Mitchell L Shiffman

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1 Peginterferon alfa-2a plus ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C virus infection. N Engl J Med 2002 36.55
2 Peginterferon alfa-2b or alfa-2a with ribavirin for treatment of hepatitis C infection. N Engl J Med 2009 14.31
3 Prolonged therapy of advanced chronic hepatitis C with low-dose peginterferon. N Engl J Med 2008 9.33
4 Sofosbuvir for hepatitis C genotype 2 or 3 in patients without treatment options. N Engl J Med 2013 8.49
5 Ledipasvir and sofosbuvir for 8 or 12 weeks for chronic HCV without cirrhosis. N Engl J Med 2014 7.73
6 Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate versus adefovir dipivoxil for chronic hepatitis B. N Engl J Med 2008 7.22
7 ABT-450/r-ombitasvir and dasabuvir with ribavirin for hepatitis C with cirrhosis. N Engl J Med 2014 6.31
8 Interleukin-28B polymorphism improves viral kinetics and is the strongest pretreatment predictor of sustained virologic response in genotype 1 hepatitis C virus. Gastroenterology 2010 6.14
9 Adefovir dipivoxil for the treatment of hepatitis B e antigen-positive chronic hepatitis B. N Engl J Med 2003 5.97
10 Eltrombopag for thrombocytopenia in patients with cirrhosis associated with hepatitis C. N Engl J Med 2007 5.13
11 Clinical and histologic spectrum of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease associated with normal ALT values. Hepatology 2003 4.69
12 Surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis improves outcome. Am J Med 2008 4.07
13 Coffee intake is associated with lower rates of liver disease progression in chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology 2009 3.50
14 Evolution of the HALT-C Trial: pegylated interferon as maintenance therapy for chronic hepatitis C in previous interferon nonresponders. Control Clin Trials 2004 3.46
15 Outcome of sustained virological responders with histologically advanced chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology 2010 3.35
16 Sofosbuvir and Velpatasvir for HCV Genotype 2 and 3 Infection. N Engl J Med 2015 3.13
17 Predicting sustained virological responses in chronic hepatitis C patients treated with peginterferon alfa-2a (40 KD)/ribavirin. J Hepatol 2005 3.10
18 Complication rate of percutaneous liver biopsies among persons with advanced chronic liver disease in the HALT-C trial. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2010 2.96
19 The impact of fat distribution on the severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome. Hepatology 2007 2.94
20 A pilot study of vitamin E versus vitamin E and pioglitazone for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2004 2.84
21 Three-year efficacy and safety of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate treatment for chronic hepatitis B. Gastroenterology 2010 2.81
22 Herbal product use by persons enrolled in the hepatitis C Antiviral Long-Term Treatment Against Cirrhosis (HALT-C) Trial. Hepatology 2008 2.44
23 A survey of liver transplantation from living adult donors in the United States. N Engl J Med 2003 2.37
24 Definition of rapid virologic response with a highly sensitive real-time PCR-based HCV RNA assay in peginterferon alfa-2a plus ribavirin response-guided therapy. J Hepatol 2010 2.35
25 Epoetin alfa maintains ribavirin dose in HCV-infected patients: a prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled study. Gastroenterology 2004 2.28
26 Identifying hepatitis C virus genotype 2/3 patients who can receive a 16-week abbreviated course of peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD) plus ribavirin. Hepatology 2010 2.20
27 A 7 gene signature identifies the risk of developing cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology 2007 2.16
28 Impact of ribavirin dose reductions in hepatitis C virus genotype 1 patients completing peginterferon alfa-2a/ribavirin treatment. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006 2.12
29 Impact of disease severity on outcome of antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C: Lessons from the HALT-C trial. Hepatology 2006 2.06
30 Hepatitis C virus treatment-related anemia is associated with higher sustained virologic response rate. Gastroenterology 2010 2.06
31 Retreating chronic hepatitis C with daily interferon alfacon-1/ribavirin after nonresponse to pegylated interferon/ribavirin: DIRECT results. Hepatology 2009 2.02
