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Brief overview of strategy for the development of immune-competent bioengineered humanized liver using acellularization and repopulation technology for future biomedical applications.

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.

Sinusoidal dilatation and hepatocellular plate atrophy in zone 3 (arrow marks hepatic vein branch) (20 ×) (A); Zone 3 congestion and red blood cell extravasation (20 ×) (B).

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%.

Alternative transcription factor isoforms possess regulatory properties distinct from those of canonical variants.

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Body mass index and its effects on liver fat content in overweight and obese young adults by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy technique

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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 >>

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Editors-in-Chief

Ke-Qin Hu, FAASLD, MD, Director, Professor, (E-mail: kqhu@uci.edu) Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA 92868, United States
Koo Jeong Kang, MD, PhD, Professor, (Email: kjkang@dsmc.or.kr) Division of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, Department of surgery, Keimyung University Dong-San Medical Center, Daegu 41931, South Korea
Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, FACP, FRCP (C), MD, PhD, Director, Professor, Research Scientist, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, University Hospital, Newark, NJ 07103, United States

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WJH is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science), Scopus, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), China Science and Technology Journal Database (CSTJ), and Superstar Journals Database.

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 12 December 27, 2018

Editorial

Unresolved issues in the prophylaxis of bacterial infections in patients with cirrhosis

Melisa Dirchwolf, Sebastián Marciano, José Martínez, Andrés Eduardo Ruf

World J Hepatol 10(12):892-897. Published online Dec 27, 2018. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v10.i12.892

Hepatitis C virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma after sustained virologic response

Reina Sasaki, Tatsuo Kanda, Naoya Kato, Osamu Yokosuka, Mitsuhiko Moriyama

World J Hepatol 10(12):898-906. Published online Dec 27, 2018. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v10.i12.898

Stem cell transplantation for the treatment of end-stage liver disease

Dong-Bo Wu, En-Qiang Chen, Hong Tang

World J Hepatol 10(12):907-910. Published online Dec 27, 2018. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v10.i12.907

Minireviews

Autoimmune hepatitis: Appraisal of current treatment guidelines

Dhruv Lowe, Savio John

World J Hepatol 10(12):911-923. Published online Dec 27, 2018. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v10.i12.911

Basic Study

Body mass index and its effects on liver fat content in overweight and obese young adults by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy technique

Duanghathai Pasanta, Montree Tungjai, Sirirat Chancharunee, Warayuth Sajomsang, Suchart Kothan

World J Hepatol 10(12):924-933. Published online Dec 27, 2018. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v10.i12.924

Retrospective Cohort Study

Non-invasive prediction of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in Japanese patients with morbid obesity by artificial intelligence using rule extraction technology

Daisuke Uehara, Yoichi Hayashi, Yosuke Seki, Satoru Kakizaki, Norio Horiguchi, Hiroki Tojima, Yuichi Yamazaki, Ken Sato, Kazuki Yasuda, Masanobu Yamada, Toshio Uraoka, Kazunori Kasama

World J Hepatol 10(12):934-943. Published online Dec 27, 2018. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v10.i12.934

Retrospective Study

Impact of sepsis and non-communicable diseases on prognostic models to predict the outcome of hospitalized chronic liver disease patients

Fakhar Ali Qazi Arisar, Shahab Abid, Preet Ayoub Shaikh, Safia Awan

World J Hepatol 10(12):944-955. Published online Dec 27, 2018. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v10.i12.944

Observational Study

One in five hepatocellular carcinoma patients in the United States are Hispanic while less than 40% were eligible for liver transplantation

Ann Robinson, Ajay Ohri, Benny Liu, Taft Bhuket, Robert J Wong

World J Hepatol 10(12):956-965. Published online Dec 27, 2018. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v10.i12.956