Submissions from 2020
Liver diseases in the Asia-pacific region: A lancet gastroenterology & hepatology commission, Shiv K. Sarin, Manoj Kumar, Mohammed Eslam, Jacob George, Mamun Al Mahtab, Sheikh M. Fazle Akbar, Jidong Jia, Qiuju Tian, Wasim Jafri, and Amna S. Butt
Pre-existing liver disease is associated with poor outcome in patients with SARS CoV2 Infection; the APCOLIS study (APASL COVID-19 liver injury spectrum study), Shiv Kumar Sarin, Ashok Choudhury, George K. Lau, Ming-Hua Zheng, Dong Ji, Sherief Abd-Elsalam, Jaeseok Hwang, Xiaolong Qi, Ian Homer Cua, and Wasim Jafri
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Not time for an obituary just yet!, Shivaram Prasad Sing, Prajna Anirvan, K Rajender Reddy, Hari S. Conjeevaram, Giulio Marchesini, Mary E. Rinella, Kaushal Madan, Maria Letizia Petroni, Mamun Al-Mahtab, and Saeed Hamid
Development and validation of the Asia-pacific proximal colon neoplasia risk score, Martin C.S. Wong, Rungsun Rerknimitr, Khean Lee Goh, Takahisa Matsuda, Hyun-Soo Kim, Deng-Chyang Wu, and Furqaan Ahmed
Adenoma detection rate as a quality indicator for colonoscopy: A descriptive cross-sectional study from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Mian Shah Yousaf, Shameel Shafqat, Roger Christopher Gill, Asfia Arham Khursheed, and Om Parkash
Submissions from 2019
Polycythaemia vera presenting as a porta hepatis mass, Shanila Ahmed, Omar Irfan, Sabeehuddin Siddique, and Shahab Abid
Nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases among recently diagnosed patients with diabetes mellitus and risk factors, Amna Subhan Butt, Saeed Hamid, Zishan Haider, Fatima Sharif, Mohammad Salih, Safia Awan, Aatif A. Khan, and J. Akhter
Complications constitute a major risk factor for mortality in hepatitis b virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure patients: a multi-national study from the Asia-pacific region, Tao Chen, Zhongyuan Yang, Ashok Kumar Choudhury, Mamun Al Mahtab, Jun Li, Yu Chen, Soek-Siam Tan, Tao Han, Jinhua Hu, and Saeed Hamid
Accelerating the elimination of viral hepatitis: a Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology Commission, Graham S. Cooke, Isabelle Andrieux-Meyer, Tanya L. Applegate, Jessica R. Burry, Hugo Cheinquer, Geoff Dusheiko, Jordan J. Feld, Charles Gore, Max G. Griswold, and Saeed Hamid
Drug-Induced Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure in Asian Patients, Harshad Devarbhavi and Saeed Hamid
Hepatocellular carcinoma in Asia: a challenging situation, Wasim Jafri and Muhammad Kamran
Correction to: Acute-on-chronic liver failure: consensus recommendations of the Asian Pacific association for the study of the liver (APASL): an update, Wasim Jafri, Hai Li, Mohd Rela, Harshad Devarbhavi, and Man-Fung Yuen
Low conversion rate during minimally invasive major hepatectomy:Ten-year experience at a high-volume center, Mohammad Raheel Jajja, Marvi Tariq, Daniel W. Maxwell, Salila Shoaib Hashmi, Edward Lin, and Juan M. Sarmiento
APASL HCV guidelines of virus-eradicated patients by DAA on how to monitor HCC occurrence and HBV reactivation, Tatsuo Kanda, George K K. Lau, Lai Wei, Mitsuhiko Moriyama, Ming-Lung Yu, Wang-Long Chuang, Alaaeldin Ibrahim, Cosmas Rinaldi Adithya Lesmana, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Acute-on-chronic liver failure: consensus recommendations of the Asian Pacific association for the study of the liver (APASL): an update Authors Authors and affiliations, Shiv Kumar, Ashok Choudhury, Manoj K. Sharma, Rakhi Maiwall, Mamun Al Mahtab, Saeed Hamid, Salimur Rahman, Sanjiv Saigal, Neeraj Saraf, and A. S. Soin
Cancer, Hepatic Lymphoma, Ajeet Kumar Lohana and Shahab Abid
Understanding Constipation: A Cross-sectional Study from a Developing Country Setting, Minaz Mawani, Abdul Azeem, Sakina Gheewala, Nazish Butt, and Shahab Abid
Functional gastrointestinal disorders and gut-brain axis: What does the future hold?, Kashif Mukhtar, Hasham Nawaz, and Shahab Abid
Rosai-Dorfman's disease, an uncommon cause of common clinical presentation, Om Parkash, Mian Shah Yousaf, and Ghulam Fareed
