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    • Brahm Barril, Javier; Brahm, Magdalena; Segovia, Roberto; Buckel González, Erwin; Latorre, Ricardo; Poniachik Teller, Jaime; Zapata, Rodrigo; Contreras, Luis (MEXICAN ASSOC HEPATOLOGY, 2011)
      Flutamide is a non-steroidal anti-androgenic drug, commonly used in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer, acne and hirsutism. This drug may induce various degrees of liver injury, including acute liver failure (ALF), ...
    • Valera M., José Miguel; Smok Sahid, Gladys; Poniachik Teller, Jaime; Oksenberg Reisberg, Danny; Silva P., Guillermo; Ferrario B., Mario; Buckel González, Erwin; Brahm Barril, Javier (2006)
      Background: Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic cholestatic disease, which can progress to hepatic failure. Aim: To study the clinical presentation, pathological features, treatment and outcome of a group of ...
    • Bessone, Fernando; Hernandez, Nelia; Sánchez Ciceron, Adriana; Di Pace, Maria; Gualano, Gisela; Arrese, Marco; Ruiz, Alex; Loaeza del Castillo, Aurora; Girala, Marcos A.; Carrera, Enrique; Lizarzabal, Maribel; Mengual, Edgardo; Brahm Barril, Javier; Arancibia, Juan P.; Tanno, Federico C.; Davalos Moscol, Milagros B.; Parana, Raymundo; Schinoni, M. I.; Méndez Sánchez, Nahum; Garassini, Miguel E.; Zapata, Rodrigo L.; Medina Cáliz, I.; Gonzalez Jimenez, Andres; Robles Diaz, Mercedes; Stephens, C.; Ortega, A.; Sanabria, Judith; Garcia Cortes, Miren; García Muñoz, B.; Lucena, M. I.; Andrade, Raul J. (Wiley & Sons, 2015)
    • Robles Díaz, M.; González Jiménez, A.; Medina Cáliz, I.; Stephens, C.; García Cortés, M.; García Muñoz, B.; Ortega Alonso, A.; Blanco Reina, E.; González Grande, R.; Jiménez Pérez, M.; Rendon, P.; Navarro, J. M.; Gines, P.; Prieto, M.; García Eliz, M.; Bessone, F.; Brahm Barril, Javier; Paraná, R.; Lucena, M. I.; Andrade, R. J. (John Wiley, 2015)
      Background We have observed an increase in hepatotoxicity (DILI) reporting related to the use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) for bodybuilding. Aim To characterise phenotype presentation, outcome and severity of ...
    • Venegas Santos, Mauricio; Torres, Claudio; Urzúa Manchego, Álvaro; Brahm Barril, Javier (2013)
      Genotyping of hepatitis C virus has an important prognostic value for response to antiviral therapy. The results of hepatits C virus genotyping performed between 1994 and 2012 from 1,766 patients of different regions ...
    • Mancilla Asencio, Carla; Madrid Silva, Ana; Valenzuela Escobar, Jorge; Morales Barria, Antonio; Hurtado Heim, Carmen; Smok Sahid, Gladys; Ledezma R., Rodrigo; Castillo Montecinos, Iván; Rivas Q., Mauricio; Brahm Barril, Javier (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2005-11)
      The prevalence of celiac disease (CD) is unknown in Chile. We have recently noted a rise in the number of cases diagnosed among adults. Aim: To describe the clinical characteristics of a group of adult celiac patients. ...
    • Navea, César; Echeverría, Matías; Romero, César; Osse, Emily; Brahm Barril, Javier; Poniachik Teller, Jaime (Ediciones Doyma, S.L., 2019)
    • Venegas Santos, Mauricio; Brahm Barril, Javier; Villanueva Arancibia, Rodrigo (2012)
      Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an important global health problem with an estimated prevalence of more than 170 million infected individuals worldwide. Currently, the standard antiviral therapy, based on pegylated interferon ...
    • Venegas Santos, Mauricio; Poniachik Teller, Jaime; Fuster, Francisco; Hurtado Heim, Carmen; Villanueva, Rodrigo A.; Brahm Barril, Javier (2015)
    • Urzúa Manchego, Álvaro; Araneda, Gonzalo; Venegas Santos, Mauricio; Arancibia, Juan Pablo; Brahm Barril, Javier; Poniachik Teller, Jaime (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2020)
      Hepatitis C virus infection is a major global public health problem. Treatment with direct-acting antivirals is intended to eradicate the chronic form of this infection by 2030. Although uncommon, the acute form of ...
