G. L. A. BIRD

TREATMENT OF ADVANCED ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE (1990)

BIRD, G. L. A., WILLIAMS, ROGER

The poor prognosis of severe acute alcoholic hepatitis has stimulated interest in specific forms of treatment aimed at reducing the short term mortality as well as preventing progression to...

CONTRASTS IN INTERLEUKIN-1 AND INTERLEUKIN-2 ACTIVITY IN ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS AND CIRRHOSIS (1989)

BIRD, G. L. A., ARIA, KAYHAN NOURI, DANIELS, HELENA, ALEXANDER, G.J. M., WILLIAMS, ROGER

To investigate whether disordered immune function, as shown by abnormalities in lymphokine production, is present in alcoholic liver disease, interleukin-1 and interleukin-2 activity were assayed in...

Acute Liver Decompensation on Withdrawal of Cytotoxic Chemotherapy and Immunosuppressive Therapy in Hepatitis B Carriers (1989)

BIRD, G. L. A., SMITH, HEATHER, PORTMANN, B., ALEXANDER, G. J. M., WILLIAMS, ROGER

Five chronic carriers of hepatitis B virus developed a fulminant hepatitis-like picture when immunosuppression or cytotoxic treatment, given for unrelated disorders, was withdrawn. Viral replication...