| familial and sporadic porphyria cutanea tarda: clinical and biochemical features and risk factors in 152 patients. | porphyria cutanea tarda is the most frequent porphyria and occurs in both sporadic and familial forms. we conducted the current study in a series of 152 consecutive patients with porphyria cutanea tarda attending the porphyria unit of the hospital clinic of barcelona, spain, to update the clinical manifestations of the disease and to study the sex differences, the proportion of familial forms, and the role of different risk factors in this population. patients were classified as familial and spo ... | 2010 | 20517178 |
| incidence, risk factors, and survival of hepatocellular carcinoma in primary biliary cirrhosis: comparative analysis from two centers. | the limited information and divergent results on the prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (pbc) may be due to the low prevalence of the disease and geographical and environmental differences. therefore, we analyzed the incidence, prevalence, survival, and risk factors for hcc in patients with pbc from two european centers (389 from barcelona, spain, and 327 from padova, italy) followed up for 9.3 +/- 6.5 years. gend ... | 2009 | 19585656 |
| significant reductions of hiv prevalence but not of hepatitis c virus infections in injection drug users from metropolitan barcelona: 1987-2001. | to characterize trends from 1987 to 2001 in the prevalence of hiv and hcv infections among 2219 injection drug users (idus) starting treatment for substance abuse in two large hospitals in metropolitan barcelona. | 2006 | 16769442 |
| [spanish scientific publications on hepatitis c virus. a medline study (1980-2002)]. | to analyze the scientific publications on hepatitis c virus infection from spanish hospitals between 1980 and 2002. | 2004 | 15461937 |
| Hepatitis C virus and GBV-C virus prevalence among patients with B-cell lymphoma in different European regions: a case-control study of the International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group. | Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with some B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B cell-NHLs). Patients with HCV infection frequently show co-infections with GB virus C (GBV-C, formerly known as hepatitis G virus), and some studies have suggested a higher incidence of GBV-C infection in patients with B cell-NHLs. The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate the association between HCV and/or GBV-C infection and B cell-NHLs in different geographic areas. One hundred thirty-seven lymp ... | 2011 | 22105737 |
| [clinical characteristics, staging and treatment of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in clinical practice. prospective study of 136 patients]. | hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) is the most frequent cause of mortality in patients with liver cirrhosis. there are no prospective series from a single tertiary hospital in spain. | 2011 | 21940068 |
| use of supervised injection facilities and injection risk behaviours among young drug injectors. | to study the use of supervised injection facilities (sifs) as a predictor of safer injecting practices. | 2009 | 19215603 |
| [prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis c virus, and associated factors among injecting drug users in catalonia]. | the objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and hepatitis c virus (hcv) among injection drug users (idus) and identify the sociodemographic and behavioral factors in this population associated with these infections. | 2010 | 19695744 |
| [diagnostic resources for sexually transmitted infections in laboratories in catalonia (spain)]. | with the aim of describing both the capacity and organization of the laboratories in catalonia to diagnose sexually transmitted infections, a cross-sectional study was performed between november 2005 and march 2006, which included 140 laboratories. | 2009 | 19596496 |
| [seroprevalence of chronic viral hepatitis markers in 791 recent immigrants in catalonia, spain. screening and vaccination against hepatitis b recommendations]. | the prevalence of chronic viral hepatitis in the european union (eu) will vary because of the immigrants coming from countries having an elevated with a higher endemicity of hepatitis b (hbv) and c virus (hcv). serologic screening in healthy immigrants is a subject that has been discussed in the areas of feasibility, ethics and cost-effectiveness. the main study aims were: a) to know the prevalence of chronic hepatitis markers and, b) to determine the best cost-effectiveness strategy of vaccinat ... | 2008 | 19000469 |
| hepatitis c virus sequences from different patients confirm the existence and transmissibility of subtype 2q, a rare subtype circulating in the metropolitan area of barcelona, spain. | the hepatitis c virus (hcv) has been classified into six genotypes and more than 70 subtypes with distinct geographical and epidemiological distributions. while 18 genotype 2 subtypes have been proposed, only 5 have had their complete sequence determined. the aim of this study was to characterize hcv isolates from three patients from the barcelona metropolitan area of spain for whom commercial genotyping methods provided discordant results. full-length genome sequencing was carried out for 2 of ... | 2011 | 21412791 |
| mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis c virus infection in barcelona, spain: a prospective study. | | 2007 | 17195935 |
| [factors associated with sharing syringes among street-recruited injecting drug users]. | to estimate the prevalence of risk behaviors related to drug use and to identify factors associated with of accepting and passing on used syringes among intravenous drug users (idu) recruited in barcelona city and other surrounding areas in 2004. | 2006 | 17145000 |
