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Didier Lebrec

Didier Lebrec

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Medicine

D-Index
97
Citations
34072
World Ranking
9296
National Ranking
280

Overview

Didier Lebrec is affiliated with Inserm in France and has contributed to the field of Medicine with a focus on Hepatology, Epidemiology, Hematology, Surgery, and Genetics. Their research primarily addresses topics related to liver diseases, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and organ transplantation techniques and outcomes. Additional topics in Lebrec's work include high altitude and hypoxia, hepatocellular carcinoma treatment and prognosis, and inflammasome and immune disorders.

Lebrec has published several papers in peer-reviewed journals with a concentration in hepatology and related fields. Recent publications include:

  • "Hepatic venous pressure gradient in sinusoidal obstruction syndrome: Diagnostic value and link with histological lesions," 2022, JHEP Reports
  • "Systemic and splanchnic hemodynamic features of patients with porto-sinusoidal disease as compared with cirrhosis," 2020, Journal of Hepatology
  • "Head to head comparison of liver stiffness measurement using transient elastography, 2D-shear wave elastography and magnetic resonance elastography for non-invasive evaluation of clinical significant portal hypertension," 2020, Journal of Hepatology
  • "AB0033 LIVER DISEASE COMPLICATING FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER: A STUDY ON 57 PATIENTS FROM THE FRENCH ADULT JIR COHORT," 2024, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Lebrec frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include François Durand, Dominique Valla, Pierre-Emmanuel Rautou, Aurélie Plessier, and Valérie Paradis.

Publications by Lebrec are often found in the following venues:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • JHEP Reports
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

The main fields of study represented in Lebrec's work are Medicine with subfields including:

  • Hepatology
  • Epidemiology
  • Hematology
  • Surgery
  • Genetics

Research topics prominently covered in the publications include:

  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • High Altitude and Hypoxia
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders

Best Publications

  • Clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension

    Gerald Simonneau;Nazzareno Galiè;Lewis J Rubin;David Langleben

  • Propranolol for prevention of recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis: a controlled study

    Didier Lebrec;Thierry Poynard;Patrick Hillon;Jean-Pierre Benhamou

  • Portal hypertension, size of esophageal varices, and risk of gastrointestinal bleeding in alcoholic cirrhosis

    Didier Lebrec;Patrice De Fleury;Bernard Rueff;Henri Nahum

  • Beta-adrenergic-antagonist drugs in the prevention of gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis and esophageal varices. An analysis of data and prognostic factors in 589 patients from four randomized clinical trials. Franco-Italian Multicenter Study Group.

    Thierry Poynard;Paul Calès;Linda Pasta;Gaetano Ideo

  • Deleterious effects of beta‐blockers on survival in patients with cirrhosis and refractory ascites

    Thomas Sersté;Christian Melot;Claire Francoz;Claire Francoz;François Durand;François Durand

  • Pulmonary hypertension complicating portal hypertension: prevalence and relation to splanchnic hemodynamics.

    Antoine Hadengue;Mohamed Kamal Benhayoun;Didier Lebrec;Jean-Pierre Benhamou

  • Terlipressin in patients with cirrhosis and type 1 hepatorenal syndrome: a retrospective multicenter study.

    Richard Moreau;Francois Durand;Thierry Poynard;Christian Duhamel

  • Severe sepsis in cirrhosis

    Thierry Gustot;François Durand;François Durand;Didier Lebrec;Didier Lebrec;Jean-Louis Vincent

  • Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts: Comparison with paracentesis in patients with cirrhosis and refractory ascites: A randomized trial

    Didier Lebrec;Nathalie Giuily;Antoine Hadengue;Valérie Vilgrain

  • Pulmonary vascular disorders in portal hypertension

    P Hervé;D Lebrec;F Brenot;G Simonneau

  • Autophagy in liver diseases

    Pierre Emmanuel Rautou;Pierre Emmanuel Rautou;Abdellah Mansouri;Abdellah Mansouri;Didier Lebrec;Didier Lebrec;François Durand;François Durand

  • Meta-analyses of FibroTest diagnostic value in chronic liver disease

    Thierry Poynard;Rachel Morra;Philippe Halfon;Laurent Castera

  • Prevention of First Bleeding in Cirrhosis: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials of Nonsurgical Treatment

    Luigi Pagliaro;Gennaro D'Amico;Thorkild I. A. Sörensen;Didier Lebrec

  • A randomized controlled study of propranolol for prevention of recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis: a final report.

    Didier Lebrec;Thierry Poynard;Jacques Bernuau;Eric Bercoff

  • PROPRANOLOL—A MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR PORTAL HYPERTENSION?

    Didier Lebrec;Michèle Corbic;Olivier Nouel;Jean-Pierre Benhamou

  • Idiopathic non-cirrhotic intrahepatic portal hypertension in the West: a re-evaluation in 28 patients.

    Hillaire S;Bonte E;Denninger Mh;Casadevall N

  • The Effect of Propranolol on Portal Hypertension in Patients with Cirrhosis: A Hemodynamic Study

    Didier Lebrec;Patrick Hillon;Cristina MuńOz;Gerard Goldfarb

  • Definitions, methodology and therapeutic strategies in portal hypertension. A Consensus Development Workshop, Baveno, Lake Maggiore, Italy, April 5 and 6, 1990.

    R. de Franchis;J.P. Pascal;E. Ancona;A.K. Burroughs

  • Diagnosis of portopulmonary hypertension in candidates for liver transplantation: A prospective study

    Isabelle O. Colle;Richard Moreau;Erica Godinho;Jacques Belghiti

  • Recombinant Factor VIIa for variceal bleeding in patients with advanced cirrhosis : a randomized, controlled trial

    Jaime Bosch;Dominique Thabut;Agustín Albillos;Nicolas Carbonell

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominique Valla
Dominique Valla Université Paris Cité
Thierry Poynard
Thierry Poynard Sorbonne University
François Durand
François Durand Université Paris Cité
Jean-Pierre Benhamou
Jean-Pierre Benhamou Grenoble Alpes University
Claude Degott
Claude Degott Beaujon Hospital
Valérie Paradis
Valérie Paradis Université Paris Cité
Paul Calès
Paul Calès University of Angers

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