Publications by authors named "William Sievert"

82Publications

Efficacy and safety of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/voxilaprevir for HCV NS5A-inhibitor experienced patients with difficult to cure characteristics.

Authors:
Timothy Papaluca Stuart K Roberts Simone I Strasser Katherine A Stuart Geoffrey Farrell Gerry MacQuillan Gregory J Dore Amanda J Wade Jacob George Simon Hazeldine James O'Beirne Alan Wigg Leslie Fisher Bruce McGarity Rohit Sawhney Marie Sinclair James Thomas Ivan Valiozis Martin Weltman Mark Wilson Aidan Woodward Golo Ahlenstiel Mazhar Haque Miriam Levy Emily Prewett William Sievert Siddharth Sood Edmund Tse Zina Valaydon Scott Bowden Mark Douglas Kate New Jacinta O'Keefe Margaret Hellard Joseph Doyle Mark Stoove Alexander J Thompson

Clin Infect Dis 2020 Sep 5. Epub 2020 Sep 5.

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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September 2020

The Impact of Markers of HIV Infection on Change in Liver Stiffness in People With HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Co-infection After Treatment and Cure of Hepatitis C.

Authors:
Daniela K van Santen Paul A Agius Joseph Sasadeusz Christopher K Fairley William Sievert Edward Gane David Iser Mark O'Reilly Nicholas A Medland Richard Moore Margaret E Hellard Jennifer F Hoy Joseph S Doyle

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2020 Dec;85(5):e81-e89

Disease Elimination program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia.

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December 2020

Human Amnion Epithelial Cells Produce Soluble Factors that Enhance Liver Repair by Reducing Fibrosis While Maintaining Regeneration in a Model of Chronic Liver Injury.

Authors:
Alexander Hodge Neil Andrewartha Dinushka Lourensz Robyn Strauss Jeanne Correia Mihiri Goonetilleke George Yeoh Rebecca Lim William Sievert

Cell Transplant 2020 Jan-Dec;29:963689720950221

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, 2538Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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August 2020

Constitutive STAT3 Serine Phosphorylation Promotes Helicobacter-Mediated Gastric Disease.

Authors:
Jesse J Balic Mohamed I Saad Ruby Dawson Alice J West Louise McLeod Alison C West Kimberley D'Costa Virginie Deswaerte Anouk Dev William Sievert Daniel J Gough Prithi S Bhathal Richard L Ferrero Brendan J Jenkins

Am J Pathol 2020 06 19;190(6):1256-1270. Epub 2020 Mar 19.

Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Department of Molecular Translational Science, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address:

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June 2020

Innate Immune Molecule NLRC5 Protects Mice From Helicobacter-induced Formation of Gastric Lymphoid Tissue.

Authors:
Michelle Chonwerawong Jonathan Ferrand Hassan Mohammad Chaudhry Chloe Higgins Le Son Tran San Sui Lim Marjorie M Walker Prithi S Bhathal Anouk Dev Gregory T Moore William Sievert Brendan J Jenkins Mario M D'Elios Dana J Philpott Thomas A Kufer Richard L Ferrero

Gastroenterology 2020 Jul 10;159(1):169-182.e8. Epub 2020 Mar 10.

Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia; Department of Molecular and Translational Science, Monash University, Victoria, Australia; Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address:

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July 2020

Risk stratification in acute variceal bleeding: Comparison of the AIMS65 score to established upper gastrointestinal bleeding and liver disease severity risk stratification scoring systems in predicting mortality and rebleeding.

Authors:
Marcus Robertson Jonathan Ng Walid Abu Shawish Adrian Swaine Gillian Skardoon Andrew Huynh Sheetal Deshpande Zi Yi Low William Sievert Peter Angus

Dig Endosc 2020 Jul 20;32(5):761-768. Epub 2019 Dec 20.

Department of Gastroenterology and Liver Transplant Unit, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Australia.

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July 2020

Safety, pharmacokinetics, and antiviral effects of ABI-H0731, a hepatitis B virus core inhibitor: a randomised, placebo-controlled phase 1 trial.

Authors:
Man-Fung Yuen Kosh Agarwal Edward J Gane Christian Schwabe Sang Hoon Ahn Dong Joon Kim Young-Suk Lim Wendy Cheng William Sievert Kumar Visvanathan Eric Ruby Sandy Liaw Ran Yan Qi Huang Richard Colonno Uri Lopatin

Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2020 02 9;5(2):152-166. Epub 2019 Nov 9.

Assembly Biosciences, San Francisco, CA, USA.

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February 2020

Retreatment with elbasvir, grazoprevir, sofosbuvir ± ribavirin is effective for GT3 and GT1/4/6 HCV infection after relapse.

Authors:
Timothy Papaluca Marie Sinclair Paul Gow Stephen Pianko William Sievert Niranjan Arachchi Karla Cameron Scott Bowden Jacinta O'Keefe Joseph Doyle Mark Stoove Margaret Hellard David Iser Alexander Thompson

Liver Int 2019 12 13;39(12):2285-2290. Epub 2019 Aug 13.

