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  1. Patel-Sanchez N, Perito E, Tsai P, Raymond-Flesch M, Lodish M, Sarkar M. Prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease increased with type 2 diabetes mellitus in overweight/obese youth with polycystic ovary syndrome. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Apr 17. View in PubMed
  2. Levy C, Brady CW, Terrault N, Stotts MJ, Sarkar M. Reproductive health and liver disease: a patient-friendly summary of the 2021 AASLD guidance. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). 2023 Jan; 21(1):19-35. View in PubMed
  3. Sarkar M, Flemming JA. Letter to Editor: Influence of maternal NAFLD on infant weight-the real precursor to NAFLD in offspring? Hepatology. 2023 Jan 03. View in PubMed
  4. Kardashian A, Kushner T, Au JS, Flemming JA, Gripshover J, Muir AJ, Orloff SL, Villa E, Sarkar M, AASLD Women’s Initiative Committee. The key role of hepatology providers in optimizing reproductive care in patients with liver disease: a call to action. Hepatology. 2023 Jan 03. View in PubMed
  5. Qureshy Z, Lokken RP, Kakar S, Grab J, Mehta N, Sarkar M. Influence of progestin-only hormonal use on hepatocellular adenomas: A retrospective cohort study. Contraception. 2023 03; 119:109915. View in PubMed
  6. Wang M, Sarkar M, Mehta N. Now you see it, now you don't: Estrogen exposure and obesity effects on HCA development and regression. Hepatology. 2023 02 01; 77(2):341-343. View in PubMed
  7. Bernards S, Lee E, Leung N, Akan M, Gan K, Zhao H, Sarkar M, Tayur S, Mehta N. Awarding additional MELD points to the shortest waitlist candidates improves sex disparity in access to liver transplant in the United States. Am J Transplant. 2022 Dec; 22(12):2912-2920. View in PubMed
  8. Maldonado SS, Grab J, Wang CW, Huddleston H, Cedars M, Sarkar M. Polycystic ovary syndrome is associated with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in women of reproductive age. Hepatol Commun. 2022 10; 6(10):2634-2639. View in PubMed
  9. Shingina A, Sarkar M, Feld L. On the Importance of Safe Access to Reproductive Options for Adolescents and Women With Liver Disease. Gastroenterology. 2022 10; 163(4):792-794. View in PubMed
  10. Sarkar M, Irani RA. Reply. Hepatology. 2022 Oct; 76(4):E88. View in PubMed
  11. Stephanie Maldonado, Joshua Grab, Connie W. Wang, Heather Huddleston, Marcelle I. Cedars, Monika Sarkar. Su1406: POLCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME (PCOS) INCREASES RISK OF NASH AMONG REPRODUCTIVE-AGED WOMEN WITH NAFLD: A US POPULATION-BASED STUDY. Gastroenterology. 2022 May 1; 162(7):s-1211. View in PubMed
  12. Gadgil MD, Sarkar M, Sands C, Lewis MR, Herrington DM, Kanaya AM. Associations of NAFLD with circulating ceramides and impaired glycemia. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2022 Apr; 186:109829. View in PubMed
  13. Sadaf Dabeer, Katherine H Ingram, Duke Appiah, Melissa Wellons, Catherine Kim, Dhananjay Vaidya, David S Siscovick, Cora E Lewis, Charles Quesenberry, Pamela Schreiner, Ronit Calderon-Margalit, Monika Sarkar, Erica P Gunderson. Abstract P139: Changes In Sex Hormones In Premenopausal Black And White Women Associated With Childbearing: The Cardia Women’s Study. Circulation. 2022 Mar 1; 145(Suppl_1). View in PubMed
  14. Huang AC, Grab J, Flemming JA, Dodge JL, Irani RA, Sarkar M. Pregnancies With Cirrhosis Are Rising and Associated With Adverse Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 03 01; 117(3):445-452. View in PubMed
  15. Sarkar M, Cedars MI. Untangling the Influence of Sex Hormones on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Women. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 08; 20(8):1887-1888. View in PubMed
  16. Wang CW, Grab J, Tana MM, Irani RA, Sarkar M. Outcomes of pregnancy in autoimmune hepatitis: A population-based study. Hepatology. 2022 01; 75(1):5-12. View in PubMed
  17. Sonnenberg EM, Lee-Riddle GS, Walls DO, Caicedo JC, Jackson WE, Hughes L, Ladner DP, Liapakis A, Pomfret EA, Sarkar M, Selzner N, Torres AM, Abt PL, Olthoff KM. Pregnancy Outcomes After Living Liver Donation: A Multi-Institutional Study. Liver Transpl. 2021 09; 27(9):1262-1272. View in PubMed
