Physician visits, hospitalizations, and socioeconomic status: ambulatory care sensitive conditions in a Canadian setting

LL Roos, R Walld, J Uhanova… - Health services research, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. To determine whether rates of physician visits for ambulatory care sensitive (ACS)
conditions are lower for people of low‐socioeconomic status than of high‐socioeconomic …

Occult hepatitis B virus infection in a North American adult hemodialysis patient population

…, R Greenberg, M Zhang, K Hawkins, J Uhanova… - …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections continue to occur in adult hemodialysis units. A possible
contributing factor is the presence of occult HBV (serum hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] …

Occult hepatitis B virus infection in a North American community-based population

GY Minuk, D Sun, J Uhanova, M Zhang, S Caouette… - Journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection [HBV-DNA detection in hepatitis
B surface antigen (HBsAg)-negative individuals] may cause acute and/or chronic liver …

Hepatitis B vaccination for patients with chronic renal failure

RJ Schroth, CA Hitchon, J Uhanova… - Cochrane Database …, 2004 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Chronic renal failure patients are at particular risk of hepatitis B virus infection.
Early studies have demonstrated that renal failure patients benefit from vaccination; however, …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis c virus in american indian/alaskan native and aboriginal peoples of north america

JD Rempel, J Uhanova - Viruses, 2012 - mdpi.com
Liver diseases, such as hepatitis C virus (HCV), are “broken spirit” diseases. The prevalence
of HCV infection for American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) in the United States and …

Symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

H Singh, R Pollock, J Uhanova, M Kryger… - Digestive diseases and …, 2005 - Springer
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a term often used to describe two related
conditions: a relatively benign, nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) and potentially aggressive, …

Changing incidence of reported viral hepatitis in China from 2004 to 2016: an observational study

M Zhang, R Wu, H Xu, J Uhanova, R Gish, X Wen… - Bmj Open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective China’s national hepatitis burden is high. This study aims to provide a detailed
national-level description of the reported incidence of viral hepatitis in China during 2004–2016…

The epidemiology of hepatitis C in a Canadian Indigenous population

J Uhanova, RB Tate, DJ Tataryn… - Canadian Journal of …, 2013 - hindawi.com
BACKGROUND An estimated 1% to 1.9% of North Americans are infected with the hepatitis
C virus (HCV). Although Indigenous peoples are considered to bear the highest burden, …

[HTML][HTML] The relative expression of hepatocellular and cholestatic liver enzymes in adult patients with liver disease

D Iluz-Freundlich, M Zhang, J Uhanova, GY Minuk - Annals of hepatology, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction and objectives Hepatocellular liver injury is characterized by elevations in serum
alanine (ALT) and aspartate (AST) aminotransferases while cholestasis is associated with …

[PDF][PDF] Serum ferritin levels do not predict the stage of underlying non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

…, G Minuk, M Wengiel, J Uhanova - … of Gastrointestinal & …, 2012 - researchgate.net
Background & Aim: Hepatic endothelial cells release ferritin in response to increased oxidative
stress and lipid peroxidation. The principal aim of this study was to determine if serum …