St Vincent's Hospital and the University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Vic., Australia.

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December 2019

Ten-year efficacy and safety of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate treatment for chronic hepatitis B virus infection.

Authors:
Patrick Marcellin David K Wong William Sievert Peter Buggisch Jörg Petersen Robert Flisiak Michael Manns Kelly Kaita Zahari Krastev Samuel S Lee Andrea L Cathcart Gerald Crans Marjoleine Op den Brouw Belinda Jump Anuj Gaggar John Flaherty Maria Buti

Liver Int 2019 10 10;39(10):1868-1875. Epub 2019 Jul 10.

Liver Unit, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron and CIBEREHD del Instituto Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain.

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October 2019

Beneficial response to mycophenolate mofetil by patients with autoimmune hepatitis who have failed standard therapy, is predicted by older age and lower immunoglobulin G and INR levels.

Authors:
Amanda J Nicoll Stuart K Roberts Ricky Lim Joanne Mitchell Martin Weltman Jacob George Alan Wigg Katherine Stuart Paul Gow Gerry MacQuillan Edmund Tse Miriam Levy Siddharth Sood Amany Zekry Wendy Cheng Jonathan Mitchell Richard Skoien William Sievert Simone I Strasser Geoffrey W McCaughan

Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2019 05 11;49(10):1314-1322. Epub 2019 Apr 11.

Sydney, NSW.

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May 2019

Human amnion epithelial cells and their soluble factors reduce liver fibrosis in murine non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Authors:
Nathan Kuk Alexander Hodge Ying Sun Jeanne Correia Majid Alhomrani Chrishan Samuel Gregory Moore Rebecca Lim William Sievert

J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019 Aug 2;34(8):1441-1449. Epub 2019 Apr 2.

Centre for Inflammatory Disease, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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August 2019

Impact of Preexisting Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 6 NS3, NS5A, and NS5B Polymorphisms on the Potency of Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents.

Authors:
Fiona McPhee Joseph Ueland Vincent Vellucci Scott Bowden William Sievert Nannan Zhou

Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2019 04 27;63(4). Epub 2019 Mar 27.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Research and Development, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA.

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April 2019

Hyperactive gp130/STAT3-driven gastric tumourigenesis promotes submucosal tertiary lymphoid structure development.

Authors:
David G Hill Liang Yu Hugh Gao Jesse J Balic Alison West Hiroko Oshima Louise McLeod Masanobu Oshima Awen Gallimore Kimberley D'Costa Prithi S Bhathal William Sievert Richard L Ferrero Brendan J Jenkins Gareth W Jones

Int J Cancer 2018 07 19;143(1):167-178. Epub 2018 Feb 19.

Division of Infection and Immunity, Systems Immunity Research Institute, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.

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July 2018

Amnion Epithelial Cell-Derived Exosomes Restrict Lung Injury and Enhance Endogenous Lung Repair.

Authors:
Jean L Tan Sin N Lau Bryan Leaw Hong P T Nguyen Lois A Salamonsen Mohamed I Saad Siow T Chan Dandan Zhu Mirja Krause Carla Kim William Sievert Euan M Wallace Rebecca Lim

Stem Cells Transl Med 2018 02 3;7(2):180-196. Epub 2018 Jan 3.

The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

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February 2018

The Human Amnion Epithelial Cell Secretome Decreases Hepatic Fibrosis in Mice with Chronic Liver Fibrosis.

Authors:
Majid Alhomrani Jeanne Correia Marcus Zavou Bryan Leaw Nathan Kuk Rong Xu Mohamed I Saad Alexander Hodge David W Greening Rebecca Lim William Sievert

Front Pharmacol 2017 24;8:748. Epub 2017 Oct 24.

Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.

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October 2017

Efficacy and Safety of Mycophenolate Mofetil in Patients With Autoimmune Hepatitis and Suboptimal Outcomes After Standard Therapy.

Authors:
Stuart K Roberts Ricky Lim Simone Strasser Amanda Nicoll Alessia Gazzola Joanne Mitchell Way Siow Tiffany Khoo Zaki Hamarneh Martin Weltman Paul Gow Natasha Janko Edmund Tse Gauri Mishra En-Hsiang Cheng Miriam Levy Wendy Cheng Siddharth Sood Richard Skoien Jonathan Mitchell Amany Zekry Jacob George Gerry MacQuillan Alan Wigg Katherine Stuart William Sievert Geoffrey McCaughan

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2018 02 16;16(2):268-277. Epub 2017 Oct 16.

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney; Centenary Research Institute, Sydney.

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February 2018

Cell-Based Therapies for Tissue Fibrosis.

Authors:
Rebecca Lim Sharon D Ricardo William Sievert

Front Pharmacol 2017 22;8:633. Epub 2017 Sep 22.

Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, MelbourneVIC, Australia.

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September 2017

Cytoplasmic domain of tissue factor promotes liver fibrosis in mice.

Authors:
Virginia Knight Dinushka Lourensz Jorge Tchongue Jeanne Correia Peter Tipping William Sievert

World J Gastroenterol 2017 Aug;23(31):5692-5699

Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3168, Australia.

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August 2017

A Pilot Study Evaluating the Safety of Intravenously Administered Human Amnion Epithelial Cells for the Treatment of Hepatic Fibrosis.

Authors:
Rebecca Lim Alexander Hodge Gregory Moore Euan M Wallace William Sievert

Front Pharmacol 2017 23;8:549. Epub 2017 Aug 23.

Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University, MelbourneVIC, Australia.

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August 2017

Antenatal maternal hepatitis B care is a predictor of timely perinatal administration of hepatitis B immunoglobulin.

Authors:
Suong T T Le Lukas Sahhar Stephanie Spring William Sievert Anouk T Dev

Intern Med J 2017 Aug;47(8):915-922

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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August 2017

Interferon-free treatment for HCV infection: are we on the road to elimination?

Authors:
William Sievert

Intern Med J 2017 03;47(3):247-249

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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March 2017

Coffee Intake Is Associated with a Lower Liver Stiffness in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Hepatitis C, and Hepatitis B.

Authors:
Alexander Hodge Sarah Lim Evan Goh Ophelia Wong Philip Marsh Virginia Knight William Sievert Barbora de Courten

Nutrients 2017 Jan 10;9(1). Epub 2017 Jan 10.

Monash Centre for Health, Research and Implementation, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne 3168, Australia.

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January 2017

Five-year efficacy and safety of tenofovir-based salvage therapy for patients with chronic hepatitis B who previously failed LAM/ADV therapy.

Authors:
Lucy Lim Alexander Thompson Scott Patterson Jacob George Simone Strasser Alice Lee William Sievert Amanda Nicoll Paul Desmond Stuart Roberts Kaye Marion Scott Bowden Stephen Locarnini Peter Angus

Liver Int 2017 06 22;37(6):827-835. Epub 2016 Dec 22.

Liver Transplant & Gastroenterology Department, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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June 2017

USING ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE BIOLUMINESCENCE TO VALIDATE DECONTAMINATION FOR DUODENOSCOPES.

Authors:
Elizabeth Gillespie William Sievert Michael Swan Carryn Kaye Isla Edridge Rhonda L Stuart

Aust Nurs Midwifery J 2016 10;24(4):26-8

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October 2016

Chronic hepatitis C burden and care cascade in Australia in the era of interferon-based treatment.

Authors:
Behzad Hajarizadeh Jason Grebely Hamish McManus Chris Estes Homie Razavi Richard T Gray Maryam Alavi Janaki Amin Skye McGregor William Sievert Alexander Thompson Gregory J Dore

J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2017 Jan;32(1):229-236

The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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January 2017

Could Adherence to Quality of Care Indicators for Hospitalized Patients With Cirrhosis-Related Ascites Improve Clinical Outcomes?

Authors:
Suong Le Tim Spelman Chia-Pei Chong Phil Ha Lukas Sahhar Julian Lim Tony He Neel Heerasing William Sievert

Am J Gastroenterol 2016 Jan 5;111(1):87-92. Epub 2016 Jan 5.

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

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January 2016

Daclatasvir plus asunaprevir for HCV genotype 1b infection in patients with or without compensated cirrhosis: a pooled analysis.

Authors:
Jia-Horng Kao Donald M Jensen Michael P Manns Ira Jacobson Hiromitsu Kumada Joji Toyota Jeong Heo Boris Yoffe William Sievert Fernando Bessone Cheng-Yuan Peng Stuart K Roberts Youn-Jae Lee Rafia Bhore Patricia Mendez Eric Hughes Stephanie Noviello

Liver Int 2016 07 24;36(7):954-62. Epub 2016 Jan 24.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Research and Development, Princeton, NJ, USA.

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July 2016

A review of the burden of hepatitis C virus infection in China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

Authors:
Heather Bennett Nathalie Waser Karissa Johnston Jia-Horng Kao Young-Suk Lim Zhong-Ping Duan Youn-Jae Lee Lai Wei Chien-Jen Chen William Sievert Yong Yuan Hong Li

Hepatol Int 2015 Jul 13;9(3):378-90. Epub 2015 Jun 13.

ICON Epidemiology, ICON plc, Toronto, Canada,

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July 2015

HCV-infected patients need access now to new direct-acting antiviral agents to avert liver-related deaths.

Authors:
William Sievert Homie Razavi Alexander Thompson Amany Zekry Gregory J Dore Stuart Keith Roberts

Med J Aust 2015 May;202(9):479

Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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May 2015

Fixed-dose combination therapy with daclatasvir, asunaprevir, and beclabuvir for noncirrhotic patients with HCV genotype 1 infection.

