Çiğdem Mermutluoğlu

Frequency of CAP-Defined Hepatic Steatosis and Its Association with Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Hepatitis Delta

Background and Aim: Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection is among the most aggressive forms of chronic viral hepatitis: fibrosis advances quickly, and cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and hepatic decompensation develop more often than with other hepatitis viruses. Metab...

Baseline Liver Metabolic Health in Newly Diagnosed People Living with HIV Compared with HIV-Negative Controls: Cross-Sectional Findings from the Prospective MASHIV-TR Cohort

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is an important comorbidity in people living with HIV (PLWH), yet most data derive from individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART). In the baseline cross-sectional analysis of the prospective multicentre MAS...