    • Orellana N., Ivonne; Poniachik Teller, Jaime; Smok Sahid, Gladys; Madrid Silva, Ana; Menéndez A., Alejandra; Tobar Almonacid, Eduardo; Brahm Barril, Javier (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2005-11)
      Twenty percent of patients with chronic hepatitis C evolve to cirrhosis in 10 to 20 years. The degree of steatosis and hepatic iron stores in liver biopsy increase the risk. Age, high body mass index, diabetes mellitus ...
    • Covarrubias Ruz, Natalia; Naveas, Paulina; Miranda, Julio; Hurtado, Carmen; Vera, Daniela B.; Larrondo, Milton; Brahm Barril, Javier; Luca Venegas, Mauricio Pascual de (Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 2018)
      © 2018, Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia. All rights reserved. In Chile, there are few studies about seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against hepatitis E virus (HEV) in blood banks, between 4 and 8%. The development of new ...
    • Mangia, Alessandra; De Ledinghen, Víctor; Bailly, Francois; Brahm Barril, Javier; Keiss, Jazeps; Valantinas, Jonas; Rasmann, Nele; Messinger, Diethelm; Tatsch, Fernando; Bakalos, Georgios; Foster, Graham (Springer, 2016)
      Background and purpose: Contradictory data exist on the association between host interleukin-28B (IL28B) rs12979860 genotype and liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). This large, international, ...
    • Venegas, Mauricio; Villanueva, Rodrigo A.; González, Katherine; Brahm Barril, Javier (2011)
      AIM: To analyze the association of three IL28B single nucleotide polymorphisms with response to therapy in Chilean patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV)). METHODS: We studied two groups of patients with chronic ...
    • Venegas Santos, Mauricio; Villanueva Arancibia, Rodrigo; González Lagos, Katherine; Brahm Barril, Javier (2011)
      AIM: To analyze the association of three IL28B single nucleotide polymorphisms with response to therapy in Chilean patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). METHODS: We studied two groups of patients with chronic ...
    • Brahm Barril, Javier; Urzúa Manchego, Álvaro; Poniachik Teller, Jaime; Cáceres, Dante D.; Carreño, Laura; Luca Venegas, Mauricio Pascual de (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2018)
      © 2018, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Background. Host genetic predispositions may be important determinants of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). The association between ...
    • Torres B., Claudio; Venegas Santos, Mauricio; Brahm Barril, Javier (2011)
      The current standard therapy for patients chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the administration of pegylated interferon-α (PEG-IFN) plus ribavirin (RBV), eliminating the virus in only about half of ...
    • Arab, Juan P.; Candia, Roberto; Zapata, Rodrigo; Muñoz, Cristián; Arancibia, Juan P.; Poniachik Teller, Jaime; Soza, Alejandro; Fuster, Francisco; Brahm Barril, Javier; Sanhueza, Edgar; Contreras, Jorge; Cuellar, M. Carolina; Arrese, Marco; Riquelme, Arnoldo (WJG Press, 2014)
      © 2014 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.AIM: To build a consensus among Chilean specialists on the appropriate management of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in clinical practice. ...
    • Silva P., Guillermo; Quera Pino, Rodrigo; Fluxá G., Fernando; Sanhueza B., Edgar; Segovia M., Roberto; Brahm Barril, Javier; Muñoz, Cristián; Morales Barria, Antonio; Muñoz Clavijo, Lorena; Urzúa F., Luis; Biagini A., Leandro (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2004-03)
      Acute variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients is an emergency with a high risk of rebleeding and death. Endoscopic procedures such as sclerotherapy or banding, combined or not with drugs such as octreotide could be ...
    • Muñoz C., Sergio; Mancilla Asencio, Carla; Moyano Schlegel, Leonor; Castillo T., Cecilia; Rossi F., Ricardo; Brahm Barril, Javier; Berger Fleiszig, Zoltán (2010)
      Background: Autoimmune pancreatitis is a special form of chronic pancreatitis, more common in men and usually presenting as obstructive jaundice or abdominal pain. It may be associated with other immunological disorders ...