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Salvador Benlloch
Specialist, Digestive Diseases Dept. Hospital Arnau Vilanova
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Specialist, Digestive Diseases Dept. Hospital Arnau Vilanova, Valencia, Spain
Oct 2008-
Specialist, Gastroenterology Dept. Hospital La Fe., Valencia, Spain
Jun 1999-Feb 2008
education
Medical Doctor, Valencia
research summary
Hepatitis C virus (clinical)
Liver transplantation (clinical)
Non invasive index for fibrosis prediction in liver transplant patients with recurrent hepatitis C (Spain)
Hepatitis C virus (basic science, University of Colorado at Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA)
publications

Liver transplantation is the treatment of choice in acute and irreversible chronic liver failure of distinct etiologies. Because of the current shortage of donor organs, careful selection of candidates for transplantation is required. In addition to specif…
Gastroenterología y hepatología. 2007 Jan

OBJECTIVES: Interest in developing noninvasive markers of liver fibrosis continues to increase, especially in recurrent hepatitis C virus infection after liver transplantation. Recently, a model for predicting significant fibrosis (bridging fibrosis and ci…
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology. 2006 Dec

Interleukin-7 (IL-7) is required for the establishment and maintenance of memory CD4(+) and CD8(+) T lymphocytes, and cells lacking IL-7Ralpha (CD127) demonstrate impaired IL-2 secretion and have a short life-span. Chronic HCV is characterized by T cells t…
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.). 2006 Nov

There are unresolved issues regarding sustained virological response (SVR), tolerance and risk of rejection following antiviral therapy in liver transplantation (LT). The aim of our study was to determine efficacy, rejection risk and factors associated wit…
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society. 2006 Jul

The severity of recurrent hepatitis C virus (HCV) is likely related to several factors. Controversial results have been reported regarding the effect of specific calcineurin-inhibitors. The aim of this research was to determine whether there are difference…
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society. 2006 May

BACKGROUNDS/AIMS: Recurrent HCV-cirrhosis occurs in a substantial proportion of transplant recipients, with higher rates reported in patients who had recently received a transplant. Over-immunosuppression has been implicated in this more unfavorable outcom…
Journal of hepatology. 2006 Apr

A 39-year-old asymptomatic man showed elevated serum ferritin levels, mild hypertransaminasemia and serum ceruloplasmin almost undetectable. There was histological iron accumulation within the hepatocytes and also in the central nervous system (MRI). A gen…
Journal of hepatology. 2005 Jun

Recurrent hepatitis C is a frequent event in liver transplantation (LT). Serial liver biopsies remain the best way of monitoring disease progression. Due to the limitations of a liver biopsy, there is an interest in developing noninvasive markers of liver …
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society. 2005 Apr

Journal of hepatology. 2004 Dec

The goal of the study was to determine the incidence and variables associated with post-liver transplantation (LT) de novo internal neoplasms development, excluding skin tumors and hepatocellular carcinoma. Medical records were reviewed for recipient/donor…
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. 2004 Apr