  18. Yanin T. Srisengfa, Srilakshmi Seetharaman, Monika Sarkar. Sa362 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CHARACTERISTICS IN PRE-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH NAFLD. Gastroenterology. 2021 May 1; 160(6):s-835. View in PubMed
  19. Sarkar M, Djerboua M, Flemming JA. NAFLD Cirrhosis Is Rising Among Childbearing Women and Is the Most Common Cause of Cirrhosis in Pregnancy. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 02; 20(2):e315-e318. View in PubMed
  20. Kushner T, Kaplowitz E, Mei R, Xu C, Acker A, Rosenbluth E, Oredein I, Sarkar M, Terrault N, Bansal M, Forde KA. Adherence to pregnancy hepatitis B care guidelines in women and infants in the United States and evaluation of two interventions to improve care: A multicentre hospital-based study. J Viral Hepat. 2021 04; 28(4):582-591. View in PubMed
  21. Sarkar M, Grab J, Irani RA. Reply to: "Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy: An under recognised complication of maternal NAFLD?" J Hepatol. 2021 03; 74(3):752-753. View in PubMed
  22. Sarkar MA, Suzuki A, Abdelmalek MF, Yates KP, Wilson LA, Bass NM, Gill R, Cedars M, Terrault N, NASH Clinical Research Network. Testosterone is Associated With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Fibrosis in Premenopausal Women With NAFLD. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 06; 19(6):1267-1274.e1. View in PubMed
  23. Sarkar M, Brady CW, Fleckenstein J, Forde KA, Khungar V, Molleston JP, Afshar Y, Terrault NA. Reproductive Health and Liver Disease: Practice Guidance by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Hepatology. 2021 01; 73(1):318-365. View in PubMed
  24. Flemming JA, Mullin M, Lu J, Sarkar MA, Djerboua M, Velez MP, Brogly S, Terrault NA. Outcomes of Pregnant Women With Cirrhosis and Their Infants in a Population-Based Study. Gastroenterology. 2020 11; 159(5):1752-1762.e10. View in PubMed
  25. Jacquie Lu, Monika Mullin, Maya Djerboua, Monika Sarkar, Susan Brogly, Maria Velez, Norah Terrault, Jennifer Flemming. SAT147 Increased risk of perinatal complications in women with cirrhosis: a population-based matched cohort study. Journal of Hepatology. 2020 Aug 1; 73:s724-s725. View in PubMed
  26. Sarkar M, Suzuki A. Reproductive Health and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Women: Considerations Across the Reproductive Lifespan. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). 2020 Jun; 15(6):219-222. View in PubMed
  27. Ritchie J, Seidman D, Srisengfa Y, Perito ER, Sarkar M. Family Planning in Liver Transplant: Patient and Provider Knowledge and Practices. Liver Transpl. 2020 10; 26(10):1233-1240. View in PubMed
  28. Annsa C. Huang, Joshua Grab, Jennifer A. Flemming, Jennifer L. Dodge, Monika Sarkar. 1004 PREGNANCIES WITH CIRRHOSIS ARE RISING AND ASSOCIATED WITH ADVERSE MATERNAL AND FETAL OUTCOMES. Gastroenterology. 2020 May 1; 158(6):s-1302. View in PubMed
  29. Sarkar M, Grab J, Dodge JL, Gunderson EP, Rubin J, Irani RA, Cedars M, Terrault N. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in pregnancy is associated with adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes. J Hepatol. 2020 09; 73(3):516-522. View in PubMed
  30. Sarkar M, Sawinski D, Coscia L, American Society of Transplantation, Women’s Health Community of Practice. Pregnancy in Liver Transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2020 07; 26(7):954-955. View in PubMed
  31. Sarkar M, Yates K, Suzuki A, Lavine J, Gill R, Ziegler T, Terrault N, Dhindsa S. Low Testosterone Is Associated With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Fibrosis Severity in Men. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 02; 19(2):400-402.e2. View in PubMed
  32. Liyun Yuan, Ani Kardashian, Monika Sarkar. NAFLD in Women: Unique Pathways, Biomarkers, and Therapeutic Opportunities. Current Hepatology Reports. 2019 Dec 1; 18(4):425-432. View in PubMed
  33. Yuan L, Kardashian A, Sarkar M. NAFLD in women: Unique pathways, biomarkers and therapeutic opportunities. Curr Hepatol Rep. 2019 Dec; 18(4):425-432. View in PubMed