Acute-on-chronic liver failure: Consensus recommendations of the Asian pacific association for the study of the liver (APASL): An update, Shiv Kumar Sarin, Ashok Choudhury, Manoj K. Sharma, Rakhi Maiwall, Mamun Al Mahtab, Salimur Rahman, Saeed Hamid, Amna S. Butt, Wasim Jafri, and Zaigham Abbas
Innovative strategies for the elimination of viral hepatitis at a national level: A country case series, Sophia E. Schröeder, Alisa Pedrana, Nick Scott, David Wilson, Christian Kuschel, Lisa Aufegger, Rifat Atun, Ricardo Baptista‐Leite, Saeed Hamid, and Maia Butsashvili
Treating chronic hepatitis delta: The need for surrogate markers of treatment efficacy, Cihan Yurdaydin, Z Abbas, Maria Buti, Markus Cornberg, Rafael Esteban, Ohad Etzion, Edward J. Gane, Robert G. Gish, Saeed Hamid, and Theo Heller
Submissions from 2018
A Rare Cause of Recurrent Constipation With Abdominal Pain and Distension, Shahab Abid and Dawar Khan
Flare of Autoimmune Hepatitis causing acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF): diagnosis and response to corticosteroid therapy., Lovkesh Anand, Ashok Choudhury, Chhagan Bihari, Barjesh C. Sharma, Manoj Kumar, Rakhi Maiwall, Saeed Hamid, Amna Subhan Butt, Wasim Jafri, and Z Abbas
Rapid Development of hepatocellular carcinoma after eradication of hepatitis C virus with directly acting antiviral treatment, Fakhar Ali Qazi Arisar and Saeed Hamid
Predictors of serious findings on bi-directional endoscopy in young patients with anemia and GI symptoms, Faisal Aslam, A. B. Khalid, Faraz Siddiqui, and Yamna Jadoon
Treatment of people diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C virus infection, Marc Bulterys and Saeed Hamid
Impact of direct acting antivirals on occurrence and recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma: Biologically plausible or an epiphenomenon?, Amna Subhan Butt, Fatima Sharif, and Shahab Abid
Frequency of food hypersensitivity in patients with Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Faisal Wasim Ismail, Shahab Abid, Safia Awan, and Lubna Farheen
Training in emerging advances in chronic hepatitis C infection in Pakistan: the Teach-Pak project, Faisal Wasim Ismail, Shahab Abid, Minaz Mawani, Wasim Jafri, and Saeed Hamid
APASL clinical practice recommendation: how to treat HCV-infected patients with renal impairment?, Tatsuo Kanda, George K. K. Lau, Lai Wei, Mitsuhiko Moriyama, Ming-Lung Yu, Wang-Long Chuang, Alaaeldin Ibrahim, Cosmas Rinaldi Adithya Lesmana, Jose Sollano, and Saeed Hamid
Curbing the hepatitis C virus epidemic in Pakistan: The impact of scaling up treatment and prevention for achieving elimination, Aaron G. Lim; Huma Qureshi; Hassan Mahmood; Saeed Hamid; Charlotte F. Davies; Adam Trickey; Nancy Glass; Quaid Saeed; Hannah Fraser; and Josephine G. Walker,
Assessment of malnutrition in patients with liver cirrhosis using protein calorie malnutrition (PCM) score verses bio-electrical impedance analysis (BIA), Om Parkash, Wasim Jafri, S. M. Munir, and Romaina Iqbal
Impact of sepsis and non-communicable diseases on prognostic models to predict the outcome of hospitalized chronic liver disease patients, Fakhar Qazi, Shahab Abid, Preet Ayoub Shaikh, and Safia Awan
Clinical and virological heterogeneity of hepatitis delta in different regions world‐wide: The Hepatitis Delta International Network (HDIN), Anika Wranke, Lourdes M. Pinheiro Borzacov, Raymundo Parana, Cirley Lobato, Saeed Hamid, Emanoil Ceausu, George N. Dalekos, Mario Rizzetto, Adela Turcanu, and Grazia A. Niro
Association of helicobacter pylori and protozoal parasites in patients with chronic diarrhoea, Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Kanwal Tariq, Safia Awan, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Submissions from 2017
Amoebic brain abscess associated with renal cell carcinoma, Umme Hani Abdullah,; Mirza Zain Baig,; Muhammad Azeemuddin,; Mohammad Wasay,; javed Yakoob; and Mohammad Asim Beg
