Zaigham Abbas,A. Abdou,A. Abourached,F. Al Braiki,F. Al Hosani,K. Al Jaberi,M. Al Khatry,M. A. Al Mulla,H. Al Quraishi,A. Al Rifai,Y. Al Serkal,Altaf Alam,Hamad I. Al-Ashgar,Seyed M Alavian,S. Alawadhi,L. Al-Dabal,P. Aldins,Abdullah S. Alghamdi,R. Al-Hakeem,Abdulrahman Aljumah,A. Almessabi,Adel Alqutub,Khalid Alswat,Ibrahim Altraif,N. Andrea,Abdullah M. Assiri,Mohamed A. Babatin,A. Baqir,M. T. Barakat,Ottar M. Bergmann,Abdul Rahman Bizri,Asad Chaudhry,Moon Suk Choi,T. Diab,Samsuridjal Djauzi,E. S. El Hassan,S. El Khoury,Chris Estes,S. Fakhry,Javed Iqbal Farooqi,Javed Iqbal Farooqi,H. Fridjonsdottir,Rino Alvani Gani,A. Ghafoor Khan,Liana Gheorghe,Adrian Goldis,Magnus Gottfredsson,S. Gregorcic,Jessie Gunter,Saeed Hamid,Kwang Hyub Han,Irsan Hasan,Almoutaz Hashim,Gabor Horvath,R. Husni,Wasim Jafri,Agita Jeruma,Jon G. Jonasson,Jon G. Jonasson,B. Karlsdottir,Young Seok Kim,Z. Koutoubi,Laurentius A. Lesmana,Valentina Liakina,Valentina Liakina,Young-Suk Lim,A. Löve,A. Löve,Matti Maimets,Mihály Makara,Reza Malekzadeh,Muhammad S. Memon,Shahin Merat,Jacques E Mokhbat,Fadi H. Mourad,David H. Muljono,David H. Muljono,Arif Nawaz,S. Olafsson,S. Priohutomo,H. Qureshi,P. Rassam,Homie Razavi,Devin Razavi-Shearer,Kathryn Razavi-Shearer,Baiba Rozentale,M. Sadik,K. Saeed,A. Salamat,Riina Salupere,Faisal M. Sanai,A. Sanityoso Sulaiman,R. A. Sayegh,Jonathan Schmelzer,Ala I. Sharara,A. Sibley,M. Siddiq,A. M. Siddiqui,G. Sigmundsdottir,B. Sigurdardottir,Danute Speiciene,Andri Sanityoso Sulaiman,Marwa Sultan,M. Taha,Junko Tanaka,H. Tarifi,G. Tayyab,M. Ud Din,M. Umar,M. Umar,J. Videčnik-Zorman,Cesar Yaghi,Evy Yunihastuti,M. A. Yusuf,Bader Faiyaz Zuberi,Sarah Blach +126 more
TL;DR: A 90% reduction in total HCV infections within 15 years is feasible in most countries studied, but it required a coordinated effort to introduce harm reduction programmes to reduce new infections, screening to identify those already infected and treatment with high cure rate therapies.
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Hepatocellular carcinoma in Lebanon: Etiology and prognostic factors associated with short-term survival.
Cesar Yaghi,Ala I. Sharara,P. Rassam,Rami Moucari,Khalil Honein,Joseph Boujaoude,Rita Slim,Roger Noun,Heitham Abdul-Baki,M. Khalifeh,S. Ramia,R. A. Sayegh +11 more
TL;DR: Independent predictors of early mortality are elevated bilirubin, creatinine and HCC as first manifestation of disease and HBV is the leading cause of HCC in Lebanon.
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Hepatocellular carcinoma in Lebanon: Etiology and prognostic factors associated with short-term survival
Cesar Yaghi,Ala I. Sharara,P. Rassam,Rami Moucari,Khalil Honein,Joseph Boujaoude,Rita Slim,Roger Noun,Heitham Abdul-Baki,M. Khalifeh,S. Ramia,R. A. Sayegh +11 more
TL;DR: Tangkijvanich et al. as discussed by the authors, 2003, ANN EPIDEMIOL, V14, P663, DOI 10.1046-j.1365-2257.00409.
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Unusual way of purging
TL;DR: A 17 year old woman presented to the emergency room after accidental ingestion of a toothbrush and tearfully admitted that she had been self inducing vomiting to control her weight for the past year.