| the prevalence of hfe c282y gene mutation is increased in spanish patients with porphyria cutanea tarda without hepatitis c virus infection. | to investigate the role of c282y and h63d mutations, and hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection in the pathogenesis of porphyria cutanea tarda (pct). | 2006 | 17062032 |
| [perinatal outcomes in immigrant women]. | to describe the characteristics of immigrant women's newborns in our environment, and to compare them with those of native women's newborns. | 2006 | 16792963 |
| htlv infection among young injection and non-injection heroin users in spain: prevalence and correlates. | although some studies have described the epidemiology of infection with hiv or hepatitis b and c in young users in spain - one of the european countries with the highest prevalences - there are no studies of the prevalence of htlv infection and the most important associated factors. | 2006 | 16143565 |
| hepatitis b virus serum profiles in injection drug users and rates of immunization over time in barcelona: 1987-2006. | injection drug users are at increased risk for hepatitis b. surveillance of the unexposed to infection and of the vaccinated is necessary to understand the impact of interventions. we aimed to analyze hbv serum profiles and rates of hbv vaccination over 20 years. | 2010 | 20456873 |
| [rate of infection by blood-borne viruses in active heroin users in 3 spanish cities]. | the objective of this paper was to determine the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis c virus (hcv), hepatitis b virus (hbv) and human t lymphotropic virus (htlv) infections in active heroin users in spain. | 2004 | 15144744 |
| [prevalence of hepatitis b and hepatitis c viruses in different counties of catalonia, spain: cross-sectional study]. | there are few data available in our community regarding the prevalence of hepatitis b (hbv) and hepatitis c (hcv) virus infection in the general population. | 2002 | 12106536 |
| cross sectional study of factors associated to self-reported blood-borne infections among drug users. | the study's aim was to estimate the self-reported prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and hepatitis c virus (hcv), and to describe their associated risk factors in a population of users of illicit drugs recruited in catalonia- spain, during 2012. | 2015 | 26566634 |
| [seroepidemiology of hepatitis c virus infection in pregnant women in catalonia]. | the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection in a population of pregnant women in catalonia and the sociodemographic variables and risk factors associated to this prevalence. | 1994 | 7799677 |
| prevalence of and risk factors for hepatitis b virus infection among street-recruited young injection and non-injection heroin users in barcelona, madrid and seville. | to evaluate the prevalence of hepatitis b virus (hbv) and associated factors in 949 heroin users (hu): injectors (ihus) and non-injectors (nihus). | 2008 | 18552487 |
| community-based seroepidemiological survey of hcv infection in catalonia, spain. | the objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of antibodies against the hepatitis c virus (anti-hcv) and the associated risk factors in a representative sample of the population of catalonia, spain. serum samples from 2,142 subjects aged between 5 and 70 years, selected at random from urban and rural habitats, were studied. multiple logistic regression analysis was carried out to determine variables associated independently with the presence of hcv antibodies. the age and gender ... | 2001 | 11745932 |
| time trends in incidence and mortality for chronic liver disease and liver cancer in the interval 1980-1997 in catalonia, spain. | it has been reported that the incidence of liver cancer and intrahepatic bile duct tumours might be increasing in some developed countries. the purpose of this study was to examine time trends of incidence and mortality rates of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer for the period 1980-1997 in catalonia, spain. | 2004 | 15316410 |
| prevalence and distribution of hepatitis c virus genotypes in spain during the 2000-2015 period (the gehep 005 study). | we report the largest study on the prevalence and distribution of hcv genotypes in spain (2000-2015), and we relate them with clinical, epidemiological and virological factors. | 2017 | 28248445 |
| clinical evolution of chronic renal patients with hiv infection in replacement therapy. | patients on renal replacement therapy (rrt) infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) are a special group with growing interest. in order to study the epidemiological data of hiv+ patients on rrt in spain, we collected individual information from 2004-2011 (period of use of highly active antiretroviral therapy [haart] in the autonomous communities of andalusia, aragon, asturias, catalonia, valencia, castilla la mancha, castilla león, galicia, madrid, la rioja and the basque country, c ... | 2015 | 26409500 |
| gender differences in hiv risk behaviours among intravenous drug users in catalonia, spain. | to describe gender differences in injection and sexual risks behaviours, and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and hepatitis c (hcv) prevalence among injecting drug users (idu) in catalonia, spain. | 2016 | 23578527 |
| factors related to survival in hepatocellular carcinoma in the geographic area of sabadell (catalonia, spain). | hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) is a very frequent tumor. screening for the disease is effective, but the prognostic factors are difficult to evaluate. | 2012 | 22662776 |
| [interferon treatment of chronic viral hepatitis in catalonia, spain. retrospective analysis]. | to analyze the results of interferon treatment in chronic hepatitis b and c in catalonia, spain, during the first two years of the assessment board of the therapeutic use of interferon. | 1999 | 10228322 |
| [forecasting the impact of hepatitis c in catalonia (spain)]. | | 2002 | 12372170 |