Objective Hepatitis B virus infection is still one of the leading causes of cirrhosis and
hepatocellular carcinoma worldwide. Liver biopsy is the gold-standard method to assess the …

Background The aim of this study was to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among
chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients in Turkey and to study related factors. Methods This …

Objective We designed this study to investigate the relationship between the severity of
fibrosis and mean platelet volume (MPV), red cell distribution width, and red cell distribution …

Dental infections may lead to severe local or systemic infections such as endocarditis, brain
abscesses and mediastinitis. Fever may be the only symptom. We aim to highlight dental/…

Cytomegalovirus-associated transverse myelitis is a rare disease. We found 12 cases in the
medical literature, 8 of which met our criteria for being well documented. Our aim was to …

study, we report an adult patient who was complicated with EBV-HLH under high dose
steroid therapy after diagnosis as sensorineural hearing loss. Our aim is to emphasise the …

… Alpaslan Tanoglu1*, Ergenekon Karagoz2 …

We read with interest the recent article entitled “Combination of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio
and platelet lymphocyte ratio is a useful predictor of postoperative survival in patients with …

Background: Manynoninvasive methods, including aspartateaminotransaminase (AST)/alanineaminotransaminase
(ALT) ratio (AAR), AST-to-platelet ratio index (APRI), Bonacini …

Background: Before the introduction of direct-acting antivirals in the treatment of chronic
hepatitis C patients, the combination of peginterferon alpha and ribavirin was the standard …