  34. Sarkar M, Terrault N, Chan W, Cedars MI, Huddleston HG, Duwaerts CC, Balitzer D, Gill RM. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with NASH severity and advanced fibrosis. Liver Int. 2020 02; 40(2):355-359. View in PubMed
  35. Lee E, Sarkar M, Dodge J, Kohi M, Mehta N. Shorter Height Is Associated With Lower Probability of Liver Transplantation in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Transplantation. 2020 05; 104(5):988-995. View in PubMed
  36. Sarkar M, VanWagner LB, Terry JG, Carr JJ, Rinella M, Schreiner PJ, Lewis CE, Terrault N, Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Cohort. Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin Levels in Young Men Are Associated With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Midlife. Am J Gastroenterol. 2019 05; 114(5):758-763. View in PubMed
  37. Monika Sarkar, Katherine P. Yates, Ayako Suzuki, Joel E. Lavine, Ryan M. Gill, Norah Terrault, Sandeep Dhindsa. Sa1623 – Low Testosterone is Associated with Nash and Fibrosis Severity in Men with Nafld. Gastroenterology. 2019 May 1; 156(6):s-1258. View in PubMed
  38. Julia Ritchie, Dominika Seidman, Yanin Srisengfa, Vanessa L. Jacoby, Emily Perito, Monika Sarkar. Deficiencies in Reproductive Health Counseling in Liver Transplant Patients [2H]. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2019 May 1; 133:84s-85s. View in PubMed
  39. Sarkar M. Testosterone Levels in Women: Implications for Fatty Liver and Beyond. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2019 08; 28(8):1015-1016. View in PubMed
  40. Kushner T, Sarkar M, Tran T. Noninvasive Tests for Prognosticating Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease in Pregnancy: Ready for Prime Time? Am J Gastroenterol. 2019 02; 114(2):209-211. View in PubMed
  41. Ajmera VH, Terrault NA, VanWagner LB, Sarkar M, Lewis CE, Carr JJ, Gunderson EP. Longer lactation duration is associated with decreased prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in women. J Hepatol. 2019 01; 70(1):126-132. View in PubMed
  42. Sarkar M, Lai JC, Sawinski D, Zeigler TE, Cedars M, Forde KA. Sex hormone levels by presence and severity of cirrhosis in women with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. J Viral Hepat. 2019 02; 26(2):258-262. View in PubMed
  43. Kushner T, Sarkar M. Chronic Hepatitis B in Pregnancy. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). 2018 Jul; 12(1):24-28. View in PubMed
  44. Dave S, Dodge JL, Terrault NA, Sarkar M. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Graft Loss Among Female Liver Transplant Recipients. Transplant Proc. 2018 Jun; 50(5):1413-1423. View in PubMed
  45. Sarkar M, Bramham K, Moritz MJ, Coscia L. Reproductive health in women following abdominal organ transplant. Am J Transplant. 2018 05; 18(5):1068-1076. View in PubMed
  46. Sarkar M, Terrault N, Duwaerts CC, Tien P, Cedars MI, Huddleston H. The Association of Hispanic Ethnicity with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Curr Opin Gynecol Obstet. 2018 02 20; 1(1):24-33. View in PubMed
  47. Campos-Varela I, Agudelo EZ, Sarkar M, Roberts JP, Terrault NA. Use of a hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA-positive donor in a treated HCV RNA-negative liver transplant recipient. Transpl Infect Dis. 2018 Feb; 20(1). View in PubMed
  48. Cullaro G, Sarkar M, Lai JC. Sex-based disparities in delisting for being "too sick" for liver transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2018 05; 18(5):1214-1219. View in PubMed
  49. Rubin JB, Hameed B, Gottfried M, Lee WM, Sarkar M, Acute Liver Failure Study Group. Acetaminophen-induced Acute Liver Failure Is More Common and More Severe in Women. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 06; 16(6):936-946. View in PubMed
  50. Kelly EM, Dodge JL, Bacchetti P, Sarkar M, French AL, Tien PC, Glesby MJ, Golub ET, Augenbraun M, Plankey M, Peters MG. Moderate Alcohol Use Is Not Associated With Fibrosis Progression in Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Hepatitis C Virus-Coinfected Women: A Prospective Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Nov 29; 65(12):2050-2056. View in PubMed
