The patient had porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), a cutaneous disease that results from alteration in the pathway of heme synthesis. Three types of PCT are recognized. Types 1 and 2, which account for ...

Hepatitis C is the leading cause of chronic liver disease and liver cancer in the world and affects an estimated 51 million people globally. Though the viral infection is easily diagnosable and ...

Occasionally, when monitoring therapeutic response, a highly sensitive assay such as the HCV TMA (transcription-mediated amplification), with a sensitivity down to 5 IU/ML, will be positive when the ...

A mysterious and dangerous kind of liver inflammation is spreading in the US. At least nine cases have been diagnosed in Alabama, and two were found in North Carolina. Scientists think an adenovirus, ...