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Generalized concept of overt and occult hepatitis B virus infections based on the data from the woodchuck model of hepatitis B, their long-term outcomes, and associated risk factors for hepatitis B virus reactivation following liver transplant.

The tumor completely replaced by gas pockets.

Comparative analysis regarding hepatocellular carcinoma previous surveillance and Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer staging at diagnosis between non alcoholic fatty liver disease and other etiologies of liver disease.

Hepatic histology of the group of females with weekend alcohol consumption at 5%.

Variability of histological specimens in HE (top) and PicroSirius red (bottom) stained transjugular biopsy specimens.

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Hepatic histology of the group of males of 40%.

Primary biliary cholangitis metachronously complicated with combined hepatocellular carcinoma-cholangiocellular carcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma

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Occult hepatitis B virus infection and surgical outcomes in non-B, non-C patients with curative resection for hepatocellular carcinoma

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The World Journal of Hepatology (WJH) is a leading academic journal devoted to reporting the latest, cutting-edge research progress and findings of basic research and clinical practice in the field of hepatology. It was launched on October 31, 2009 and is published monthly (12 issues annually) by BPG, the world's leading professional clinical medical journal publishing company.

We encourage hepatologists worldwide to submit manuscripts to the WJH describing their original basic or clinical research findings that are of high academic value and which report new diagnostic techniques or summarize their treatment experiences.

The usual times related to all publication processes of the WJH are as follows: (1) From manuscript receipt to peer-review: 2-4 weeks; (2) From initial manuscript acceptance, with revisions, to return of the revised manuscript from the authors: 4-5 weeks; (3) From return of the revised manuscript from the authors to final acceptance: 1-2 weeks; (4) From final acceptance to an article in press: 2 days; and (5) From article in press designation to formal release of the electronic version and all online documentation: 2-9 weeks.The WJH’s acceptance rate: 51%. Submit here >>

2018 Published Issues

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Editors-in-Chief

Wan-Long Chuang, MD, PhD, Doctor, Professor, Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan

Indexing/Abstracting

PubMed, PubMed Central, Emerging Sources Citation Index(Web of Science), and Scopus.

Journal Metrics

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) (2015): 0.858; IPP (Impact per Publication) (2015): 2.730; SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) (2015): 1.206; and CiteScore (2016): 3.66.

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1948-5182 (online)

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Contents Volume 10 Issue 3 March 27, 2018

Review

Reactivation of hepatitis B after liver transplantation: Current knowledge, molecular mechanisms and implications in management

Ranjit Chauhan, Shilpa Lingala, Chiranjeevi Gadiparthi, Nivedita Lahiri, Smruti R Mohanty, Jian Wu, Tomasz I Michalak, Sanjaya K Satapathy

World J Hepatol 10(3):352-370. Published online Mar 27, 2018. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v10.i3.352

Minireviews

Metabolomics: From liver chiromancy to personalized precision medicine in advanced chronic liver disease

Bogdan Procopet, Petra Fischer, Oana Farcau, Horia Stefanescu

World J Hepatol 10(3):371-378. Published online Mar 27, 2018. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v10.i3.371

Observational Study

Management of restless legs syndrome in chronic liver disease: A challenge for the correct diagnosis and therapy

Rita Moretti, Paola Caruso, Marzia Tecchiolli, Silvia Gazzin, Claudio Tiribelli

World J Hepatol 10(3):379-387. Published online Mar 27, 2018. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v10.i3.379

Case Report

Clostridium paraputrificum septicemia and liver abscess

Yong K Kwon, Faiqa A Cheema, Bejon T Maneckshana, Caroline Rochon, Patricia A Sheiner

World J Hepatol 10(3):388-395. Published online Mar 27, 2018. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v10.i3.388

Liver failure caused by prolonged state of malnutrition following bariatric surgery

Willem J Lammers, Antonie JP van Tilburg, Jan A Apers, Janneke Wiebolt

World J Hepatol 10(3):396-399. Published online Mar 27, 2018. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v10.i3.396

Letters To The Editor

Do Ayurveda drugs induce liver injury?

Galib Ruknuddin

World J Hepatol 10(3):400-401. Published online Mar 27, 2018. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v10.i3.400