Issue 5/2018
Content (40 Articles)
Rebamipide in Functional and Organic Dyspepsia: Sometimes the Best Offense Is a Good Defense
Vikram Rangan, Filippo Cremonini
Epidemiology of Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage in the USA: Is the Bleeding Slowing Down?
Marwan S. Abougergi
Infliximab Versus Adalimumab in Patients with Biologic-Naïve Crohn’s Disease: Is the Difference Real?
Tamara Mogilevski, Miles P. Sparrow
Water Exchange Versus Split-Dose Bowel Preparation and the ADR: Is WE There Yet?
Felix W. Leung, Hui Jia
Contributions of Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Gastroenterological Practice: MRIs for GIs
Christopher G. Roth, Dina Halegoua-De Marzio, Flavius F. Guglielmo
Precision Medicine for CRC Patients in the Veteran Population: State-of-the-Art, Challenges and Research Directions
Shyam S. Mohapatra, Surinder K. Batra, Srinivas Bharadwaj, Michael Bouvet, Bard Cosman, Ajay Goel, Wilma Jogunoori, Michael J. Kelley, Lopa Mishra, Bibhuti Mishra, Subhra Mohapatra, Bhaumik Patel, Joseph R. Pisegna, Jean-Pierre Raufman, Shuyun Rao, Hemant Roy, Maren Scheuner, Satish Singh, Gitanjali Vidyarthi, Jon White
(Re)building the Wall: Recurrent Boerhaave Syndrome Managed by Over-the-Scope Clip and Covered Metallic Stent Placement
Monique T. Barakat, Mohit Girotra, Subhas Banerjee
Latent Hepatitis Virus Reactivation Due to Drug Reaction: DRESSed to Kill?
David Alexanian, Aleksandr Birg, Nicholas Volpicelli, Joseph Glass, Denis McCarthy
Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults with Eosinophilic Gastritis and Gastroenteritis: A Qualitative Assessment
Alyse Bedell, Tiffany Taft, Meredith R. Craven, Livia Guadagnoli, Ikuo Hirano, Nirmala Gonsalves
Skepticism Regarding Vaccine and Gluten-Free Food Safety Among Patients with Celiac Disease and Non-celiac Gluten Sensitivity
Loren G. Rabinowitz, Haley M. Zylberberg, Alan Levinovitz, Melissa S. Stockwell, Peter H. R. Green, Benjamin Lebwohl
Concise Commentary: Gluten-Free Diets—You’ve Gotta Believe in Something
Dario Conte, Luca Elli
Adenoma Detection Rate in Asymptomatic Patients with Positive Fecal Immunochemical Tests
Eugene Kligman, Wenfang Li, George J. Eckert, Charles Kahi
Determinants and Outcomes of Hospice Utilization Among Patients with Advance-Staged Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Veteran Affairs Population
Winnie Y. Zou, Hashem B. El-Serag, Yvonne H. Sada, Sarah L. Temple, Shubhada Sansgiry, Fasiha Kanwal, Jessica A. Davila
Assessment of Serum sTREM-1 as a Marker of Subclinical Inflammation in Diarrhea-Predominant Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Chao Du, Lijun Peng, Guanjun Kou, Peng Wang, Lin Lu, Yanqing Li
Genetic and Structural Analysis of a SKIV2L Mutation Causing Tricho-hepato-enteric Syndrome
Iddo Vardi, Ortal Barel, Michal Sperber, Michael Schvimer, Moran Nunberg, Michael Field, Jodie Ouahed, Dina Marek-Yagel, Lael Werner, Yael Haberman, Avishay Lahad, Yair Anikster, Gideon Rechavi, Iris Barshack, Joshua J. McElwee, Joseph Maranville, Raz Somech, Scott B. Snapper, Batia Weiss, Dror S. Shouval
Severe Intestinal Inflammation in the Small Intestine of Mice Induced by Controllable Deletion of Claudin-7
Wen-Jing Li, Chang Xu, Kun Wang, Teng-Yan Li, Xiao-Nan Wang, Hui Yang, Tiaosi Xing, Wen-Xia Li, Yan-Hua Chen, Hong Gao, Lei Ding
Fusobacterium nucleatum Potentiates Intestinal Tumorigenesis in Mice via a Toll-Like Receptor 4/p21-Activated Kinase 1 Cascade
Yaxin Wu, Jiao Wu, Ting Chen, Qing Li, Wei Peng, Huan Li, Xiaowei Tang, Xiangsheng Fu
Co-expression Network Analysis Identified COL8A1 Is Associated with the Progression and Prognosis in Human Colon Adenocarcinoma
Jian Shang, Fan Wang, Pengfei Chen, Xiaobing Wang, Feng Ding, Shi Liu, Qiu Zhao
Fecal Fatty Acid Profiling as a Potential New Screening Biomarker in Patients with Colorectal Cancer
Eun Mi Song, Jeong-Sik Byeon, Sun Mi Lee, Hyun Ju Yoo, Su Jung Kim, Sun-Ho Lee, Kiju Chang, Sung Wook Hwang, Dong-Hoon Yang, Jin-Yong Jeong
