Issue 3/2011
Content (46 Articles)
Acknowledgment of 2010 Reviewers
Getting to the Core of the Women’s Curriculum—It’s Time to Change the Way We Train Our Fellows
Deborah D. Proctor
Endoscopy in the Diagnosis and Management of Motility Disorders
Yael Kopelman, George Triadafilopoulos
p53 Status and Its Prognostic Role in Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Published Studies
Juan Wang, Xuefeng Wang, Shuyang Xie, Zhonghai Yan, Zunling Li, Youjie Li, Lei Wang, Fei Jiao
Preoperative Biliary Drainage Before Resection for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Whether or Not? A Systematic Review
Fei Liu, Ya Li, Yonggang Wei, Bo Li
Proton Pump Inhibitor Treatment for Congenital Chloride Diarrhea
Kevin P. Pieroni, Dorsey Bass
Relapse of Intestinal and Hepatic Amebiasis After Treatment
Elizabeth W. Hwang, Lawrence Cheung, Amirkaveh Mojtahed, Christine A. Cartwright
Identification of GPX3 Epigenetically Silenced by CpG Methylation in Human Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Yuanlong He, Yongjun Wang, Peng Li, Shengtao Zhu, Junxiong Wang, Shutian Zhang
Helicobacter pylori Induces Expression and Secretion of Oncostatin M in Macrophages In Vitro
Zaher Zeaiter, Hugo Diaz, Markus Stein, Hien Q. Huynh
Over-Expression of Ephb4 Is Associated with Carcinogenesis of Gastric Cancer
M. Li, Z. W. Zhao, Y. Zhang, Y. Xin
The Effect of Exopolysaccharide-Producing Probiotic Strains on Gut Oxidative Damage in Experimental Colitis
Neriman Şengül, Sevil Işık, Belma Aslım, Gülberk Uçar, Ali Eba Demirbağ
Melatonin Expresses Powerful Anti-inflammatory and Antioxidant Activities Resulting in Complete Improvement of Acetic-Acid-Induced Colitis in Rats
Gulgun Tahan, Roberto Gramignoli, Fabio Marongiu, Serdal Aktolga, Ali Cetinkaya, Veysel Tahan, Kenneth Dorko
Protective Effects of Black Cumin (Nigella sativa) Oil on TNBS-Induced Experimental Colitis in Rats
F. Isik, Tugba Tunali Akbay, A. Yarat, Z. Genc, R. Pisiriciler, E. Caliskan-Ak, S. Cetinel, A. Altıntas, G. Sener
Analysis of Biliary Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Portal Tract Fibrogenesis in Biliary Atresia
Yu-Hua Deng, Cong-Lun Pu, Ying-Cun Li, Jin Zhu, Chunping Xiang, Ming-Man Zhang, Chun-Bao Guo
Pancreatic Cancer Cells Resistant to Chemoradiotherapy Rich in “Stem-Cell-Like” Tumor Cells
Zhiyong Du, Renyi Qin, Cuifeng Wei, Min Wang, Chengjian Shi, Rui Tian, Chenghong Peng
Women’s Health Training in Gastroenterology Fellowship: A National Survey of Fellows and Program Directors
Sumona Saha, Erica Roberson, Kelly Richie, Mary J. Lindstrom, Silvia Degli Esposti, Arnold Wald
Computer-Assisted Brush-Biopsy Analysis for the Detection of Dysplasia in a High-Risk Barrett’s Esophagus Surveillance Population
Sharmila Anandasabapathy, Stephen Sontag, David Y. Graham, Stephen Frist, Joan Bratton, Noam Harpaz, Jerome D. Waye
Computer-Assisted Analysis of Abrasive Transepithelial Brush Biopsies Increases the Effectiveness of Esophageal Screening: A Multicenter Prospective Clinical Trial by the EndoCDx Collaborative Group
J. F. Johanson, J. Frakes, D. Eisen
High Prevalence of Heartburn and Low Acid Sensitivity in Patients with Idiopathic Achalasia
Julio Ponce, Vicente Ortiz, Nuria Maroto, Marta Ponce, Marco Bustamante, Vicente Garrigues
MCM-2 and MCM-5 Expression in Gastric Adenocarcinoma: Clinical Significance and Comparison with Ki-67 Proliferative Marker
Constantinos Giaginis, Athina Giagini, Gerasimos Tsourouflis, Elisavet Gatzidou, Emmanuel Agapitos, Gregorios Kouraklis, Stamatios Theocharis
Live View Video Capsule Endoscopy Enables Risk Stratification of Patients with Acute Upper GI Bleeding in the Emergency Room: A Pilot Study
Moshe Rubin, Syed A. Hussain, Albert Shalomov, Rafael A. Cortes, Michael S. Smith, Sang H. Kim
Immune Phenotype of Children with Newly Diagnosed and Gluten-Free Diet-Treated Celiac Disease
Áron Cseh, Barna Vásárhelyi, Balázs Szalay, Kriszta Molnár, Dorottya Nagy-Szakál, András Treszl, Ádám Vannay, András Arató, Tivadar Tulassay, Gábor Veres
What Do Brazilian Pediatricians Know About Celiac Disease?
