Background: Hepatitis virus C (HCV) infection is affecting millions of people globally with an estimated prevalence in Pakistan ranging from 4.5 to 8%. Advent of oral direct acting antiviral agents (DAAs) in combination therapy has made possible the treatment of decompensated cir...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2022/v34i37B36207
Raja Taha Yaseen Khan, Hina Ismail, Muhammad Danish, Muhammad Qaiser Panezai, Abdullah Nasir, Kiran Bajaj, Ghulamullah Lail, Rajesh Mandhwani, Husnain Ali Metlo, Danish Kumar, Munir Tareen, Abbas Ali Tasneem, Farina M. Hanif, Syed Mudassir Laeeq & Nasir Hasan Luck·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2022
The liver biopsy is the gold standard for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis, because of its invasiveness, high cost and lack of repeatability its use is limited. A new parameter widely used these days for evaluating the grade of hepatic fibrosis is the gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i1931455
Syed Zahid Shah, Raja Taha Yaseen Khan, Sandeep Kumar, Nasir Mehmood, Muhammad Usman Naeem, Hina Ismail, Saleem Shahzad, Muhammad Ali Khalid, Ghulamullah Lail, Muhammad Adeel, Ghazi Abrar, Muhammad Qaiser Panezai, Vijesh Kumar, Danish Kumar, Abdullah Nasir, Mahboob Jan, Nasir Hasan Luck & Abdul Haseeb Memon·Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International·2023
Introduction: Most of the lactate in the body is cleared in the liver. Tissue hypoxia results in increased production of lactate and decreased utility of it. Hepatic insult results not only an increase in the blood lactate levels but also is an independent prognostic marker in cr...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2023/v35i167380
Mahboob Jan, Raja Taha Yaseen Khan, Hina Ismail, Saleem Shahzad, Abbas Ali Tasneem, Muhammad Qaiser Panezai, Danish Kumar, Nasir Mehmood, Muhammad Adeel, Muhammad Ali Khalid, Ghulamullah Lail, Abdullah Nasir & Nasir Hasan Luck·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2023
Introduction: Endoscopy for the screening of esophageal varices (EVs) is costly and cannot be performed in remote areas with limited resources. Recently, certain non-invasive cost effective models have been proposed for the prediction of EVs but have failed recommendation on a la...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2023/v35i145061