Issue 1/2010
Content (146 Articles)
How do patients with inflammatory bowel disease want their biological therapy administered?
Patrick B Allen, Hannah Lindsay, Tony CK Tham
The clinical presentations of ectopic biliary drainage into duodenal bulbus and stomach with a thorough review of the current literature
Ulku Saritas, Altug Senol, Yucel Ustundag
Angiotensin II receptor expression and relation to Helicobacter pylori-infection in the stomach of the Mongolian gerbil
Peter Hallersund, Herbert F Helander, Anna Casselbrant, Anders Edebo, Lars Fändriks, Anders Elfvin
Novel application of low pH-dependent fluorescent dyes to examine colitis
Kazuhiro Ishiguro, Takafumi Ando, Osamu Watanabe, Hidemi Goto
Differences in bleeding behavior after endoscopic band ligation: a retrospective analysis
Florian Petrasch, Johannes Grothaus, Joachim Mössner, Ingolf Schiefke, Albrecht Hoffmeister
Anticoagulant therapy for nodular regenerative hyperplasia in a HIV-infected patient
Florian Bihl, Filip Janssens, Francoise Boehlen, Laura Rubbia-Brandt, Antoine Hadengue, Laurent Spahr
The potential therapeutic effect of melatonin in gastro-esophageal reflux disease
Tharwat S Kandil, Amany A Mousa, Ahmed A El-Gendy, Amr M Abbas
Truncating mutations in the Wilson disease gene ATP7B are associated with very low serum ceruloplasmin oxidase activity and an early onset of Wilson disease
Uta Merle, Karl Heinz Weiss, Christoph Eisenbach, Sabine Tuma, Peter Ferenci, Wolfgang Stremmel
Prostaglandin E2-induced colonic secretion in patients with and without colorectal neoplasia
Nicolai Kaltoft, Maria C Tilotta, Anne-Barbara Witte, Philip S Osbak, Steen S Poulsen, Niels Bindslev, Mark B Hansen
Inflammatory myoglandular polyp of the cecum: case report and review of literature
Roberto L Meniconi, Roberto Caronna, Michele Benedetti, Gianfranco Fanello, Antonio Ciardi, Monica Schiratti, Federica Papini, Francesco Farelli, Giuseppe Dinatale, Piero Chirletti
Combined sedation with midazolam/propofol for gastrointestinal endoscopy in elderly patients
Astrid Kerker, Christian Hardt, Hans-Eugen Schlief, Franz Ludwig Dumoulin
Assessing factors influencing return back to work after cholecystectomy: a qualitative research
Frederik Keus, Jolanda de Vries, Hein G Gooszen, Cornelis JHM van Laarhoven
The role of MR imaging in detection of hepatic iron overload in patients with cirrhosis of different origins
Edyta Szurowska, Katarzyna Sikorska, E Iżycka-Świeszewska, Tomasz Nowicki, Tomasz Romanowski, Krzysztof P Bielawski, Michał Studniarek
Prevalence of Helicobacter pyloriinfection among new outpatients with dyspepsia in Kuwait
Waleed M Alazmi, Iqbal Siddique, Nabeel Alateeqi, Basil Al-Nakib
IκBα polymorphism at promoter region (rs2233408) influences the susceptibility of gastric cancer in Chinese
Shiyan Wang, Linwei Tian, Zhirong Zeng, Mingdong Zhang, Kaichun Wu, Minhu Chen, Daiming Fan, Pinjin Hu, Joseph JY Sung, Jun Yu
A candidate probiotic with unfavourable effects in subjects with irritable bowel syndrome: a randomised controlled trial
Solveig C Ligaarden, Lars Axelsson, Kristine Naterstad, Stian Lydersen, Per G Farup
Carcinoid tumor of the minor papilla in complete pancreas divisum presenting as recurrent abdominal pain
Yong Gil Kim, Tae Nyeun Kim, Kyeong Ok Kim
Management of an extrasphincteric fistula in an HIV-positive patient by using fibrin glue: a case report with tips and tricks
Theodossis S Papavramidis, Ioannis Pliakos, Dimitra Charpidou, George Petalotis, Panagiotis Kollaras, Konstantinos Sapalidis, Isaak Kesisoglou, Spiros T Papavramidis