Authors:
Fred Poordad William Sievert Lindsay Mollison Michael Bennett Edmund Tse Norbert Bräu James Levin Thomas Sepe Samuel S Lee Peter Angus Brian Conway Stanislas Pol Nathalie Boyer Jean-Pierre Bronowicki Ira Jacobson Andrew J Muir K Rajender Reddy Edward Tam Grisell Ortiz-Lasanta Victor de Lédinghen Mark Sulkowski Navdeep Boparai Fiona McPhee Eric Hughes E Scott Swenson Philip D Yin

JAMA 2015 May;313(17):1728-35

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut.

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May 2015

Efficacy and safety of 12 weeks versus 18 weeks of treatment with grazoprevir (MK-5172) and elbasvir (MK-8742) with or without ribavirin for hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection in previously untreated patients with cirrhosis and patients with previous null response with or without cirrhosis (C-WORTHY): a randomised, open-label phase 2 trial.

Authors:
Eric Lawitz Edward Gane Brian Pearlman Edward Tam Wayne Ghesquiere Dominique Guyader Laurent Alric Jean-Pierre Bronowicki Laura Lester William Sievert Reem Ghalib Luis Balart Fredrik Sund Martin Lagging Frank Dutko Melissa Shaughnessy Peggy Hwang Anita Y M Howe Janice Wahl Michael Robertson Eliav Barr Barbara Haber

Lancet 2015 Mar 11;385(9973):1075-86. Epub 2014 Nov 11.

Merck & Co, Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA.

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March 2015

Hepatocellular carcinoma in Australia's Northern Territory: high incidence and poor outcome.

Authors:
Christopher Parker Steven Y C Tong Karen Dempsey John Condon Suresh K Sharma John W C Chen William Sievert Joshua S Davis

Med J Aust 2014 Oct;201(8):470-4

Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia.

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October 2014

Daclatasvir plus peginterferon alfa and ribavirin for treatment-naive chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 or 4 infection: a randomised study.

Authors:
Christophe Hézode Gideon M Hirschfield Wayne Ghesquiere William Sievert Maribel Rodriguez-Torres Stephen D Shafran Paul J Thuluvath Harvey A Tatum Imam Waked Gamal Esmat Eric J Lawitz Vinod K Rustgi Stanislas Pol Nina Weis Paul J Pockros Marc Bourlière Lawrence Serfaty John M Vierling Michael W Fried Ola Weiland Maurizia R Brunetto Gregory T Everson Stefan Zeuzem Paul Y Kwo Mark Sulkowski Norbert Bräu Dennis Hernandez Fiona McPhee Megan Wind-Rotolo Zhaohui Liu Stephanie Noviello Eric A Hughes Philip D Yin Steven Schnittman

Gut 2015 Jun 30;64(6):948-56. Epub 2014 Jul 30.

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Clinical Research and Development, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA.

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June 2015

All-oral daclatasvir plus asunaprevir for hepatitis C virus genotype 1b: a multinational, phase 3, multicohort study.

Authors:
Michael Manns Stanislas Pol Ira M Jacobson Patrick Marcellin Stuart C Gordon Cheng-Yuan Peng Ting-Tsung Chang Gregory T Everson Jeong Heo Guido Gerken Boris Yoffe William J Towner Marc Bourliere Sophie Metivier Chi-Jen Chu William Sievert Jean-Pierre Bronowicki Dominique Thabut Youn-Jae Lee Jia-Horng Kao Fiona McPhee Justin Kopit Patricia Mendez Misti Linaberry Eric Hughes Stephanie Noviello

Lancet 2014 Nov 28;384(9954):1597-605. Epub 2014 Jul 28.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Research and Development, Princeton, NJ, USA.

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November 2014

Enhanced antiviral treatment efficacy and uptake in preventing the rising burden of hepatitis C-related liver disease and costs in Australia.

Authors:
William Sievert Homie Razavi Chris Estes Alexander J Thompson Amany Zekry Stuart K Roberts Gregory J Dore

J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2014 Aug;29 Suppl 1:1-9

Monash University and Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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August 2014

Soluble factors derived from human amniotic epithelial cells suppress collagen production in human hepatic stellate cells.

Authors:
Alexander Hodge Dinushka Lourensz Vijesh Vaghjiani Huyen Nguyen Jorge Tchongue Bo Wang Padma Murthi William Sievert Ursula Manuelpillai

Cytotherapy 2014 Aug 15;16(8):1132-44. Epub 2014 Mar 15.

Centre for Genetic Diseases, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address:

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August 2014

ITPA genotype protects against anemia during peginterferon and ribavirin therapy but does not influence virological response.