  51. Sarkar M, Baffy G. Perinatal programming of adolescent nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A case for gender inequality? Hepatology. 2018 01; 67(1):7-9. View in PubMed
  52. Sarkar M, Dodge JL, Greenblatt RM, Kuniholm MH, DeHovitz J, Plankey M, Kovacs A, French AL, Seaberg EC, Ofotokun I, Fischl M, Overton E, Kelly E, Bacchetti P, Peters MG, Women’s Interagency HIV Study. Reproductive Aging and Hepatic Fibrosis Progression in Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Hepatitis C Virus-Coinfected Women. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Oct 30; 65(10):1695-1702. View in PubMed
  53. Sarkar M, Wellons M, Cedars MI, VanWagner L, Gunderson EP, Ajmera V, Torchen L, Siscovick D, Carr JJ, Terry JG, Rinella M, Lewis CE, Terrault N. Testosterone Levels in Pre-Menopausal Women are Associated With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Midlife. Am J Gastroenterol. 2017 05; 112(5):755-762. View in PubMed
  54. Tsai JH, Ferrell LD, Tan V, Yeh MM, Sarkar M, Gill RM. Aggressive non-alcoholic steatohepatitis following rapid weight loss and/or malnutrition. Mod Pathol. 2017 06; 30(6):834-842. View in PubMed
  55. Kardashian A, Ma Y, Scherzer R, Price JC, Sarkar M, Korn N, Tillinghast K, Peters MG, Noworolski SM, Tien PC. Sex differences in the association of HIV infection with hepatic steatosis. AIDS. 2017 01 28; 31(3):365-373. View in PubMed
  56. Sarkar M, Dodge JL, Roberts JP, Terrault N, Yao F, Mehta N. Increased hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence in women compared to men with high alpha fetoprotein at liver transplant. Ann Hepatol. 2016 Jul-Aug; 15(4):545-9. View in PubMed
  57. Sarkar M, Dodge JL, Roberts JP, Terrault N, Yao F, Mehta N. Increased hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence in women compared to men with high alpha fetoprotein at liver transplant. Ann Hepatol. 2016 Jul - Aug; 15(4):545-549. View in PubMed
  58. Kuniholm MH, O'Brien TR, Prokunina-Olsson L, Augenbraun M, Plankey M, Karim R, Sarkar M, French AL, Pierce C, Strickler HD, Anastos K. Association of Hepatitis C Virus Infection With CD4/CD8 Ratio in HIV-Positive Women. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Jun 01; 72(2):162-70. View in PubMed
  59. Kelly EM, Dodge JL, Sarkar M, French AL, Tien PC, Glesby MJ, Golub ET, Augenbraun M, Plankey M, Peters MG. Marijuana Use Is Not Associated With Progression to Advanced Liver Fibrosis in HIV/Hepatitis C Virus-coinfected Women. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 08 15; 63(4):512-8. View in PubMed
  60. Jessica Rubin, Bilal Hameed, Michelle Gottfried, William M. Lee, Monika Sarkar. 352 Sex Differences in Acetaminophen-Induced Acute Liver Injury and Acute Liver Failure. Gastroenterology. 2016 Apr 1; 150(4):s1027. View in PubMed
  61. Jessica Rubin, Bilal Hameed, Michelle Gottfried, William M. Lee, Monika Sarkar. 352 Sex Differences in Acetaminophen-Induced Acute Liver Injury and Acute Liver Failure. . 2016 Apr 1; 150(4):s1027. View in PubMed
  62. Asima K. Ahmad, Chia-Ning Kao, Monika Sarkar, Marcelle I. Cedars, Heather Huddleston. Association between markers of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and glucose tolerance in polycystic ovarian syndrome population. . 2016 Feb 1; 105(2):e10. View in PubMed
  63. Asima K. Ahmad, Chia-Ning Kao, Monika Sarkar, Marcelle I. Cedars, Heather Huddleston. Association between markers of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and glucose tolerance in polycystic ovarian syndrome population. Fertility and Sterility. 2016 Feb 1; 105(2):e10. View in PubMed
  64. Mehta N, Sarkar M, Dodge JL, Fidelman N, Roberts JP, Yao FY. Intention to treat outcome of T1 hepatocellular carcinoma with the "wait and not ablate" approach until meeting T2 criteria for liver transplant listing. Liver Transpl. 2016 Feb; 22(2):178-87. View in PubMed