Chlamydia trachomatis antigens in enteroendocrine cells and macrophages of the small bowel in patients with severe irritable bowel syndrome
Aldona Dlugosz, Hans Törnblom, Ghazaleh Mohammadian, Gareth Morgan, Béla Veress, Benjamin Edvinsson, Gunnar Sandström, Greger Lindberg
Chromosomal imbalances are uncommon in chagasic megaesophagus
Marilanda F Bellini, Antonio J Manzato, Ana E Silva, Marileila Varella-Garcia
Short versus standard treatment with pegylated interferon alfa-2A plus ribavirin in patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 2 or 3: the cleo trial
Fabrizio Mecenate, Adriano M Pellicelli, Giuseppe Barbaro, Mario Romano, Angelo Barlattani, Ettore Mazzoni, Maria Elena Bonaventura, Lorenzo Nosotti, Pasquale Arcuri, Antonio Picardi, Giorgio Barbarini, Cecilia D'Ambrosio, Amerigo Paffetti, Arnaldo Andreoli, Fabrizio Soccorsi
Prevalence of genetic polymorphisms in the promoter region of the alpha-1 antitrypsin (SERPINA1) gene in chronic liver disease: a case control study
Karin F Kok, René H te Morsche, Martijn GH van Oijen, Joost PH Drenth
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in irritable bowel syndrome: are there any predictors?
Savio C Reddymasu, Sandra Sostarich, Richard W McCallum
Successful side-viewing endoscopic hemoclipping for Dieulafoy-like lesion at the brim of a periampullary diverticulum
Wan Sik Lee, Sung Bum Cho, Sun Young Park, Change Hwan Park, Young Eun Joo, Hyun Soo Kim, Sung Kyu Choi, Jong Sun Rew
Budd-Chiari Syndrome: Long term success via hepatic decompression using transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt
Alexandra Zahn, Daniel Gotthardt, Karl Heinz Weiss, Götz Richter, Jan Schmidt, Wolfgang Stremmel, Peter Sauer
The effects of thiopurine therapy on health-related quality of life in Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients
Guillermo Bastida, Pilar Nos, Mariam Aguas, Belén Beltrán, Marisa Iborra, Vicente Ortiz, Vicente Garrigues, Rafael Estevan, Julio Ponce
Small intestinal mucosa expression of putative chaperone fls485
Andrea Reinartz, Josef Ehling, Susanne Franz, Verena Simon, Ignacio G Bravo, Claudia Tessmer, Hanswalter Zentgraf, Stefan Lyer, Ursula Schneider, Jan Köster, Kerstin Raupach, Elke Kämmerer, Christina Klaus, Jens JW Tischendorf, Jürgen Kopitz, Angel Alonso, Nikolaus Gassler
Differential detection of nuclear envelope autoantibodies in primary biliary cirrhosis using routine and alternative methods
Elena Tsangaridou, Hara Polioudaki, Rania Sfakianaki, Martina Samiotaki, Maria Tzardi, Meri Koulentaki, George Panayotou, Elias Kouroumalis, Elias Castanas, Panayiotis A Theodoropoulos
Chronic presentation of Boerhaave's syndrome
Umer F Malik, Ryan Young, Hein D Pham, Alisha McCon, Brenda Shen, Richard Landres, Ahmed Mahmoud
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma in type 2 progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis
Lee M Bass, Deepa Patil, M Sambasiva Rao, Richard M Green, Peter F Whitington
How does comorbidity affect cost of health care in patients with irritable bowel syndrome? A cohort study in general practice
Per A Johansson, Per G Farup, Andrea Bracco, Per O Vandvik
Prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in two districts of Sri Lanka: a hospital based survey
Madunil A Niriella, Arjuna P De Silva, Asangi HGK Dayaratne, Madurangi HADP Ariyasinghe, Metthanandha MN Navarathne, Ranjith SK Peiris, D Nandadeva Samarasekara, Raveendra L Satharasinghe, Sharman Rajindrajith, Anuradha S Dassanayake, A Rajitha Wickramasinghe, H Janaka de Silva