Authors:
Jacinta A Holmes Stuart K Roberts Rachel J Ali Gregory J Dore William Sievert Geoffrey W McCaughan Darrell H Crawford Wendy S Cheng Martin D Weltman Sara Bonanzinga Kumar Visvanathan Vijaya Sundararajan Paul V Desmond D Scott Bowden Gail V Matthews Alexander J Thompson

Hepatology 2014 Jun 25;59(6):2152-60. Epub 2014 Apr 25.

St Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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June 2014

Investigating iron deficiency anaemia.

Authors:
William Sievert Barbara A Leggett Finlay A Macrae

Med J Aust 2014 Jan;200(1):18, 20

Colorectal Medicine and Genetics, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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January 2014

Telaprevir twice daily is noninferior to telaprevir every 8 hours for patients with chronic hepatitis C.

Authors:
Maria Buti Kosh Agarwal Yves Horsmans William Sievert Ewa Janczewska Stefan Zeuzem Lisa Nyberg Robert S Brown Christophe Hézode Mario Rizzetto Raymundo Paraná Sandra De Meyer Ralph De Masi Donghan Luo Kirk Bertelsen James Witek

Gastroenterology 2014 Mar 4;146(3):744-753.e3. Epub 2013 Dec 4.

Janssen Research & Development LLC, Titusville, New Jersey.

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March 2014

Distribution of interferon lambda-3 gene polymorphisms in Australian patients with previously untreated genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C: Analysis from the PREDICT and CHARIOT studies.

Authors:
Stuart K Roberts Joanne Mitchell Reynold Leung David Booth Steven Bollipo George Ostapowicz Andrew Sloss Geoffrey W McCaughan Gregory J Dore Alexander Thompson Darrell Hg Crawford William Sievert Martin Weltman Wendy Cheng Jacob George

J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2014 Jan;29(1):179-84

Gastroenterology Department, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia.

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January 2014

Investigating iron deficiency anaemia.

Authors:
William Sievert Finlay A Macrae Barbara A Leggett

Med J Aust 2013 Jun;198(10):563

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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June 2013

Nucleotide oligomerization domain 1 enhances IFN-γ signaling in gastric epithelial cells during Helicobacter pylori infection and exacerbates disease severity.

Authors:
Cody C Allison Jonathan Ferrand Louise McLeod Mohammad Hassan Maria Kaparakis-Liaskos Alexandra Grubman Prithi S Bhathal Anouk Dev William Sievert Brendan J Jenkins Richard L Ferrero

J Immunol 2013 Apr 4;190(7):3706-15. Epub 2013 Mar 4.

Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.

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April 2013

IL28B genotype is not useful for predicting treatment outcome in Asian chronic hepatitis B patients treated with pegylated interferon-α.

Authors:
Jacinta A Holmes Tin Nguyen Dilip Ratnam Neel M Heerasing Jane V Tehan Sara Bonanzinga Anouk Dev Sally Bell Stephen Pianko Robert Chen Kumar Visvanathan Rachel Hammond David Iser Ferry Rusli William Sievert Paul V Desmond D Scott Bowden Alexander J Thompson

J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2013 May;28(5):861-6

Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

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May 2013

Deriving hepatocyte-like cells from placental cells for transplantation.

Authors:
Vijesh Vaghjiani Vijayaganapathy Vaithilingam Bernard Tuch William Sievert Ursula Manuelpillai

Curr Stem Cell Res Ther 2013 Jan;8(1):15-24

Centre for Reproduction & Development, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.

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January 2013

Regression of cirrhosis during treatment with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate for chronic hepatitis B: a 5-year open-label follow-up study.

Authors:
Patrick Marcellin Edward Gane Maria Buti Nezam Afdhal William Sievert Ira M Jacobson Mary Kay Washington George Germanidis John F Flaherty Raul Aguilar Schall Jeffrey D Bornstein Kathryn M Kitrinos G Mani Subramanian John G McHutchison E Jenny Heathcote

Lancet 2013 Feb 10;381(9865):468-75. Epub 2012 Dec 10.

Service d'Hépatologie, Hôpital Beaujon, INSERM Unit CRB3, Clichy, France.

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February 2013

Vitamin D status does not predict sustained virologic response or fibrosis stage in chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 infection.

Authors:
Matthew T Kitson Gregory J Dore Jacob George Peter Button Geoffrey W McCaughan Darrell H G Crawford William Sievert Martin D Weltman Wendy S Cheng Stuart K Roberts

J Hepatol 2013 Mar 23;58(3):467-72. Epub 2012 Nov 23.

Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

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March 2013

Natural killer cells display impaired responses to toll like receptor 9 that support viral persistence in chronic hepatitis B.

Authors:
Dilip T Ratnam William Sievert Kumar Visvanathan

Cell Immunol 2012 Sep 16;279(1):109-15. Epub 2012 Oct 16.

Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.

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September 2012

STAT3-driven upregulation of TLR2 promotes gastric tumorigenesis independent of tumor inflammation.