  65. E.M. Kelly, J. Dodge, P. Bacchetti, M. Sarkar, A. French, P. Tien, M. Glesby, E. Golub, M. Augenbraun, M. Plankey, M. Peters. PS073 Light to Moderate Alcohol Use is not Associated with Long-Term Progression of Liver Fibrosis in Hiv Hcv Coinfected Women. Journal of Hepatology. 2016 Jan 1; 64(2):s171-s172. View in PubMed
  66. J. Rubin, B. Hameed, M. Gottfried, W. Lee, M. Sarkar, the Acute Liver Failure Study Group. PS077 Sex Differences in Acetaminophen-Induced Acute Liver Injury and Acute Liver Failure. Journal of Hepatology. 2016 Jan 1; 64(2):s173-s174. View in PubMed
  67. J. Rubin, B. Hameed, M. Gottfried, W. Lee, M. Sarkar, the Acute Liver Failure Study Group. PS077 Sex Differences in Acetaminophen-Induced Acute Liver Injury and Acute Liver Failure. . 2016 Jan 1; 64(2):s173-s174. View in PubMed
  68. Sarkar M, Aouzierat B, Bacchetti P, Prokunina-Olsson L, French A, Seaberg E, O'Brien TR, Kuniholm MH, Minkoff H, Plankey M, Strickler HD, Peters MG, Women's Interagency HIV. Association of IFNL3 and IFNL4 polymorphisms with liver-related mortality in a multiracial cohort of HIV/HCV-coinfected women. J Viral Hepat. 2015 Dec; 22(12):1055-60. View in PubMed
  69. Sarkar M, Watt KD, Terrault N, Berenguer M. Outcomes in liver transplantation: does sex matter? J Hepatol. 2015 Apr; 62(4):946-55. View in PubMed
  70. Sarkar M, Terrault NA. Ending vertical transmission of hepatitis B: the third trimester intervention. Hepatology. 2014 Aug; 60(2):448-51. View in PubMed
  71. Sarkar M, Shvachko VA, Ready JB, Pauly MP, Terrault NA, Peters MG, Manos MM. Characteristics and management of patients with chronic hepatitis B in an integrated care setting. Dig Dis Sci. 2014 Sep; 59(9):2100-8. View in PubMed
  72. Mehta N, Fidelman N, Sarkar M, Yao FY. Factors associated with outcomes and response to therapy in patients with infiltrative hepatocellular carcinoma. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 May; 11(5):572-8. View in PubMed
  73. Sarkar M, Bacchetti P, Tien P, Mileti E, French AL, Edlin BR, Keller M, Seaberg E, Nowicki MJ, Young M, Peters MG. Racial/ethnic differences in spontaneous HCV clearance in HIV infected and uninfected women. Dig Dis Sci. 2013 May; 58(5):1341-8. View in PubMed
  74. Sarkar M, Bacchetti P, French AL, Tien P, Glesby MJ, Nowicki M, Plankey M, Gange S, Sharp G, Minkoff H, Peters MG, Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS). Lower liver-related death in African-American women with human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus coinfection, compared to Caucasian and Hispanic women. Hepatology. 2012 Nov; 56(5):1699-705. View in PubMed
  75. Monika Sarkar, Valentina Shvachko, Marion G. Peters, Michele Manos. 466 Hepatitis B Treatment in a California Managed Care Population: A Retrospective Analysis of Treatment and Monitoring Practices. . 2012 May 1; 142(5):s-916. View in PubMed
  76. Monika Sarkar, Valentina Shvachko, Marion G. Peters, Michele Manos. 466 Hepatitis B Treatment in a California Managed Care Population: A Retrospective Analysis of Treatment and Monitoring Practices. Gastroenterology. 2012 May 1; 142(5):s-916. View in PubMed
  77. Sarkar M, Stewart S, Yu A, Chen MS, Nguyen TT, Khalili M. Hepatocellular carcinoma screening practices and impact on survival among hepatitis B-infected Asian Americans. J Viral Hepat. 2012 Aug; 19(8):594-600. View in PubMed
  78. Marion G. Peters, Monika Sarkar. Chapter 32 Hepatitis virus infections. Sande\u0027s HIV/AIDS Medicine. 2012 Jan 1; 411-420. View in PubMed
  79. Marion G. Peters,Monika Sarkar. Chapter 32 Hepatitis virus infections. . 2012 Jan 1; 411-420. View in PubMed
  80. Sarkar M, Hennessy S, Yang YX. Proton-pump inhibitor use and the risk for community-acquired pneumonia. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Sep 16; 149(6):391-8. View in PubMed
  81. Yang YX, Hennessy S, Propert K, Hwang WT, Sarkar M, Lewis JD. Chronic statin therapy and the risk of colorectal cancer. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2008 Sep; 17(9):869-76. View in PubMed
  82. Sarkar M, Wood R, Oh Y, Hecht TE, Kaiser L, Wasserstein A, Kochman ML. Presentation and management of acute fistulization of a foregut duplication cyst. Gastrointest Endosc. 2008 Oct; 68(4):804-6. View in PubMed