Itopride for gastric volume, gastric emptying and drinking capacity in functional dyspepsia, Shahab Abid, Wasim Jafri, Maseeh uz Zaman, Rakhshanda Bilal, Safia Awan, and Aamir Abbas
Liver failure determines the outcome in patients of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF): comparison of APASL ACLF research consortium (AARC) and CLIF-SOFA models, A. Choudhury, A. Jindal, R. Maiwall, M. K. Sharma, B. C. Sharma, V. Pamecha, M. Mahtab, S. Rahman, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Findings from a large Asian chronic hepatitis C real-life study, Seng Gee Lim, Wah Wah Phyo, Samir R. Shah, Khin Maung Win, Saeed Hamid, Teerha Piratvisuth, Soek Siam Tan, Taufique Ahmed, Wei Lyn Yang, and Manav Wadhawan
De novo descending aorta thrombus in a patient with metastatic colorectal cancer: A case report, Om Parkash, Adil Ayub, Buria Naeem, and Saeed Hamid
Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Budd-Chiari Syndrome at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan., Om Parkash, Aysha Khan, and Saeed Hamid
Prevalence and risk of hepatitis E virus infection in the HIV population of Nepal, Ananta Shrestha, Anurag Adhikar, Manjula Bhattarai, Ramanuj Rauniyar, Jose D. Debes, André Boonstra, Thupten K. . Lama, Mamun Al Mahtab, Amna Subhan Butt, and Sheikh Mohammad Fazle Akbar
Gastric lymphoma: association with Helicobacter pylori outer membrane protein Q (HopQ) and cytotoxic-pathogenicity activity island (CPAI) genes, J Yakoob, Z Abbas, Z Ahmad, K Tariq, S Awan, K Mustafa, and R Khan
Helicobacter pylori outer membrane protein Q genotypes and their susceptibility to anti-adhesive phytotherapeutic agents., javed Yakoob, Z Abbas, Malik Hassan Mehmood, Kanwal Tariq, Saima Azhar Saleem, Safia Awan, Abdul Malik, Saeed Hamid, Rustam Khan, and Wasim Jafri
Distribution of gastric carcinoma in an area with a high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori., javed Yakoob, syeda sadia fatima, Z Abbas, syed farrukh mustafa, Hamza Abdur Rahim Khan, muhammad faraz raghib, Safia Awan, and Zubair Ahmad
Cytokine changes in gastric and colonic epithelial cell in response to Planta ovata extract., javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Malik Hassan Mehmood, Z Abbas, and Kanwal Tariq
Submissions from 2016
Proton pump inhibitors and other disease-based factors in the recurrence of adverse cardiovascular events following percutaneous coronary angiography: A long-term cohort, Adil Ayub, Om Parkash, Buria Naeem, Duraiz Murtaza, Aamir Hameed Khan, Wasim Jafri, and Saeed Hamid
UNDERSTANDING HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS IN PAKISTAN, Shazia Bana,; javed Yakoob; Nourin Jivany; Asima Faisal; Humeira Jawed; and Safia Awan
Metastatic Cutaneous Crohn's Disease: A Case Report., Amna Subhan Butt, Fakhar Qazi, and sadia tabassum
Viral Hepatitis in Pakistan: Past, Present, and Future, Amna Subhan Butt and Fatima Sharif
Professional Practices Promoting Health of Healthcare Workers: Comparison of Public and Private Hospitals in Pakistan, Nourin Jivany, javed Yakoob, Shazia Bana, Asima Faisa, and Humeira Jawed
Primary Hepatic Carcinoid Tumor with Poor Outcome, Om Parkash, Adil Ayub, Buria Naeem, Sehrish Najam, Zubair Ahmed, Wasim Jafri, and Saeed Hamid
Next big threat for Pakistan Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC), Om Parkash and Saeed Hamid
Electrophysiological changes in patients with liver cirrhosis in a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Om Parkash, Ghulam Rehman Mohyuddin, Adil Ayub, Irfan Nazir, Arslan Arif Maan, and Saeed Hamid
Awareness about hepatitis C among patients suffering from hepatitis C in Karachi, Pakistan, Shahina Pirani, Tazeen S. Ali, Saleema Allana, and Faisal Wasim Ismail
Predictors of Poor Outcome in Hospitalized Chronic Liver Disease Patients., Fakhar Qazi, Shahab Abid, Safia Awan, and faiza farooq
Changes in Serum Lipid Profile among Patients Suffering from Chronic Liver Disease Secondary to Hepatitis C, Fakhar Qazi, Shameem Behram Khan, Anam Umar, Noor ul Saba Shaikh, and Fizza Choudhry
