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Editorial
Zain Majid, Taha Yaseen, Abbas Ali Tasneem, Nasir Hassan Luck
World J Hepatol
16(11):1216-1218.
Published online Nov 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i11.1216
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Received: 06/30/2024
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Yong-Zhi Zhuang, Li-Quan Tong, Xue-Ying Sun
World J Hepatol
16(11):1219-1224.
Published online Nov 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i11.1219
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Received: 08/22/2024
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Review
Alejandro Costaguta, Guillermo Costaguta, Fernando Álvarez
World J Hepatol
16(11):1225-1242.
Published online Nov 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i11.1225
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Received: 06/25/2024
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Minireviews
Qin-Dong Jing, Ji-De A, Lin-Xun Liu, Hai-Ning Fan
World J Hepatol
16(11):1243-1254.
Published online Nov 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i11.1243
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Received: 07/18/2024
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Case Control Study
Ye Zhou, Long-Ping He, Ying-Han Qi, Yu Huang, Bing-Qin Hu, Jia-Ling Liu, Qing-Bo Zeng, Jing-Chun Song
World J Hepatol
16(11):1255-1264.
Published online Nov 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i11.1255
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Received: 04/14/2024
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Retrospective Cohort Study
Juan G Acevedo-Haro, Waddah Mohamed, Prebashan Moodley, Oliver Bendall, Kris Bennett, Nigel Keelty, Sally Chan, Sam Waddy, Joanne Hosking, Wayne Thomas, Robert Tilley
World J Hepatol
16(11):1265-1281.
Published online Nov 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i11.1265
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Received: 06/19/2024
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Observational Study
Zhong-Qing Tang, Yu-Lu Tang, Kai Qin, Qi Li, Gang Chen, Yu-Bin Huang, Jian-Jun Li
World J Hepatol
16(11):1282-1289.
Published online Nov 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i11.1282
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Received: 05/25/2024
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Basic Study
Xiao-Quan Huang, Ling Wu, Chun-Yan Xue, Chen-Yi Rao, Qing-Qing Fang, Ying Chen, Cao Xie, Sheng-Xiang Rao, Shi-Yao Chen, Feng Li
World J Hepatol
16(11):1290-1305.
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doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i11.1290
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Received: 03/26/2024
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Jiang-Yan Luo, Sheng Zheng, Juan Yang, Chi Ma, Xiao-Ying Ma, Xing-Xing Wang, Xin-Nian Fu, Xiao-Zhou Mao
World J Hepatol
16(11):1306-1320.
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doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i11.1306
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Received: 06/14/2024
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Systematic Reviews
Wei-Chun Lin, Ke Lin, Ming-Kai Li, Xiao Liu, Yi-Fei Huang, Xing Wang, Bin Wu
World J Hepatol
16(11):1321-1330.
Published online Nov 27, 2024.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i11.1321
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Received: 03/31/2024
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Meta-Analysis
Nirav Agrawal, Scarlet Louis-Jean, Zoya Ladiwala, Harsha Adnani, Ayesha Kamal, Mitchell Karpman, Albert Steven Fleisher, Sanmeet Singh
World J Hepatol
16(11):1331-1338.
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doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i11.1331
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Received: 07/28/2024
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Case Report
Olivier Chatelanat, Mikaël de Lorenzi-Tognon, Laurent Spahr, Abdessalam Cherkaoui, Roger Stephan, Marie Ongaro, Laurent Kaiser, Nicolas Goossens
World J Hepatol
16(11):1339-1347.
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doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i11.1339
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World J Hepatol
16(11):1348-1355.
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doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i11.1348
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Lorenzo Ridola, Alessandro Mari
World J Hepatol
16(11):1356-1360.
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doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i11.1356
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Lei Ma, Hui-Chun Xing
World J Hepatol
16(11):1361-1364.
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doi: 10.4254/wjh.v16.i11.1361
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