Efficacy of capillary pattern type IIIA/IIIB by magnifying narrow band imaging for estimating depth of invasion of early colorectal neoplasms
Hiroaki Ikematsu, Takahisa Matsuda, Fabian Emura, Yutaka Saito, Toshio Uraoka, Kuang-I Fu, Kazuhiro Kaneko, Atsushi Ochiai, Takahiro Fujimori, Yasushi Sano
Development of an invasively monitored porcine model of acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure
Philip N Newsome, Neil C Henderson, Leonard J Nelson, Costas Dabos, Celine Filippi, Chris Bellamy, Forbes Howie, Richard E Clutton, Tim King, Alistair Lee, Peter C Hayes, John N Plevris
Bax Inhibitor-1 down-regulation in the progression of chronic liver diseases
Andromachi Kotsafti, Fabio Farinati, Romilda Cardin, Patrizia Burra, Marina Bortolami
Moxibustion for ulcerative colitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Dong-Hyo Lee, Jong-In Kim, Myeong Soo Lee, Tae-Young Choi, Sun-Mi Choi, Edzard Ernst
Seasonal pattern of peptic ulcer hospitalizations: analysis of the hospital discharge data of the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy
Roberto Manfredini, Roberto De Giorgio, Michael H Smolensky, Benedetta Boari, Raffaella Salmi, Davide Fabbri, Edgardo Contato, Mauro Serra, Giovanni Barbara, Vincenzo Stanghellini, Roberto Corinaldesi, Massimo Gallerani
Excellent superiority and specificity of COBAS TaqMan HCV assay in an early viral kinetic change during pegylated interferon alpha-2b plus ribavirin treatment
Eiichi Ogawa, Norihiro Furusyo, Kazuhiro Toyoda, Hiroaki Taniai, Shigeru Otaguro, Mosaburo Kainuma, Masayuki Murata, Yasunori Sawayama, Jun Hayashi
Role of myosin light chain kinase in intestinal epithelial barrier defects in a rat model of bowel obstruction
Chi-Chin Wu, Yen-Zhen Lu, Li-Ling Wu, Linda C Yu
Prevalence of liver fibrosis and risk factors in a general population using non-invasive biomarkers (FibroTest)
Thierry Poynard, Pascal Lebray, Patrick Ingiliz, Anne Varaut, Brigitte Varsat, Yen Ngo, Pascal Norha, Mona Munteanu, Fabienne Drane, Djamila Messous, Françoise Imbert Bismut, Jean Pierre Carrau, Julien Massard, Vlad Ratziu, Jean Pierre Giordanella
An unusual association of diffuse adenomyomatosis with dysplastic adenoma in chronic calculous cholecystitis: case presentation
Isidoro Di Carlo, Adriana Toro, Elia Pulvirenti, Monica Zisa, Antonio Galia
Carbon monoxide-Releasing Molecule-2 (CORM-2) attenuates acute hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury in rats
Yunwei Wei, Ping Chen, Marco de Bruyn, Weihui Zhang, Edwin Bremer, Wijnand Helfrich
Severity of acute hepatitis and its outcome in patients with dengue fever in a tertiary care hospital Karachi, Pakistan (South Asia)
Om Parkash, Aysha Almas, SM Wasim Jafri, Saeed Hamid, Jaweed Akhtar, Hasnain Alishah
Effective in vivo and ex vivogene transfer to intestinal mucosa by VSV-G-pseudotyped lentiviral vectors
Hiroshi Matsumoto, Takahiro Kimura, Kazunori Haga, Noriyuki Kasahara, Peter Anton, Ian McGowan
Diagnosis of rectal cancer by Tissue Resonance Interaction Method
Alberto Vannelli, Luigi Battaglia, Elia Poiasina, Ermanno Leo
A novel biomarker TERTmRNA is applicable for early detection of hepatoma
Norimasa Miura, Yukio Osaki, Miki Nagashima, Michimori Kohno, Kensho Yorozu, Kohei Shomori, Takamasa Kanbe, Kenji Oyama, Yukihiro Kishimoto, Shigeo Maruyama, Eijiro Noma, Yutaka Horie, Masatoshi Kudo, Seigo Sakaguchi, Yasuaki Hirooka, Hisao Ito, Hironaka Kawasaki, Junichi Hasegawa, Goshi Shiota