Abdominal Cocoon: Primary Sclerosing Encapsulating Peritonitis., Fakhar Qazi and Wasim Ahmed Memon
Meckel's Diverticulum: A Case Report of Overt Obscure GI Bleed with Combine Gastric and Pancreatic Heterotopic Tissues., Fakhar Qazi, Om Parkash, Kamran Siddiqui, and Zafar Nazir
Environmental enteric dysfunction in children, Sana Syed, Syed Asad Ali, and Christopher Duggan
Hepatitis B and hepatitis C in southeast and southern Asia: challenges for governments, Suzanne Wait; Emily Kell; Saeed Hamid; David H. Muljono; Jose Sollano; Rosmawati Mohamed,; Samir Shah; Mamun Al-Mahtab; Z Abbas; Jennifer Johnston,; Tawesak Tanwandee,; and Jack Wallace,
Helicobacter pylori outer membrane protein Q allele distribution is associated with distinct pathologies in Pakistan, Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Rustam Khan, Saima Azhar Salim, Safia Awan, Ambar Abrar, and Wasim Jafri
Helicobacter pylori outer membrane protein and virulence marker differences in expatriate patients, javed Yakoob, Z Abbas, Wasim Jafri, and R KHAN
Immunomodulatory Effects of Psyllium Extract on Helicobacter pylori Interaction With Gastric Epithelial Cells., javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Malik Hassan Mehmood, Z Abbas, and Kanwal Tariq
Submissions from 2015
Interferon lambda-3 polymorphism and response to pegylated interferon in patients with hepatitis D, Zaigham Abbas; javed Yakoob; Muhammad A. Umer,; Minaam Abbas; and Saeed Hamid
Is it time to replace propranolol with carvedilol for portal hypertension?, Shahab Abid, Saadat Ali, Muhammad Asif Baig, and Anam Akbar Waheed
Epidemiology of Viral Hepatitis and Liver Diseases in Pakistan, Amna Subhan Butt
Hepatic encephalopathy in chronic liver disease: predisposing factors in a developing country, Fakhar Qazi, Shameem Behram Khan, and Anam Umar
Non-invasive parameters for the detection of variceal bleed in patients of liver cirrhosis, an experience of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Anam Umar, Fakhar Qazi, Rukhsana Abdul Sattar, and Beena Umar
Helicobacter pylori: correlation of the virulence marker iceA allele with clinical outcome in a high prevalence area, Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Rustam Khan, Saima Azhar Salim, Ambar Abrar, Safia Awan, and Zubair Ahmad
Submissions from 2014
Treatment of chronic hepatitis D patients with pegylated interferon: a real-world experience, Zaigham Abbas, Mohammad S. Memon, Hammad Mithani, Wasim Jafri, and Saeed Hamid
Cytokine and clinical response to Saccharomyces boulardii therapy in diarrhea-dominant irritable bowel syndrome: a randomized trial, Zaigham Abbas, Javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Zubair Ahmad, Zahid Azam, Muhammad Waqas Usman, Sara Shamim, and Muhammad Islam
Effect of Helicobacter pylori and its virulence factors on portal hypertensive gastropathy and interleukin (IL)-8, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels, Zaigham Abbas, Javed Yakoob, Muhammad W. Usman, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Effect of Helicobacter pylori and its virulence factors on portal hypertensive gastropathy and interleukin (IL)-8, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels, Z Abbas, javed Yakoob, usman WM, Shakir T, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Management of bleeding gastric varices: a single session of histoacryl injection may be sufficient, Ali Khawaja, Ambreen A. Sonawalla, Sana F. Somani, and Shahab Abid
Agreement between Serology and Histology for detection of Helicobacter pylori infection, Javed Yakoob and Zaigham Abbas
Cytokine changes in colonic mucosa associated with Blastocystis spp. subtypes 1 and 3 in diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome, Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Muhammad Waqas Usman, Aisha Sultana, Muhammad Islam, Safia Awan, Zubair Ahmad, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Zinc chloride inhibits Helicobacter pylori growth and reduces expression of interleukin-1beta by gastric epithelial cells, Javed Yakoob, Z Abbas, Wasim Jafri, Muhammad Waqas Usman, and Safia Awan
