Chun-Tao Wai

Reply (2004)

Wai, Chun-Tao, Lok, Anna Suk-Fong, Wai, Chun-Tao, Lok, Anna Suk-Fong

No abstract.

Reply: (2004)

Lok, Anna Suk-Fong, Wai, Chun-Tao, Lok, Anna Suk-Fong, Wai, Chun-Tao

No abstract.

Reply (2003)

Wai, Chun-Tao, Lok, Anna S. F.

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A simple noninvasive index can predict both significant fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C (2003)

Wai, Chun-Tao, Greenson, Joel K., Fontana, Robert J., Kalbfleisch, John D., Marrero, Jorge A., Conjeevaram, Hari S., ...

Information on the stage of liver fibrosis is essential in managing chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients. However, most models for predicting liver fibrosis are complicated and separate formulas are...

HBV genotype B is associated with better response to interferon therapy in HBeAg( + ) chronic hepatitis than genotype C (2002)

Wai, Chun-Tao, Chu, Chi-Jen, Hussain, Munira, Lok, Anna Suk-Fong

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype and precore/core promoter mutations have been implicated in spontaneous and interferon alfa (IFN-Α)—related hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion. We...

Treatment of hepatitis B (2002)

Lok, Anna Suk-Fong, Wai, Chun-Tao

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection affects approximately 350 million people worldwide. Treatment of chronic hepatitis B is aimed at sustained suppression of HBV replication and remission of...

Low risk of hepatitis B virus recurrence after withdrawal of long-term hepatitis B immunoglobulin in patients receiving maintenance nucleos(t)ide analogue therapy

Wong, Stephen N., Chu, Chi-Jen, Wai, Chun-Tao, Howell, Terese, Moore, Charles, Fontana, Robert J., ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) recurrence rates of 0-16% had been reported in patients maintained on nucleoside analogues (NA) after hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) discontinuation after orthotopic liver...

Acute-on-chronic liver failure: consensus recommendations of the Asian Pacific Association for the study of the liver (APASL)

Sarin, Shiv Kumar, Kumar, Ashish, Almeida, John A., Chawla, Yogesh Kumar, Fan, Sheung Tat, Garg, Hitendra, ...

The Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) set up a working party on acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) in 2004, with a mandate to develop consensus guidelines on various...

Liver fibrosis: consensus recommendations of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL)

Shiha, Gamal, Sarin, Shiv Kumar, Ibrahim, Alaa Eldin, Omata, Masao, Kumar, Ashish, Lesmana, Laurentius A., ...

Liver fibrosis is a common pathway leading to cirrhosis, which is the final result of injury to the liver. Accurate assessment of the degree of fibrosis is important clinically, especially when...

A randomized controlled pilot study of Pentoxifylline in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)

Lee, Yin-Mei, Sutedja, Dede S., Wai, Chun-Tao, Dan, Yock-Young, Aung, Myat-Oo, Zhou, Lei, ...

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis from Salmonella: an unusual bacterium with unusual presentation

Rajekar, Harshal, Wai, Chun-Tao, Lee, Kang-Hoe, Wong, Sin-Yew, Tan, Kai-Chah

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with advanced cirrhosis and portal hypertension. While gram-negative rods and Enterococcus species are...