Camilo Vieira, Marília Matos, Thaise Quaresma, Juliana de Oliveira, Cibele Dantas Ferreira, Adriza Silva, Daniel Diniz-Santos, Luciana R. Silva
Quantitative Assessment of Endoscopic Images for Degree of Villous Atrophy in Celiac Disease
Edward J. Ciaccio, Govind Bhagat, Christina A. Tennyson, Suzanne K. Lewis, Lincoln Hernandez, Peter H. R. Green
Anti-Alpha-Enolase Antibody as a Serologic Marker and Its Correlation with Disease Severity in Intestinal Behçet’s Disease
Sung Jae Shin, Byung Chang Kim, Tae Il Kim, Sang Kil Lee, Kwang Hoon Lee, Won Ho Kim
Are Primary Care Providers Uncomfortable Providing Routine Preventive Care for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients?
Lisbeth Selby, Andrew Hoellein, John F. Wilson
Bone Mineral Density, Vitamin D, and Disease Activity in Children Newly Diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Wael El-Matary, Sheena Sikora, Donald Spady
Vitamin D Deficiency in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Alon D. Levin, Veena Wadhera, Steven T. Leach, Helen J. Woodhead, Daniel A. Lemberg, A. Czarina Mendoza-Cruz, Andrew S. Day
Is Obesity a Risk Factor for Crohn’s Disease?
Michael A. Mendall, A. Viran Gunasekera, B. Joseph John, Devinder Kumar
Antiglycan Antibodies in Greek Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Ioannis E. Koutroubakis, Dimitrios Drygiannakis, Alexandra Tsirogianni, Pantelis Oustamanolakis, Konstantinos Karmiris, Konstantinos Papamichael, Gerassimos J. Mantzaris, Elias A. Kouroumalis
CARD15 Mutations and Perianal Fistulating Crohn’s Disease: Correlation and Predictive Value of Antibiotic Response
Paulo Freire, Francisco Portela, Maria M. Donato, Manuela Ferreira, Paulo Andrade, Carlos Sofia
The Use of a Patency Capsule in Pediatric Crohn’s Disease: A Prospective Evaluation
Stanley A. Cohen, Ian M. Gralnek, Hagit Ephrath, Angela Stallworth, Tamara Wakhisi
Ileoscopy via Stoma After Diverting Ileostomy: A Safe and Effective Tool to Evaluate for Crohn’s Recurrence of Neoterminal Ileum
Narendra Vadlamudi, Naim Alkhouri, Lori Mahajan, Rocio Lopez, Bo Shen
Corticosteroids Modulate Angiogenic Soluble Factors in Ulcerative Colitis Patients
Inés D. Pousa, Alicia Algaba, Pablo M. Linares, Paloma Sanz-Cameno, José Maté, Ricardo Moreno-Otero, Fernando Bermejo, Javier P. Gisbert
U.S. Multicenter Pilot Study of Daily Consensus Interferon (CIFN) Plus Ribavirin for “Difficult-to-Treat” HCV Genotype 1 Patients
Samuel B. Ho, Bashar Aqel, Eric Dieperink, Shanglei Liu, Lori Tetrick, Yngve Falck-Ytter, Charles DeComarmond, Coleman I. Smith, Daniel P. McKee, William Boyd, Clark C. Kulig, Edmund J. Bini, Marcos C. Pedrosa
Impact of Preexisting Diabetes Mellitus on Outcome After Liver Transplantation in Patients with Hepatitis B Virus-Related Liver Disease
Qi Ling, Xiao Xu, Qiang Wei, Xuyong Wei, Zhuoyi Wang, Lin Zhou, Shusen Zheng
The Prevalence of Cationic Trypsinogen (PRSS1) and Serine Protease Inhibitor, Kazal Type 1 (SPINK1) Gene Mutations in Polish Patients with Alcoholic and Idiopathic Chronic Pancreatitis
Anita Gasiorowska, Renata Talar-Wojnarowska, Leszek Czupryniak, Beata Smolarz, Hanna Romanowicz-Makowska, Andrzej Kulig, Ewa Malecka-Panas
Efficacy of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Drainage of Pancreatic Pseudocysts in a Pediatric Population
Saad F. Jazrawi, Bradley A. Barth, Jayaprakash Sreenarasimhaiah
Experience with the New 4-Way, 5.5-mm Ultrathin Endoscope: A Case Series
Deepak Agrawal, Richard C. K. Wong, Gerard Isenberg, Ashley Faulx, Amitabh Chak
Small Bowel Intussusception Caused by a Jejunal Polyp in Peutz–Jeghers Syndrome: A Case Treated with Double Balloon Enteroscopy
Sung Jun Choi, Sung Jae Shin, Jeong Woo Choi, Jae Chun Song, Sun Gyo Lim, Kee Myung Lee, Jin Hong Kim
Fellow Involvement During Colonoscopy Does Not Reduce Adenoma Detection Rate
Mark Friedman, Geeta Arora, Jesse Green
Erratum to: Predictors of Clinical and Endoscopic Findings in Differentiating Crohn’s Disease from Intestinal Tuberculosis
Xuefeng Li, Xiaowei Liu, Yiyou Zou, Chunhui Ouyang, Xiaoping Wu, Minghuan Zhou, Linlin Chen, Lingjuan Ye, Fanggen Lu
Erratum to: Detection of Differentially Expressed microRNAs in Serum of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Patients: miR-196a Could Be a Potential Marker for Poor Prognosis
Xiangyu Kong, Yiqi Du, Guokun Wang, Jun Gao, Yanfang Gong, Lei Li, Zhuo Zhang, Jiaqi Zhu, Qing Jing, Yongwen Qin, Zhaoshen Li