Study protocol: population screening for colorectal cancer by colonoscopy or CT colonography: a randomized controlled trial
Thomas R de Wijkerslooth, Margriet C de Haan, Esther M Stoop, Marije Deutekom, Paul Fockens, Patrick MM Bossuyt, Maarten Thomeer, Marjolein van Ballegooijen, Marie-Louise Essink-Bot, Monique E van Leerdam, Ernst J Kuipers, Evelien Dekker, Jaap Stoker
Antibodies against gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and destruction of enteric neurons in 3 patients suffering from gastrointestinal dysfunction
Bodil Ohlsson, Eva Ekblad, Béla Veress, Agneta Montgomery, Sabina Janciauskiene
Nutrigenomics Therapy of Hepatisis C Virus Induced-hepatosteatosis
Qing Liu, Stig Bengmark, Shen Qu
Drain tube migration into the anastomotic site of an esophagojejunostomy for gastric small cell carcinoma: short report
Peng-Sheng Lai, Chiao Lo, Long-Wei Lin, Po-Chu Lee
Central obesity and atherogenic dyslipidemia in metabolic syndrome are associated with increased risk for colorectal adenoma in a Chinese population
Chiu-Shong Liu, Hua-Shui Hsu, Chia-Ing Li, Chia-Ing Jan, Tsai-Chung Li, Wen-Yuan Lin, Tsann Lin, Ya-Chien Chen, Cheng-Chun Lee, Cheng-Chieh Lin
Toll-like receptor-2 deficiency enhances non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
Chantal A Rivera, LaTausha Gaskin, Monique Allman, Jia Pang, Kristen Brady, Patrick Adegboyega, Kevin Pruitt
Non-invasive index of liver fibrosis induced by alcohol, thioacetamide and schistosomal infection in mice
Mohamed H Hessien, Ismaiel M El-Sharkawi, Ahmed A El-Barbary, Doha M El-Beltagy, Ned Snyder
High prevalence of reflux esophagitis among upper endoscopies in Chinese patients with chronic liver diseases
Bing Li, Bin Zhang, Jun Wei Ma, Peng Li, Lei Li, Yun Ming Song, Hui Guo Ding
Analysis of cell cycle-related proteins in gastric intramucosal differentiated-type cancers based on mucin phenotypes: a novel hypothesis of early gastric carcinogenesis based on mucin phenotype
Tamotsu Sugai, Mitsunori Tsukahara, Masaki Endoh, Yoshihiro Shioi, Noriko Takebe, Yoshiharu Mue, Hiroo Matsushita, Minoru Toyota, Kazuyuki Suzuki
Nine-year incident diabetes is predicted by fatty liver indices: the French D.E.S.I.R. study
Beverley Balkau, Celine Lange, Sylviane Vol, Frederic Fumeron, Fabrice Bonnet
Combined effect of regulatory polymorphisms on transcription of UGT1A1 as a cause of Gilbert syndrome
Katsuyuki Matsui, Yoshihiro Maruo, Hiroshi Sato, Yoshihiro Takeuchi
Effects of mannoprotein E1 in liquid diet on inflammatory response and TLR5 expression in the gut of rats infected by Salmonella typhimurium
Sinforiano J Posadas, Victor Caz, Isabel Caballero, Emilio Cendejas, Immaculada Quilez, Carlota Largo, Marcos Elvira, Enrique De Miguel
Acute retroperitoneal bleeding due to inferior mesenteric artery aneurysm: Case report
P Pérez-Vallecillos, R Conde-Muíño, I Segura-Jiménez, N Maldonado-Fernández, JA Ferrón, V García-Róspide, P Palma
The Role of T cell PPAR γ in mice with experimental inflammatory bowel disease
Amir J Guri, Saroj K Mohapatra, William T Horne II, Raquel Hontecillas, Josep Bassaganya-Riera
Role of tumor size in the pre-operative management of rectal cancer patients
Inti Zlobec, Parham Minoo, Eva Karamitopoulou, George Peros, Efstratios S Patsouris, Frank Lehmann, Alessandro Lugli
Helicobacter pyloriin apparently healthy children aged 0-12 years in urban Kampala, Uganda: a community-based cross sectional survey
Elin Hestvik, Thorkild Tylleskar, Deogratias H Kaddu-Mulindwa, Grace Ndeezi, Lena Grahnquist, Edda Olafsdottir, James K Tumwine
Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: A protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial
Hugh MacPherson, Martin Bland, Karen Bloor, Helen Cox, David Geddes, Arthur Kang'ombe, Julie Reynolds, Eugena Stamuli, Tracey Stuardi, Helen Tilbrook, David Torgerson, Peter Whorwell
Gastric cancer is associated with NOS2-954G/C polymorphism and environmental factors in a Brazilian population
Yvana C Jorge, Marcia C Duarte, Ana E Silva
Altered expression of a putative progenitor cell marker DCAMKL1 in the rat gastric mucosa in regeneration, metaplasia and dysplasia
Miho Kikuchi, Hiroshi Nagata, Norihito Watanabe, Hiromitsu Watanabe, Masayuki Tatemichi, Toshifumi Hibi
Colon Capsule Endoscopy compared to Conventional Colonoscopy under routine screening conditions
Julia B Pilz, Susanne Portmann, Shajan Peter, Christoph Beglinger, Lukas Degen
Validation of the BARD scoring system in Polish patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
Joanna Raszeja-Wyszomirska, Barbara Szymanik, Małgorzata Ławniczak, Maciej Kajor, Alina Chwist, Piotr Milkiewicz, Marek Hartleb
Proteomics analysis of serum protein profiling in pancreatic cancer patients by DIGE: up-regulation of mannose-binding lectin 2 and myosin light chain kinase 2
Yefei Rong, Dayong Jin, Chenrui Hou, Jianwen Hu, Wenchuan Wu, Xiaolin Ni, Dansong Wang, Wenhui Lou
Ultrasonographic detection and assessment of the severity of Crohn's disease recurrence after ileal resection
Nadia Pallotta, Maurizio Giovannone, Patrizio Pezzotti, Alessandro Gigliozzi, Fausto Barberani, Daria Piacentino, Naima Abdulkadir Hassan, Giuseppina Vincoli, Mauro Tosoni, Alfredo Covotta, Adriana Marcheggiano, Mauro Di Camillo, Enrico Corazziari
Increasing abdominal pressure with and without PEEP: effects on intra-peritoneal, intra-organ and intra-vascular pressures
Stephan M Jakob, Rafael Knuesel, Jyrki J Tenhunen, Richard Pradl, Jukka Takala
Hyperimmune anti-HBs plasma as alternative to commercial immunoglobulins for prevention of HBV recurrence after liver transplantation
Florian Bihl, Stefan Russmann, Vanina Gurtner, Loriana Di Giammarino, Loredana Pizzi-Bosman, Martine Michel, Andreas Cerny, Antoine Hadengue, Pietro Majno, Emiliano Giostra, Damiano Castelli, Gilles Mentha
Gastric and intestinal barrier impairment in tropical enteropathy and HIV: limited impact of micronutrient supplementation during a randomised controlled trial
Paul Kelly, Tamara Shawa, Stayner Mwanamakondo, Rose Soko, Geoff Smith, G Robin Barclay, Ian R Sanderson
Long-term follow-up with Granulocyte and Monocyte Apheresis re-treatment in patients with chronically active inflammatory bowel disease
Annelie Lindberg, Michael Eberhardson, Mats Karlsson, Per Karlén
A survey of abnormalities in the colon and rectum in patients with haemorrhoids
Mark V Koning, Ruud JLF Loffeld
Case report: acute pancreatitis caused by postcholecystectomic hemobilia
Halil Alis, Mehmet A Bozkurt, Osman Z Oner, Kemal Dolay, Ahmet N Turhan, Adem Uçar, Ercan Inci, Ersan Aygun
Computer-aided recording of automatic endoscope washing and disinfection processes as an integral part of medical documentation for quality assurance purposes
Bernd Krakamp, Oliver Kirschberg, Andreas Scheding, Dieter Emmerich, Stefanie Klein, Thomas Saers
Hypoglycaemia following upper gastrointestinal surgery: case report and review of the literature
Brandon Bernard, Gregory A Kline, F John Service