32 Phase 1b study of pegylated interferon lambda 1 with or without ribavirin in patients with chronic genotype 1 hepatitis C virus infection. Hepatology 2010 2.02
33 Similarities and differences in outcomes of cirrhosis due to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and hepatitis C. Hepatology 2006 1.98
34 High sustained virologic response rates in rapid virologic response patients in the large real-world PROPHESYS cohort confirm results from randomized clinical trials. Hepatology 2012 1.76
35 Effect of hyponatraemia on outcomes following orthotopic liver transplantation. Liver Int 2009 1.76
36 Hepatic steatosis in hepatitis C: comparison of diabetic and nondiabetic patients in the hepatitis C antiviral long-term treatment against cirrhosis trial. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2007 1.71
37 A sustained virologic response is durable in patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with peginterferon alfa-2a and ribavirin. Gastroenterology 2010 1.70
38 A double-blind placebo-controlled study of emtricitabine in chronic hepatitis B. Arch Intern Med 2006 1.67
39 Efficacy and safety of peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD) plus ribavirin in hepatitis C patients with advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis. Hepatology 2010 1.66
40 Retreatment with telaprevir combination therapy in hepatitis C patients with well-characterized prior treatment response. Hepatology 2011 1.62
41 Viral and metabolic factors influencing alanine aminotransferase activity in patients with chronic hepatitis C. J Hepatol 2006 1.60
42 Genome-wide association study of interferon-related cytopenia in chronic hepatitis C patients. J Hepatol 2011 1.59
43 Outcomes in hepatitis C virus-infected recipients of living donor vs. deceased donor liver transplantation. Liver Transpl 2007 1.58
44 Rapid virological response is the most important predictor of sustained virological response across genotypes in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. J Hepatol 2010 1.51
45 Virologic response rates of weight-based taribavirin versus ribavirin in treatment-naive patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology 2010 1.47
46 Sustained hepatitis B e antigen seroconversion in patients with chronic hepatitis B after adefovir dipivoxil treatment: analysis of precore and basal core promoter mutants. Clin Infect Dis 2008 1.47
47 Management of adverse effects of Peg-IFN and ribavirin therapy for hepatitis C. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2011 1.46
48 DAUPHINE: a randomized phase II study of danoprevir/ritonavir plus peginterferon alpha-2a/ribavirin in HCV genotypes 1 or 4. Liver Int 2014 1.42
49 Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with hepatitis C is associated with features of the metabolic syndrome. Am J Gastroenterol 2003 1.42
50 Oral IDN-6556, an antiapoptotic caspase inhibitor, may lower aminotransferase activity in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology 2007 1.38
51 Identification of two gene variants associated with risk of advanced fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Gastroenterology 2006 1.38
52 A comparison of the spectrum of chronic hepatitis C virus between Caucasians and African Americans. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2004 1.33
53 Adult living donor versus deceased donor liver transplantation: a 6-year single center experience. Am J Transplant 2005 1.31
54 Epoetin alfa improves quality of life in anemic HCV-infected patients receiving combination therapy. Hepatology 2004 1.30
55 Racial differences in hepatitis C treatment eligibility. Hepatology 2011 1.28
56 A randomized controlled trial of pretransplant antiviral therapy to prevent recurrence of hepatitis C after liver transplantation. Hepatology 2013 1.21
57 HCV RNA detection by TMA during the hepatitis C antiviral long-term treatment against cirrhosis (Halt-C) trial. Hepatology 2006 1.13
58 Quantitative liver function tests improve the prediction of clinical outcomes in chronic hepatitis C: results from the Hepatitis C Antiviral Long-term Treatment Against Cirrhosis Trial. Hepatology 2012 1.12
59 Antibody-mediated pure red cell aplasia due to epoetin alfa during antiviral therapy of chronic hepatitis C. Am J Gastroenterol 2005 1.09
60 Liver and intestine transplantation: summary analysis, 1994-2003. Am J Transplant 2005 1.09
61 Fibrosis progression in chronic hepatitis C: morphometric image analysis in the HALT-C trial. Hepatology 2009 1.08
