Issue 11/2011
Content (43 Articles)
Access to Care and Optimal Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B in Asian Americans: An Evolving Agenda
Emmet B. Keeffe
Deployment-Associated Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: Do We Know the Etiology?
Ashok K. Tuteja
Expanding Applications: The Potential Usage of 5-Aminosalicylic Acid in Diverticular Disease
Antonio Tursi, Raymond E. Joseph, Paul Streck
Predictors of Colorectal Cancer Following a Negative Colonoscopy in the Medicare Population
Amanpal Singh, Yong-Fang Kuo, Taylor S. Riall, G. S. Raju, James S. Goodwin
Adherence and Adequacy of Therapy for Esophageal Varices Prophylaxis
Haripriya Maddur, Suraj Naik, Ali A. Siddiqui, Don C. Rockey
Telephone Reminder Call in Addition to Mailing Notification Improved the Acceptance Rate of Colonoscopy in Patients with a Positive Fecal Immunochemical Test
Jae Myung Cha, Joung Il Lee, Kwang Ro Joo, Hyun Phil Shin, Jae Jun Park
The Management of Chronic Hepatitis B in Asian Americans
Myron J. Tong, Calvin Q. Pan, Hie-Won Hann, Kris V. Kowdley, Steven-Huy B. Han, Albert D. Min, Truong-Sinh Leduc
Barriers to Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Asian Americans
Ke-Qin Hu, Calvin Q. Pan, Diane Goodwin
Gastric Emptying and Intestinal Transit of Various Enteral Feedings Following Severe Burn Injury
Hanaa S. Sallam, George C. Kramer, Jiande D. Z. Chen
Effects of Bifidobacterium infantis 35624 on Post-Inflammatory Visceral Hypersensitivity in the Rat
Anthony C. Johnson, Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld, John McRorie
Lactobacillus plantarum Prevents Bacterial Translocation in Rats Following Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury
Bin Wang, Qian Huang, Wei Zhang, Ning Li, Jieshou Li
Epigenetic Inactivation of the SFRP1 Gene in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Ying Meng, Qing-Gang Wang, Jun-Xiong Wang, Sheng-tao Zhu, Yue Jiao, Peng Li, Shu-tian Zhang
Interobserver Agreement on the Endosonographic Features of Lymph Nodes in Aerodigestive Malignancies
Silvio W. de Melo Jr., Chakri Panjala, Sergio Crespo, Nancy N. Diehl, Timothy A. Woodward, Massimo Raimondo, Michael B. Wallace
Production of Ectopic Gastric Intrinsic Factor in Gastric Mucosa of Humans with Chronic Gastritis
J. S. Shao, R. Carmel, D. H. Alpers
Gastric Juice Prostaglandins and Peptide Growth Factors as Potential Markers of Chronic Atrophic Gastritis, Intestinal Metaplasia and Gastric Cancer: Their Potential Clinical Implications Based on this Pilot Study
Ajoy Dias, Cesar Garcia, Marek Majewski, Grzegorz Wallner, Richard W. McCallum, Cezary Poplawski, Jerzy Sarosiek
Is Subdivision of pT2 Tumors Superior to Lymph Node Metastasis for Predicting Survival of Patients with Gastric Cancer? Review of 224 Patients from Four Centers
Ahmet Bilici, Faysal Dane, Mesut Seker, Bala Basak Oven Ustaalioglu, Mehmet Aliustaoglu, Suleyman Temiz, Cem Gezen, Dilek Yavuzer, Gorkem Aksu, Alpaslan Mayadagli, Mahmut Gumus, Kazim Uygun, Nazim Serdar Turhal
Endoscopic Resection of Ampullary Adenomas: Complications and Outcomes
Roshan Patel, Jonathan Davitte, Shyam Varadarajulu, C. Mel Wilcox
Endoscopic Findings and Clinical Outcomes in Ventricular Assist Device Recipients with Gastrointestinal Bleeding
B. Joseph Elmunzer, Kunjali T. Padhya, Jason J. Lewis, Amol S. Rangnekar, Sameer D. Saini, Shanti L. Eswaran, James M. Scheiman, Francis D. Pagani, Jonathan W. Haft, Akbar K. Waljee
Double-Contrast Barium Enteroclysis as a Patency Tool for Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug-Induced Enteropathy
Takayuki Matsumoto, Motohiro Esaki, Koichi Kurahara, Fumihito Hirai, Tadahiko Fuchigami, Toshiyuki Matsui, Mitsuo Iida
Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders (EGID) with Peripheral Eosinophilia: A Retrospective Review at Mayo Clinic
Joohee Lee, Ross Dierkhising, Tsung-Teh Wu, Jeffrey Alexander, Catherine Weiler
Risk of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders in U.S. Military Following Self-Reported Diarrhea and Vomiting During Deployment
Chad K. Porter, Kayleen Gloor, Brooks D. Cash, Mark S. Riddle
Prodromal Irritable Bowel Syndrome May Be Responsible for Delays in Diagnosis in Patients Presenting with Unrecognized Crohn’s Disease and Celiac Disease, but Not Ulcerative Colitis