Meta-analysis of radiofrequency ablation versus hepatic resection for small hepatocellular carcinoma
Yanming Zhou, Yanfang Zhao, Bin Li, Donghui Xu, Zhengfeng Yin, Feng Xie, Jiamei Yang
Mouse model of carbon tetrachloride induced liver fibrosis: Histopathological changes and expression of CD133 and epidermal growth factor
Tsutomu Fujii, Bryan C Fuchs, Suguru Yamada, Gregory Y Lauwers, Yakup Kulu, Jonathan M Goodwin, Michael Lanuti, Kenneth K Tanabe
Granulocytic sarcoma of the pancreas: A case report and review of the literatures
Yefei Rong, Dansong Wang, Wenhui Lou, Tiantao Kuang, Dayong Jin
Life-threatening hemobilia caused by hepatic pseudoaneurysm after T-tube choledochostomy: report of a case
Yueh-Tsung Lee, Ho Lin, Kuan-Yung Chen, Hurng-Sheng Wu, Min-Ho Hwang, Sheng-Lei Yan
The role of prostaglandin E2 (PGE 2) in toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-mediated colitis-associated neoplasia
Yasmin Hernandez, John Sotolongo, Keith Breglio, Daisy Conduah, Anli Chen, Ruliang Xu, David Hsu, Ryan Ungaro, Lory A Hayes, Cristhine Pastorini, Maria T Abreu, Masayuki Fukata
Rapid induction of orthotopic hepatocellular carcinoma in immune-competent rats by non-invasive ultrasound-guided cells implantation
Hoi-Hung Chan, Tian-Huei Chu, Hsin-Fan Chien, Cheuk-Kwan Sun, E-Ming Wang, Huay-Ben Pan, Hsiao-Mei Kuo, Tsung-Hui Hu, Kwok-Hung Lai, Jiin-Tsuey Cheng, Ming-Hong Tai
Chemical gastritis after chronic bromazepam intake: a case report
Oliver Kirschberg, Thomas Saers, Bernd Krakamp, Michael Brockmann
A meta-analysis for the effect of prophylactic GTN on the incidence of post-ERCP pancreatitis and on the successful rate of cannulation of bile ducts
Bin Chen, Tao Fan, Chun-hui Wang
Lack of Guanylate Cyclase C results in increased mortality in mice following liver injury
Elizabeth A Mann, Kumar Shanmukhappa, Mitchell B Cohen
Recurrent advanced colonic cancer occurring 11 years after initial endoscopic piecemeal resection: a case report
Takayoshi Kishino, Takahisa Matsuda, Taku Sakamoto, Takeshi Nakajima, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Seiichiro Yamamoto, Yutaka Saito
Prevalence of mood and anxiety disorder in self reported irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). An epidemiological population based study of women
Arnstein Mykletun, Felice Jacka, Lana Williams, Julie Pasco, Margaret Henry, Geoffrey C Nicholson, Mark A Kotowicz, Michael Berk
Reproductive life disorders in Italian celiac women. A case-control study
Domenico Martinelli, Francesca Fortunato, Silvio Tafuri, Cinzia A Germinario, Rosa Prato
Evaluation of HIV protease and nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors on proliferation, necrosis, apoptosis in intestinal epithelial cells and electrolyte and water transport and epithelial barrier function in mice
Manuel B Braga Neto, Carolina V Aguiar, Jamilly G Maciel, Bruna MC Oliveira, Jesus E Sevilleja, Reinaldo B Oriá, Gerly AC Brito, Cirle A Warren, Richard L Guerrant, Aldo AM Lima
Constitutive activation of glycogen synthase kinase-3β correlates with better prognosis and cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors in human gastric cancer
Yu Jin Cho, Ji Hun Kim, Jiyeon Yoon, Sung Jin Cho, Young San Ko, Jong-Wan Park, Hye Seung Lee, Hee Eun Lee, Woo Ho Kim, Byung Lan Lee
Infection with HIV and HCV enhances the release of fatty acid synthase into circulation: evidence for a novel indicator of viral infection
Gerard Aragonès, Carlos Alonso-Villaverde, Cristina Oliveras-Ferraros, Raúl Beltrán-Debón, Anna Rull, Fernando Rodríguez-Sanabria, Jordi Camps, Alejandro Vázquez Martín, Javier A Menéndez, Jorge Joven