62 Treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus in the virginia department of corrections: can compliance overcome racial differences to response? Am J Gastroenterol 2004 1.08
63 Rate of progression of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C: results from the HALT-C Trial. Gastroenterology 2011 1.07
64 An IL28B genotype-based clinical prediction model for treatment of chronic hepatitis C. PLoS One 2011 1.04
65 R1626 plus peginterferon Alfa-2a provides potent suppression of hepatitis C virus RNA and significant antiviral synergy in combination with ribavirin. Hepatology 2008 1.03
66 Strategies for managing anemia in hepatitis C patients undergoing antiviral therapy. Am J Gastroenterol 2007 1.03
67 Induction pegylated interferon alfa-2a and high dose ribavirin do not increase SVR in heavy patients with HCV genotype 1 and high viral loads. Gastroenterology 2010 1.00
68 A prospective evaluation of fibrosis progression in patients with recurrent hepatitis C virus following liver transplantation. Liver Transpl 2007 0.99
69 All-oral combination of ledipasvir, vedroprevir, tegobuvir, and ribavirin in treatment-naïve patients with genotype 1 HCV infection. Hepatology 2014 0.98
70 Blunted cytopenias and weight loss: new correlates of virologic null response to re-treatment of chronic hepatitis C. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008 0.98
71 Excess mortality in patients with advanced chronic hepatitis C treated with long-term peginterferon. Hepatology 2011 0.98
72 Hepatitis C virus infection and kidney transplantation: predictors of patient and graft survival. Transplantation 2007 0.97
73 Efficacy and safety of two-dose regimens of peginterferon alpha-2a compared with interferon alpha-2a in chronic hepatitis C: a multicenter, randomized controlled trial. Am J Gastroenterol 2004 0.95
74 Treatment of chronic hepatitis C patients with persistently normal alanine aminotransferase levels with the combination of peginterferon alpha-2a (40 kDa) plus ribavirin: impact on health-related quality of life. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006 0.94
75 A phase III study of the safety and efficacy of viramidine versus ribavirin in treatment-naïve patients with chronic hepatitis C: ViSER1 results. Hepatology 2009 0.93
76 Substitution of tenofovir/emtricitabine for Hepatitis B immune globulin prevents recurrence of Hepatitis B after liver transplantation. Liver Int 2012 0.92
77 Steatohepatitis: Risk factors and impact on disease severity in human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus coinfection. Hepatology 2008 0.92
78 Interpretation of positive transcription-mediated amplification test results from polymerase chain reaction-negative samples obtained after treatment of chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology 2008 0.91
79 Similar progression of fibrosis between HIV/HCV-infected and HCV-infected patients: Analysis of paired liver biopsy samples. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2010 0.90
80 Effects of interferon treatment on liver histology and allograft rejection in patients with recurrent hepatitis C following liver transplantation. Liver Transpl 2004 0.90
81 Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis. Clin Liver Dis 2004 0.89
82 Approach to the management of patients with chronic hepatitis C who failed to achieve sustained virologic response. Clin Liver Dis 2005 0.88
83 A single center review of the use of mycophenolate mofetil in the treatment of autoimmune hepatitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008 0.87
84 Incidence of prolonged length of stay after orthotopic liver transplantation and its influence on outcomes. Liver Transpl 2009 0.87
85 Comparison of performance characteristics of three real-time reverse transcription-PCR test systems for detection and quantification of hepatitis C virus. J Clin Microbiol 2007 0.87
86 Four-year follow-up of a prospective randomized trial of mycophenolate mofetil with cyclosporine microemulsion or tacrolimus following liver transplantation. Clin Transplant 2004 0.85
87 Impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy on the spectrum of liver disease in HCV-HIV coinfection. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2004 0.85
88 Use of diagnostic testing for managing hepatitis C virus infection. Semin Liver Dis 2004 0.85