Authors:
Hazel Tye Catherine L Kennedy Meri Najdovska Louise McLeod William McCormack Norman Hughes Anouk Dev William Sievert Chia Huey Ooi Tomo-o Ishikawa Hiroko Oshima Prithi S Bhathal Andrew E Parker Masanobu Oshima Patrick Tan Brendan J Jenkins

Cancer Cell 2012 Oct;22(4):466-78

Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.

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October 2012

Cost-effectiveness of truncated therapy for hepatitis C based on rapid virologic response.

Authors:
Ziad F Gellad Andrew J Muir John G McHutchison William Sievert Ala I Sharara Kimberly A Brown Robert Flisiak Ira M Jacobson David Kershenobich Michael P Manns Kevin A Schulman Shelby D Reed

Value Health 2012 Sep-Oct;15(6):876-86. Epub 2012 Aug 9.

Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27715, USA.

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December 2012

Human amniotic epithelial cell transplantation induces markers of alternative macrophage activation and reduces established hepatic fibrosis.

Authors:
Ursula Manuelpillai Dinushka Lourensz Vijesh Vaghjiani Jorge Tchongue Derek Lacey Jing-Yang Tee Padma Murthi James Chan Alexander Hodge William Sievert

PLoS One 2012 14;7(6):e38631. Epub 2012 Jun 14.

Center for Reproduction and Development, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

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December 2012

Efficacy of entecavir with or without tenofovir disoproxil fumarate for nucleos(t)ide-naïve patients with chronic hepatitis B.

Authors:
Anna S Lok Huy Trinh Giampiero Carosi Ulus S Akarca Adrian Gadano François Habersetzer William Sievert David Wong Meghan Lovegren David Cohen Cyril Llamoso

Gastroenterology 2012 Sep 27;143(3):619-628.e1. Epub 2012 May 27.

Research and Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Wallingford, Connecticut.

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September 2012

Early on-treatment viral load and baseline METAVIR score: improved prediction of sustained virological response in HCV genotype 1 patients.

Authors:
Darrell H G Crawford Gregory J Dore William Sievert Wendy S C Cheng Martin Weltman Geoffrey McCaughan William Rawlinson Philippa S Marks Motoko Yoshihara Bishoy Rizkalla Stuart K Roberts

Antivir Ther 2012 18;17(5):849-54. Epub 2012 Apr 18.

Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation, Greenslopes Hospital and The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

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January 2013

Long-term safety and tolerability of entecavir in patients with chronic hepatitis B in the rollover study ETV-901.

Authors:
Michael P Manns Ulus S Akarca Ting-Tsung Chang William Sievert Seung Kew Yoon Naoky Tsai Albert Min Andreas Pangerl Suzanne Beebe Miao Yu Suchat Wongcharatrawee

Expert Opin Drug Saf 2012 May 11;11(3):361-8. Epub 2012 Jan 11.

Medical School of Hannover, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Carl-Neuberg Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.

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May 2012

Efficacy and tolerability of pegylated interferon-α-2a in chronic hepatitis B: a multicenter clinical experience.

Authors:
Dilip Ratnam Anouk Dev Tin Nguyen Vijaya Sundararajan Hugh Harley Wendy Cheng Alice Lee Ferry Rusli Robert Chen Sally Bell Stephen Pianko William Sievert

J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2012 Sep;27(9):1447-53

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, Monash Medical Centre, Australia Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.

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September 2012

Protease-activated receptor 2 promotes experimental liver fibrosis in mice and activates human hepatic stellate cells.

Authors:
Virginia Knight Jorge Tchongue Dinushka Lourensz Peter Tipping William Sievert

Hepatology 2012 Mar 12;55(3):879-87. Epub 2012 Jan 12.

Center for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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March 2012

IL28B polymorphism and genetic biomarkers of viral clearance in hepatitis C virus infection.

Authors:
Jacinta A Holmes William Sievert Alexander J Thompson

Biomark Med 2011 Aug;5(4):461-78

Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, St Vincent's Hospital, 41 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria 3065, Australia.

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August 2011

The molecular pathogenesis of STAT3-driven gastric tumourigenesis in mice is independent of IL-17.

Authors:
Catherine L Kennedy Meri Najdovska Gareth W Jones Louise McLeod Norman R Hughes Cody Allison Chia Huey Ooi Patrick Tan Richard L Ferrero Simon A Jones Anouk Dev William Sievert Prithi S Bhathal Brendan J Jenkins

J Pathol 2011 Oct 27;225(2):255-64. Epub 2011 Jun 27.

Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, 27-31 Wright Street, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.

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October 2011

A systematic review of hepatitis C virus epidemiology in Asia, Australia and Egypt.

