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COCHRANE HEPATO-BILIARY GROUP

Abstracts of Cochrane Reviews

The Cochrane Library Issue 3, 2006

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Alpha-fetoprotein and/or liver ultrasonography for liver cancer screening in patients with chronic hepatitis B (Cochrane Review)
Anabolic-androgenic steroids for alcoholic liver disease (Cochrane Review)
Antibiotic prophylaxis for cirrhotic patients with gastrointestinal bleeding (Cochrane Review)
Antibiotics for leptospirosis (Cochrane Review)
Antibiotics for preventing leptospirosis (Cochrane Review)
Antibiotics for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotics (Cochrane Review)
Antioxidant supplements for preventing gastrointestinal cancers (Cochrane Review)
Artificial and bioartificial support systems for liver failure (Cochrane Review)
Benzodiazepine receptor antagonists for hepatic encephalopathy (Cochrane Review)
Bile acids for liver-transplanted patients (Cochrane Review)
Bile acids for primary sclerosing cholangitis (Cochrane Review)
Bile acids for viral hepatitis (Cochrane Review)
Branched-chain amino acids for hepatic encephalopathy (Cochrane Review)
Chinese medicinal herbs for asymptomatic carriers of hepatitis B virus infection (Cochrane Review)
Chinese medicinal herbs for chronic hepatitis B (Cochrane Review)
Colchicine for alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver fibrosis and cirrhosis (Cochrane Review)
Colchicine for primary biliary cirrhosis (Cochrane Review)
D-penicillamine for primary biliary cirrhosis (Cochrane Review)
D-penicillamine for primary sclerosing cholangitis (Cochrane Review)
Dopaminergic agonists for hepatic encephalopathy (Cochrane Review)
Emergency sclerotherapy versus medical interventions for bleeding oesophageal varices in cirrhotic patients (Cochrane Review)
Glucocorticosteroids for primary biliary cirrhosis (Cochrane Review)
Glucocorticosteroids for primary sclerosing cholangitis (Cochrane Review)
Glucocorticosteroids for viral hepatitis C (Cochrane Review)
Hepatitis B immunisation for newborn infants of hepatitis B surface antigen-positive mothers (Cochrane Review)
Hepatitis B vaccination for patients with chronic renal failure (Cochrane Review)
Interferon for acute hepatitis C (Cochrane Review)
Interferon for interferon naive patients with chronic hepatitis C (Cochrane Review)
Interferon for interferon nonresponding and relapsing patients with chronic hepatitis C (Cochrane Review)
Interventions for paracetamol (acetaminophen) overdose (Cochrane Review)
Medicinal herbs for hepatitis C virus infection (Cochrane Review)
Methotrexate for primary biliary cirrhosis (Cochrane Review)
Milk thistle for alcoholic and/or hepatitis B or C virus liver diseases (Cochrane Review)
Neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy for operable hepatocellular carcinoma (Cochrane Review)
Nonabsorbable disaccharides for hepatic encephalopathy (Cochrane Review)
Percutaneous needle aspiration, injection, and reaspiration with or without benzimidazole coverage for uncomplicated hepatic hydatid cysts (Cochrane Review)
Propylthiouracil for alcoholic liver disease (Cochrane Review)
Radiofrequency thermal ablation versus other interventions for hepatocellular carcinoma (Cochrane Review)
Ribavirin monotherapy for chronic hepatitis C (Cochrane Review)
Ribavirin plus interferon versus interferon for chronic hepatitis C (Cochrane Review)
Ribavirin with or without alpha interferon for chronic hepatitis C (This review has been withdrawn by the editorial group. Abstract not available)
S-adenosyl-L-methionine for alcoholic liver diseases (Cochrane Review)
Sequential combination of glucocorticosteroids and alfa interferon versus alfa interferon alone for HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B (Cochrane Review)
Somatostatin analogues for acute bleeding oesophageal varices (Cochrane Review)
Sphincterotomy for biliary sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (Cochrane Review)
Surgical versus endoscopic treatment of bile duct stones (Cochrane Review)
Tamoxifen for hepatocellular carcinoma (Cochrane Review)
Terlipressin for acute esophageal variceal hemorrhage (Cochrane Review)
TIPS versus paracentesis for cirrhotic patients with refractory ascites (Cochrane Review)
Ursodeoxycholic acid and/or antibiotics for prevention of biliary stent occlusion (Cochrane Review)
Ursodeoxycholic acid for primary biliary cirrhosis (Cochrane Review)
Vaccines for preventing hepatitis B in health-care workers (Cochrane Review)
Vitamin K for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with liver diseases (Cochrane Review)

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