Comparison of antimicrobial activity of zinc chloride and bismuth subsalicylate against clinical isolates of Helicobacter pylori., Javed Yakoob, Z Abbas, Usman Muhammad Waqas, Safia Awan, Shagufta Naz, Fatima Jafri, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Submissions from 2013
Varied presentation of celiac disease in Pakistani adults, Zaigham Abbas, Sajjad Raza, Javed Yakoob, Shahab Abid, Saeed Hamid, Hasnain Shah, and Wasim Jafri
Consensus interferon plus ribavirin for Hepatitis C genotype 3 patients previously treated with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin, Zaigham Abbas, Ghiasun Nabi Tayyab, Mustafa Qureshi, Mohammad Sadik Memon, Amna Subhan, Tanzila Shakir, Wasim Jafri, and Saeed Hamid
Hepatocellular carcinoma in Native South Asian Pakistani population; trends, clinico-pathological characteristics & differences in viral marker negative & viral-hepatocellular carcinoma, Amna Subhan Butt1, Saeed Hamid, Ashfaq Ahmad Wadalawala, Mariam Ghufran, Ammar Asrar Javed, Omer Farooq, Bilal Ahmed, Tanveer Ul Haq, and Wasim Jafri
Seroprevalence of hepatitis E and Helicobacter pylori in a low socioeconomic area of a metropolitan city in a developing country, Wasim Jafri, Javed Yakoob, Shahab Abid, Saifa Awan, Shaheer Siddiqui, Fatima Jafri, Saeed Hamid, and S Q. Nizami
Wilson's disease: experience at a tertiary care hospital, Om Parkash, Adil Ayub, Wasim Jafri, Syed hasnain AliShah, and Saeed Hamid
Are we ready for a new epidemic of under recognized liver disease in South Asia especially in Pakistan? Non alcoholic fatty liver disease, Om Parkash and Saeed Hamid
Job's syndrome with an atypical presentation, Abbas Ali Tasneem, Sabahat Sarfaraz, Syed Mujahid Hassan, Nasir Hassan Luck, Sabiha Anis, and Zaigham Abbas
Yield of esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy in cancer of unknown primary, Muhammad Tayyab Usmani, Abdullah Bin Khalid, Syed Hasnain Ali Shah, Tauseef Ahmad, Saeed S Hamid, and Syed M. Wasim Jafri
Comparison of the virulence markers of helicobacter pylori and their associated diseases in patients from Pakistan and Afghanistan, Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Wasim Jafri, Muhammad W. Usman, Fatima Jafri, and Safia Awan
Anti-Helicobacter pylori activity and inhibition of Helicobacter pylori-induced release of IL-8 in AGS cells by plant extracts, Javed Yakoob, Zaigham Abbas, Rustam Khan, Muhammad Waqas Usman, Saeed Hamid, Safia Awan, Kanza Shamim, Syed Faisal Zaidi, Toshiro Sugiyama, and Wasim Jafri
Low rate of recurrence of Helicobacter pylori infection in spite of high clarithromycin resistance in Pakistan, Javed Yakoob, Shahab Abid, Wasim Jafri, Zaigham Abbas, Khalid Mumtaz, Saeed Hamid, and Rashida Ahmed
Changing trends of Hepatitis B seromarkers amongst pakistani population: a laboratory-based review, Afia Zafar, Erum Khan, Muhammad Shoaib Khan, Bushra Moiz, and Wasim Jafri
Submissions from 2012
Hepatocellular carcinoma in Hepatitis D: does it differ from Hepatitis B monoinfection?, Z Abbas, Qureshi M, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
Randomized controlled trial of interferon gamma versus amantadine in combination with interferon alpha and ribavirin for hepatitis C genotype 3 non-responders and relapsers, Z Abbas, Sajjad Raza, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
The clinical, endoscopic and histological spectrum of the solitary rectal ulcer syndrome: a single-center experience of 116 cases, Shahab Abid, Ali Khawaja, Salima Ahmed Bhimani, Zubair Ahmad, Saeed Hamid, and Wasim Jafri
High Clarithromycin Resistance and a Low Rate of Recurrence and Reinfection of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Pakistan, Shahab Abid, javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Z Abbas, Khalid Mumtaz, Saeed Hamid, and Rashida Ahmed
High Clarithromycin Resistance and a Low Rate of Recurrence and Reinfection, Shahab Abid, javed Yakoob, Wasim Jafri, Z Abbas, k Mumtaz, Saeed Hamid, and R Ahmad