Authors:
William Sievert Ibrahim Altraif Homie A Razavi Ayman Abdo Ezzat Ali Ahmed Ahmed Alomair Deepak Amarapurkar Chien-Hung Chen Xiaoguang Dou Hisham El Khayat Mohamed Elshazly Gamal Esmat Richard Guan Kwang-Hyub Han Kazuhiko Koike Angela Largen Geoff McCaughan Sherif Mogawer Ali Monis Arif Nawaz Teerha Piratvisuth Faisal M Sanai Ala I Sharara Scott Sibbel Ajit Sood Dong Jin Suh Carolyn Wallace Kendra Young Francesco Negro

Liver Int 2011 Jul;31 Suppl 2:61-80

Monash Medical Centre and Monash University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.

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July 2011

Virological response is associated with decline in hemoglobin concentration during pegylated interferon and ribavirin therapy in hepatitis C virus genotype 1.

Authors:
William Sievert Gregory J Dore Geoffrey W McCaughan Motoko Yoshihara Darrell H Crawford Wendy Cheng Martin Weltman William Rawlinson Bishoy Rizkalla Jean K Depamphilis Stuart K Roberts

Hepatology 2011 Apr;53(4):1109-17

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, Monash Medical Centre and Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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April 2011

An argument for the universal prophylaxis of hepatitis B infection in patients receiving rituximab: a 7-year institutional experience of hepatitis screening.

Authors:
Christopher Leung Edward Tsoi Gareth Burns William Sievert

Oncologist 2011 4;16(5):579-84. Epub 2011 Apr 4.

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.

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September 2011

Effect of low-level HCV viraemia at week 24 on HCV treatment response in genotype 1 patients.

Authors:
Cristina Baleriola William D Rawlinson Gregory J Dore Sandra Chaverot Sacha Stelzer-Braid Motoko Yoshihara Darrell Crawford William Sievert Geoffrey McCaughan Martin Weltman Wendy Cheng Bishoy Rizkalla Dwight Dubois James Thommes Stuart Roberts

Antivir Ther 2011 ;16(2):173-80

Virology Division, SEALS, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

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July 2011

Low virological response and high relapse rates in hepatitis C genotype 1 patients with advanced fibrosis despite adequate therapeutic dosing.

Authors:
Wendy S C Cheng Stuart K Roberts Geoffrey McCaughan William Sievert Martin Weltman Darrell Crawford William Rawlinson Philippa S Marks James Thommes Bishoy Rizkalla Motoko Yoshihara Gregory J Dore

J Hepatol 2010 Oct 16;53(4):616-23. Epub 2010 Jun 16.

Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia.

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October 2010

Efficacy and safety of single-session argon plasma coagulation in the management of chronic radiation proctitis.

Authors:
Michael P Swan Greg T C Moore William Sievert David A Devonshire

Gastrointest Endosc 2010 Jul 20;72(1):150-4. Epub 2010 May 20.

Endoscopy Unit, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

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July 2010

Transplantation of human amnion epithelial cells reduces hepatic fibrosis in immunocompetent CCl₄-treated mice.

Authors:
Ursula Manuelpillai Jorge Tchongue Dinushka Lourensz Vijesh Vaghjiani Chrishan S Samuel Alison Liu Elizabeth D Williams William Sievert

Cell Transplant 2010 4;19(9):1157-68. Epub 2010 May 4.

Centre for Reproduction & Development, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

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May 2011

Efficacy of entecavir in chronic hepatitis B patients with mildly elevated alanine aminotransferase and biopsy-proven histological damage.

Authors:
I-Chin Wu Ching-Lung Lai Steven-Huy Bui Han Kwang-Hyup Han Stuart C Gordon You-Chen Chao Chee-Kiat Tan William Sievert Tawesak Tanwandee Dong Xu Boon-Leong Neo Ting-Tsung Chang

Hepatology 2010 Apr;51(4):1185-9

National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.

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April 2010

Impact of high-dose peginterferon alfa-2A on virological response rates in patients with hepatitis C genotype 1: a randomized controlled trial.

Authors:
Stuart K Roberts Martin D Weltman Darrell H G Crawford Geoffrey W McCaughan William Sievert Wendy S Cheng William Rawlinson Paul V Desmond Phillipa S Marks Motoko Yoshihara Bishoy Rizkalla Jean K Depamphilis Gregory J Dore

Hepatology 2009 Oct;50(4):1045-55

The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia.

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October 2009

Angiotensin-(1-7), an alternative metabolite of the renin-angiotensin system, is up-regulated in human liver disease and has antifibrotic activity in the bile-duct-ligated rat.

Authors:
John S Lubel Chandana B Herath Jorge Tchongue Josephine Grace Zhiyuan Jia Karen Spencer David Casley Peter Crowley William Sievert Louise M Burrell Peter W Angus

Clin Sci (Lond) 2009 Sep 14;117(11):375-86. Epub 2009 Sep 14.

Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health and Northern Health, VIC, Australia.

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September 2009

When less may not be best--the challenge of individualising antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C infection.