Persistence of Circulating Hepatitis C Virus Antigens-Specific Immune Complexes in Patients with Resolved HCV Infection
Ke-Qin Hu, Wei Cui
Achalasia Patients Are at Nutritional Risk Regardless of Presenting Weight Category
Carolyn Newberry, Ravy K. Vajravelu, Octavia Pickett-Blakely, Gary Falk, Yu Xiao Yang, Kristle L. Lynch
Efficacy of Rebamipide in Organic and Functional Dyspepsia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Mohamed Hasif Jaafar, Sher Zaman Safi, Maw-Pin Tan, Sanjay Rampal, Sanjiv Mahadeva
Adherence to a Low FODMAP Diet in Relation to Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Iranian Adults
Helia Pourmand, Ammar Hassanzadeh Keshteli, Parvane Saneei, Hamed Daghaghzadeh, Ahmad Esmaillzadeh, Peyman Adibi
Relationship Between Abdominal Symptoms and Fructose Ingestion in Children with Chronic Abdominal Pain
Veronika Hammer, Katharina Hammer, Nima Memaran, Wolf-Dietrich Huber, Karin Hammer, Johann Hammer
Presence of Melena in Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding Predicts Bleeding in the Proximal Small Intestine
Cindy Ningfu Zhu, Joshua Friedland, Brian Yan, Aze Wilson, Jamie Gregor, Vipul Jairath, Michael Sey
Changing Epidemiology of Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage in the Last Decade: A Nationwide Analysis
Brandon A. Wuerth, Don C. Rockey
Fecal Calprotectin in Assessing Endoscopic and Histological Remission in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis
Wing Yan Mak, Anthony Buisson, Michael J. Andersen Jr, Donald Lei, Joel Pekow, Russell D. Cohen, Stacy A. Kahn, Bruno Pereira, David T. Rubin
Comparative Effectiveness of Infliximab Versus Adalimumab in Patients with Biologic-Naïve Crohn’s Disease
Amine Benmassaoud, Talal Al-Taweel, Mark Solomon Sasson, Dasha Moza, Matthew Strohl, Uri Kopylov, Laurence Paradis-Surprenant, Mohanad Almaimani, Alain Bitton, Waqqas Afif, Peter L. Lakatos, Talat Bessissow
Cryotherapy and Radiofrequency Ablation for Eradication of Barrett’s Esophagus with Dysplasia or Intramucosal Cancer
Prashanthi N. Thota, Zubin Arora, John A. Dumot, Gary Falk, Tanmayee Benjamin, John Goldblum, Sunguk Jang, Rocio Lopez, John J. Vargo
Split-Dose Bowel Preparation Reduces the Need for Early Repeat Colonoscopy Without Improving Adenoma Detection Rate
Li Wang, Brandon S. Sprung, Arthur J. DeCross, Danielle Marino
Mortality from Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Among Hospitalized Patients in the USA
Bolin Niu, Brian Kim, Berkeley N. Limketkai, Jing Sun, Zhiping Li, Tinsay Woreta, Po-Hung Chen
Low-Dose Sofosbuvir Is Safe and Effective in Treating Chronic Hepatitis C in Patients with Severe Renal Impairment or End-Stage Renal Disease
Sunil Taneja, Ajay Duseja, Arka De, Manu Mehta, Raja Ramachandran, Vivek Kumar, Harbir Singh Kohli, Krishan Lal Gupta, Radha Krishan Dhiman, Yogesh Chawla
Retreatment Efficacy of Sofosbuvir/Ombitasvir/Paritaprevir/Ritonavir + Ribavirin for Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 4 Patients
Adel Abdel-Moneim, Alaa Aboud, Mohamed Abdel-Gabbar, Mohamed Zanaty, Mohamed Ramadan
Tacrolimus and Mycophenolate Mofetil as Second-Line Therapies for Pediatric Patients with Autoimmune Hepatitis
Cumali Efe, Haider Al Taii, Henriette Ytting, Niklas Aehling, Rahima A. Bhanji, Hannes Hagström, Tugrul Purnak, Luigi Muratori, Mårten Werner, Paolo Muratori, Daniel Klintman, Thomas D. Schiano, Aldo J. Montano-Loza, Thomas Berg, Fin Stolze Larsen, Naim Alkhouri, Ersan Ozaslan, Michael A. Heneghan, Eric M. Yoshida, Staffan Wahlin
Pronounced Coronary Arteriosclerosis in Cirrhosis: Influence on Cardiac Function and Survival?
Karen V. Danielsen, Signe Wiese, Jens Hove, Flemming Bendtsen, Søren Møller
Heterotopic Pancreas: A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Children
Lucy Henderson, Shawqui Nour, Haitham Dagash
Role of Laparoscopic-Assisted Gastric Per-oral Endoscopic Pyloromyotomy in Refractory Gastroparesis
Jacob Trygve Lambdin, Steven Zeddun, Marie L. Borum
Isolated Terminal Ileitis: When Is It Not Crohn’s Disease?
Stefania Chetcuti Zammit, Mark E. McAlindon, Melissa F. Hale, Reena Sidhu