Acute-on-chronic liver failure due to thiamazole in a patient with hyperthyroidism and trilogy of Fallot: case report
Chuan Shen, Cai-Yan Zhao, Fang Liu, Ya-Dong Wang, Jun Yu
A population-based survey of the epidemiology of symptom-defined gastroesophageal reflux disease: the Systematic Investigation of Gastrointestinal Diseases in China
Jia He, Xiuqiang Ma, Yanfang Zhao, Rui Wang, Xiaoyan Yan, Hong Yan, Ping Yin, Xiaoping Kang, Jiqian Fang, Yuantao Hao, Qiang Li, John Dent, Joseph JY Sung, Duowu Zou, Mari-Ann Wallander, Saga Johansson, Wenbin Liu, Zhaoshen Li
The effect of Aloe ferox Mill. in the treatment of loperamide-induced constipation in Wistar rats
Olubunmi A Wintola, Taofik O Sunmonu, Anthony J Afolayan
Fucoidan present in brown algae induces apoptosis of human colon cancer cells
Eun Ji Kim, So Young Park, Jae-Yong Lee, Jung Han Yoon Park
Acetic acid-indigo carmine chromoendoscopy for delineating early gastric cancers: its usefulness according to histological type
Bong Eun Lee, Gwang Ha Kim, Do Youn Park, Dae Hwan Kim, Tae Yong Jeon, Su Bum Park, Hyun Seok You, Dong Yup Ryu, Dong Uk Kim, Geun Am Song
A simple index of lipid overaccumulation is a good marker of liver steatosis
Giorgio Bedogni, Henry S Kahn, Stefano Bellentani, Claudio Tiribelli
Pneumomediastinum as a complication of emphysematous cholecystitis: Case report
Luciano Delgado-Plasencia, Ignacio González-García, Diana Rodríguez-González, Esther Torres-Monzón A
Prevalence of primary biliary cirrhosis in adults referring hospital for annual health check-up in Southern China
Haiying Liu, Yunfeng Liu, Luxia Wang, Dexing Xu, Bingliang Lin, Renqian Zhong, Sitang Gong, Mauro Podda, Pietro Invernizzi
Adequacy and quality of abdominal echographies requested by primary care professionals
Ma Antònia Auladell, Llorenç Caballeria, Guillem Pera, Lluís Rodríguez, José Dario Casas, Jesús Aznar, Dolores Miranda, Carmen Sánchez, Antonio Negrete, Josep Ma Castellví, Jesús Bernad, Santiago Canut, Josep Aubà, Miren Maite Aizpurua, Pere Torán
Lack of association between peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors alpha and gamma2 polymorphisms and progressive liver damage in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a case control study
Paola Dongiovanni, Raffaela Rametta, Anna Ludovica Fracanzani, Luca Benedan, Vittorio Borroni, Paolo Maggioni, Marco Maggioni, Silvia Fargion, Luca Valenti
Comparison of ELF, FibroTest and FibroScan for the non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis
Mireen Friedrich-Rust, William Rosenberg, Julie Parkes, Eva Herrmann, Stefan Zeuzem, Christoph Sarrazin
African-American inflammatory bowel disease in a Southern U.S. health center
Hemanth Veluswamy, Kunal Suryawala, Ankur Sheth, Shannon Wells, Erik Salvatierra, Walter Cromer, Ganta V Chaitanya, Annette Painter, Mihir Patel, Kenneth Manas, Ellenmarie Zwank, Moheb Boktor, Kondal Baig, Balaji Datti, Michael J Mathis, Alireza Minagar, Paul A Jordan, Jonathan S Alexander
A case report of mesenteric mucinous cystoadenoma with review of the literature
Alessandro Del Gobbo, Manuela Bimbatti, Stefano Ferrero
Psychological stress and coeliac disease in childhood: a cohort study
Karl Mårild, Anneli Sepa Frostell, Jonas F Ludvigsson
Lubiprostone ameliorates the cystic fibrosis mouse intestinal phenotype
Robert C De Lisle, Racquel Mueller, Eileen Roach
Differences in gut microbial metabolism are responsible for reduced hippurate synthesis in Crohn's disease