Authors:
Virginia Knight William Sievert

J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2009 Mar;24(3):330-2

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March 2009

Long-term efficacy and safety of adefovir dipivoxil for the treatment of hepatitis B e antigen-positive chronic hepatitis B.

Authors:
Patrick Marcellin Ting-Tsung Chang Seng G Lee Lim William Sievert Myron Tong Sarah Arterburn Katyna Borroto-Esoda David Frederick Franck Rousseau

Hepatology 2008 Sep;48(3):750-8

Hopital Beaujon, Paris, France.

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September 2008

Treatment of hepatitis B e antigen positive chronic hepatitis with telbivudine or adefovir: a randomized trial.

Authors:
Henry L Y Chan E Jenny Heathcote Patrick Marcellin Ching-Lung Lai Mong Cho Young M Moon You-Chen Chao Robert P Myers Gerald Y Minuk Lennox Jeffers William Sievert Natalie Bzowej George Harb Ralf Kaiser Xin-Jian Qiao Nathaniel A Brown

Ann Intern Med 2007 Dec 1;147(11):745-54. Epub 2007 Oct 1.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China.

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December 2007

Follistatin attenuates early liver fibrosis: effects on hepatic stellate cell activation and hepatocyte apoptosis.

Authors:
Shane Patella David J Phillips Jorge Tchongue David M de Kretser William Sievert

Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2006 Jan 25;290(1):G137-44. Epub 2005 Aug 25.

Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3168, Australia.

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January 2006

The direct cost of managing patients with chronic hepatitis B infection in Australia.

Authors:
James R G Butler Stephen Pianko Rosemary J Korda Shara Nguyen Paul J Gow Stuart K Roberts Simone I Strasser William Sievert

J Clin Gastroenterol 2004 Nov-Dec;38(10 Suppl 3):S187-92

National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

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June 2005

Ethnic and cultural determinants influence risk assessment for hepatitis C acquisition.

Authors:
Anouk Dev Vijaya Sundararajan William Sievert

J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2004 Jul;19(7):792-8

Monash University Department of Medicine and Department of Gastroenterology, Monash Medical Center, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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July 2004

Antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C.

Authors:
William Sievert

Aust Fam Physician 2003 Oct;32(10):826-32

Departments of Medicine and Gastroenterology, Monash University, Monash Medical Centre, Victoria.

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October 2003

Adefovir dipivoxil for the treatment of hepatitis B e antigen-positive chronic hepatitis B.

Authors:
Patrick Marcellin Ting-Tsung Chang Seng Gee Lim Myron J Tong William Sievert Mitchell L Shiffman Lennox Jeffers Zachary Goodman Michael S Wulfsohn Shelly Xiong John Fry Carol L Brosgart

N Engl J Med 2003 Feb;348(9):808-16

Service d'Hépatologie, INSERM Unité 481, and Centre de Recherches Claude Bernard sur les Hépatites Virales, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France.

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February 2003

Southeast Asian patients with chronic hepatitis C: the impact of novel genotypes and race on treatment outcome.

Authors:
Anouk T Dev Rhonda McCaw Vijaya Sundararajan Scott Bowden William Sievert

Hepatology 2002 Nov;36(5):1259-65

Monash University Department of Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia.

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November 2002

Factors associated with severity of hepatic fibrosis in people with chronic hepatitis C infection.

Authors:
Mark Danta Gregory J Dore Lisa Hennessy Yueming Li Chris R Vickers Hugh Harley Meng Ngu William Reed Paul V Desmond William Sievert Geoff C Farrell John M Kaldor Robert G Batey

Med J Aust 2002 Sep;177(5):240-5

National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

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September 2002

Fulminant hepatic failure from herpes simplex in pregnancy.

Authors:
Ramesh Nagappan Geoffrey Parkin Ian Simpson William Sievert

Med J Aust 2002 Jun;176(12):595-6

Intensive Care Unit, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, VIC.

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June 2002

Hepatic iron overload does not prevent a sustained virological response to interferon-alpha therapy: a long term follow-up study in hepatitis C-infected patients with beta thalassemia major.

Authors:
William Sievert Stephen Pianko Shernyne Warner Scott Bowden Ian Simpson Don Bowden Stephen Locarnini

Am J Gastroenterol 2002 Apr;97(4):982-7

Monash University Department of Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia.

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April 2002

Management issues in chronic viral hepatitis: hepatitis C.

Authors:
William Sievert

J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2002 Apr;17(4):415-22

Monash University Department of Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Melbourne 3168, Australia.

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April 2002

A survey of Australian general practice management of hepatitis C-infected patients from non-English-speaking backgrounds.

Authors:
Anouk Dev William Sievert

J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2002 Mar;17(3):295-300

Monash University Department of Medicine, Monash Medical Center, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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March 2002

Serum alanine aminotransferase levels and the detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in chronic HCV infections.

Authors:
Heath A Kelly William J Maskill William Sievert D Scott Bowden

Med J Aust 2002 Feb;176(3):139

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February 2002