S. M. Barratt, J. S. Leeds, K. Robinson, A. J. Lobo, M. E. McAlindon, D. S. Sanders
Serotonin Transporter and G Protein Beta 3 Subunit Gene Polymorphisms in Greeks with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
T. Markoutsaki, T. Karantanos, M. Gazouli, N. P. Anagnou, S. D. Ladas, D. G. Karamanolis
Expression of ADAMTS12 in Colorectal Cancer-Associated Stroma Prevents Cancer Development and Is a Good Prognostic Indicator of Colorectal Cancer
Da Wang, Tao Zhu, Fu-Biao Zhang, Chao He
Effect of Red Pepper on Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Preliminary Study
M. Bortolotti, S. Porta
Ultra-Rapid Virological Response, Young Age, Low γ-GT/ALT-Ratio, and Absence of Steatosis Identify a Subgroup of HCV Genotype 3 Patients Who Achieve SVR with IFN-α2a Monotherapy
Ahmad Amanzada, Armin Goralczyk, Federico Moriconi, Martina Blaschke, Inga-Marie Schaefer, David van Thiel, Sabine Mihm, Giuliano Ramadori
Novel Biomarker Candidates to Predict Hepatic Fibrosis in Hepatitis C Identified by Serum Proteomics
Libang Yang, Kyle D. Rudser, LeeAnn Higgins, Hugo R. Rosen, Atif Zaman, Christopher L. Corless, Larry David, Glenn R. Gourley
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Screening Rates Vary by Etiology of Cirrhosis and Involvement of Gastrointestinal Sub-specialists
Vilas Patwardhan, Sonali Paul, Kathleen E. Corey, Sameer M. Mazhar, James M. Richter, Michael Thiim, Raymond T. Chung
Hepatic Osteodystrophy Is Common in Patients with Noncholestatic Liver Disease
N. S. Choudhary, M. Tomar, Y. K. Chawla, S. K. Bhadada, N. Khandelwal, R. K. Dhiman, A. Duseja, A. Bhansali
Fatty Liver Is Associated with Recurrent Bacterial Infections Independent of Metabolic Syndrome
William Nseir, Hussein Taha, Julnar Khateeb, Maria Grosovski, Nimer Assy
Response to Peginterferon-alfa 2b and Ribavirin in Japanese Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 2
Tatsuo Kanda, Fumio Imazeki, Ryosaku Azemoto, Yutaka Yonemitsu, Shigeru Mikami, Kazuhiko Kita, Motohide Takashi, Masahiko Sunaga, Shuang Wu, Shingo Nakamoto, Akinobu Tawada, Makoto Arai, Keizo Kato, Yu Yoshida, Yoshihiro Koma, Keiichi Fujiwara, Kenichi Fukai, Noriaki Suzuki, Osamu Yokosuka
Evaluation of Growth After Liver Transplantation in Turkish Children
Masallah Baran, Murat Cakir, Fatih Unal, Gokhan Tumgor, Hasan Ali Yuksekkaya, Cigdem Arikan, Murat Kilic, Sema Aydogdu
Follow-Up Study of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in the Treatment of Portal Hypertension
Hui Xue, Jia Yuan, Ying Chao-Li, Muna Palikhe, Jia Wang, Liang shan-Lv, Wen Qiao
Prevalence of Autoimmune Liver Disease Related Autoantibodies in Chinese Patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Chaojun Hu, Chuiwen Deng, Guang Song, Wen Zhang, Shulan Zhang, Xi Li, Ping Li, Fengchun Zhang, Yongzhe Li
Percutaneous Gastrostomy Tube Placement to Perform Transgastrostomy Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreaticography in Patients with Roux-en-Y Anatomy
Bezawit Tekola, Andrew Y. Wang, Madhuri Ramanath, Brent Burnette, Kristi Ellen, Bruce D. Schirmer, Peter T. Hallowell, Bryan G. Sauer, Michel Kahaleh
Relationship of Pancreatic Mass Size and Diagnostic Yield of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration
Ali A. Siddiqui, Lauren J. Brown, Shih-Kuang S. Hong, Rossitza A. Draganova-Tacheva, Jason Korenblit, David E. Loren, Thomas E. Kowalski, Charalambos Solomides
The Causes and Outcome of Acute Pancreatitis Associated with Serum Lipase >10,000 U/L
Daniel D. Cornett, Bret J. Spier, Arthur A. Eggert, Patrick R. Pfau
Focal Fat Masquerading as Malignancy in the Liver Graft of a Post-Transplant Patient
Caitlyn M. Patrick, Paul H. Hayashi, Tomasz Kozlowski, Kevin G. Greene, Richard C. Semelka, A. Sidney Barritt IV
Infliximab-Induced Autoimmune Hepatitis with Successful Switch to Adalimumab in a Patient with Crohn’s disease: The Index Case
Dahlia A. Goldfeld, Elizabeth C. Verna, Jay Lefkowitch, Arun Swaminath
Long-Term Outcome of Rifaximin Therapy in Non-constipation Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Leonard B. Weinstock
Hemolysis as a Complication of Radiofrequency Ablation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Must Be Paid More Attention
Hongyu Li, Bo Li, Yonggang Wei, Fei Liu
Liver Transplantation Trends in the HIV Population
Nyingi M. Kemmer, Kenneth E. Sherman