89 Response to hepatitis A and B vaccine alone or in combination in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus and advanced fibrosis. Dig Dis Sci 2009 0.85
90 Herpes simplex virus colitis in a patient with Crohn's disease and hepatitis B and d cirrhosis. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y) 2010 0.84
91 Twelve weeks of follow-up is sufficient for the determination of sustained virologic response in patients treated with interferon alpha for chronic hepatitis C. J Hepatol 2003 0.83
92 Histologic evidence of active liver injury in chronic hepatitis B patients with normal range or minimally elevated alanine aminotransferase levels. J Clin Gastroenterol 2010 0.83
93 Sofosbuvir Plus Velpatasvir Combination Therapy for Treatment-Experienced Patients With Genotype 1 or 3 Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Randomized Trial. Ann Intern Med 2015 0.83
94 Approach to the management of patients with chronic hepatitis C who failed to achieve sustained virologic response. Infect Dis Clin North Am 2006 0.82
95 Controversies in the management of hepatitis C patients with advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2004 0.82
96 High relapse rate seen at week 72 for patients treated with R1626 combination therapy. Hepatology 2008 0.82
97 Management of hepatitis C virus genotype 2 or 3 infection: treatment optimization on the basis of virological response. Antivir Ther 2009 0.82
98 Calcineurin inhibitor-induced chronic nephrotoxicity in liver transplant patients is reversible using rapamycin as the primary immunosuppressive agent. Clin Transplant 2002 0.82
99 The spectrum of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in the Virginia Correctional System: development of a strategy for the evaluation and treatment of inmates with HCV. Am J Gastroenterol 2005 0.81
100 Prophylaxsis against recurrance of hepatitis B virus after liver transplantation: a retrospective analysis spanning 20 years. Liver Int 2007 0.81
101 Mild alcohol consumption is not associated with increased fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C. J Clin Gastroenterol 2011 0.80
102 The role of interferon in the new era of hepatitis C treatments. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2014 0.79
103 Reduction in Hepatic Inflammation Is Associated With Less Fibrosis Progression and Fewer Clinical Outcomes in Advanced Hepatitis C. Am J Gastroenterol 2012 0.78
104 Intensive interferon therapy does not increase virological response rates in African Americans with chronic hepatitis C. Dig Dis Sci 2003 0.78
105 The clinical spectrum of hepatitis C virus in HIV coinfection. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2003 0.78
106 A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled dose-escalation trial of merimepodib (VX-497) and interferon-alpha in previously untreated patients with chronic hepatitis C. Antivir Ther 2005 0.78
107 In routine clinical practice, few physicians use early viral kinetics to guide HCV dual therapy treatment decisions. Liver Int 2013 0.77
108 The systemic safety of bromfenac ophthalmic solution 0.09%. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther 2007 0.76
109 Impact of the donor liver with steatosis in patients with hepatitis C virus: not so FAst. Liver Transpl 2009 0.76
110 The practical management of treatment failure in chronic hepatitis C: a summary of current research and management options for refractory patients. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y) 2007 0.75
111 Use of ribavirin in patients with chronic HCV genotype 1: when enough is really enough. Gastroenterology 2006 0.75
112 Living donor liver transplantation in patients with chronic hepatitis C: timing is everything. Liver Transpl 2003 0.75
113 Treating chronic hepatitis C virus after liver transplantation: balancing the risks against the chance for success. Liver Transpl 2007 0.75
114 Infections during peginterferon/ribavirin therapy are associated with the magnitude of decline in absolute lymphocyte count: results of the IDEAL study. Clin Infect Dis 2014 0.75
115 Intensified peginterferon α-2a dosing increases sustained virologic response rates in heavy, high viral load hepatitis C genotype 1 patients with high low-density lipoprotein. J Clin Gastroenterol 2013 0.75
116 Corrigendum: Safety and Efficacy of Ombitasvir/Paritaprevir/Ritonavir Plus Dasabuvir With or Without Ribavirin in HCV-Infected Patients Taking Concomitant Acid-Reducing Agents. Am J Gastroenterol 2016 0.75