Horace RT Williams, I Jane Cox, David G Walker, Jeremy FL Cobbold, Simon D Taylor-Robinson, Sara E Marshall, Timothy R Orchard
Duodenal carcinoma at the ligament of Treitz. A molecular and clinical perspective
Peter T Kalogerinis, John E Poulos, Andrew Morfesis, Anthony Daniels, Stavroula Georgakila, Thomas Daignualt, Alexandros G Georgakilas
Effect of a multispecies probiotic supplement on quantity of irritable bowel syndrome-related intestinal microbial phylotypes
Anna Lyra, Lotta Krogius-Kurikka, Janne Nikkilä, Erja Malinen, Kajsa Kajander, Kyösti Kurikka, Riitta Korpela, Airi Palva
Endoscopic treatments for Barrett's esophagus: a systematic review of safety and effectiveness compared to esophagectomy
Devidas Menon, Tania Stafinski, Heng Wu, Darren Lau, Clarence Wong
Polymorphisms of genes coding for ghrelin and its receptor in relation to colorectal cancer risk: a two-step gene-wide case-control study
Daniele Campa, Barbara Pardini, Alessio Naccarati, Ludmila Vodickova, Jan Novotny, Verena Steinke, Nils Rahner, Elke Holinski-Feder, Monika Morak, Hans K Schackert, Heike Görgens, Judith Kötting, Beate Betz, Matthias Kloor, Christoph Engel, Reinhard Büttner, Peter Propping, Asta Försti, Kari Hemminki, Roberto Barale, Pavel Vodicka, Federico Canzian
Bleeding from gastrointestinal angioectasias is not related to bleeding disorders - a case control study
Charlotte M Höög, Olle Broström, Tomas L Lindahl, Andreas Hillarp, Gerd Lärfars, Urban Sjöqvist
Peroxiredoxin 2: a potential biomarker for early diagnosis of Hepatitis B Virus related liver fibrosis identified by proteomic analysis of the plasma
Ye Lu, Jie Liu, Chengzhao Lin, Haijian Wang, Ying Jiang, Jiyao Wang, Pengyuan Yang, Fuchu He
Comparability of localization data in transnasal and transoral esophagogastroduodenoscopy
Serhat Aymaz, Bernd Krakamp, Oliver Kirschberg, Rolf Lefering
Refractory obstructive jaundice in a child affected with thalassodrepanocytosis: a new endoscopic approach
Gabriele Curcio, Marco Sciveres, Marta Di Pisa, Ilaria Tarantino, Luca Barresi, Silvia Riva, Mario Traina
Moderate performance of serum S100A12, in distinguishing inflammatory bowel disease from irritable bowel syndrome
Anastassios C Manolakis, Andreas N Kapsoritakis, Panagiotis Georgoulias, Chara Tzavara, Varvara Valotassiou, Anastasia Kapsoritaki, Spyros P Potamianos
New PRSS1 and common CFTR mutations in a child with acute recurrent pancreatitis, could be considered an "Hereditary" form of pancreatitis ?
Vito D Corleto, Stefano Gambardella, Francesca Gullotta, Maria R D'Apice, Matteo Piciucchi, Elena Galli, Vincenzina Lucidi, Giuseppe Novelli, Gianfranco Delle Fave
Autoantibodies to muscarinic acetylcholine receptors found in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis
Christoph P Berg, Karin Blume, Kirsten Lauber, Michael Gregor, Peter A Berg, Sebastian Wesselborg, Gerburg M Stein
Cronkhite-Canada syndrome associated with rib fractures: a case report
Bosi Yuan, Xinxin Jin, Renmin Zhu, Xiaohua Zhang, Jiong Liu, Haijun Wan, Heng Lu, Yunzhu Shen, Fangyu Wang
Life-threatening hypersplenism due to idiopathic portal hypertension in early childhood: case report and review of the literature
Jan Däbritz, Jennifer Worch, Ulrike Materna, Bernward Koch, Gabriele Koehler, Christina Duck, Michael C Frühwald, Dirk Foell
Maximizing the general success of cecal intubation during propofol sedation in a multi-endoscopist academic centre
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