Issue 12/2010
Content (51 Articles)
Esophageal Stenting for Leaks and Strictures: A Benign Intervention for a Benign Indication?
Rajesh N. Keswani
Treatment Uptake of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: Can We Expect and Do More?
Chia-Yen Dai
Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Treatment Modalities in the Era of Targeted Therapy
Kaushik Mukherjee, A. Bapsi Chakravarthy, Laura W. Goff, Wael El-Rifai
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs): An Updated Experience
Anastasios Machairas, Eva Karamitopoulou, Dimitrios Tsapralis, Theodore Karatzas, Nickolas Machairas, Evangelos P. Misiakos
Occult Hepatitis B: Clinical Implications and Treatment Decisions
Paul Schmeltzer, Kenneth E. Sherman
Exfoliative Rejection in Intestinal Transplantation
K. T. Park, William L. Berquist, Reetesh Pai, George Triadafilopoulos
Acid Suppression by Proton Pump Inhibitors Enhances Aquaporin-4 and KCNQ1 Expression in Gastric Fundic Parietal Cells in Mouse
Juntaro Matsuzaki, Hidekazu Suzuki, Yuriko Minegishi, Etsuko Sugai, Hitoshi Tsugawa, Masato Yasui, Toshifumi Hibi
Quantification of the Effects of the Volume and Viscosity of Gastric Contents on Antral and Fundic Activity in the Rat Stomach Maintained Ex Vivo
Roger G. Lentle, Patrick W. M. Janssen, Kelvin Goh, Paul Chambers, Corrin Hulls
Bortezomib Synergizes TRAIL-Induced Apoptosis in Gastric Cancer Cells
Jing Liu, Xiu-Juan Qu, Ling Xu, Ye Zang, Jing-Lei Qu, Ke-Zuo Hou, Yun-Peng Liu
Vulnerable Sites and Changes in Mucin in the Rat Small Intestine After Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Administration
Tomohisa Iwai, Takafumi Ichikawa, Mitsuhiro Kida, Yukinobu Goso, Yoichi Saegusa, Isao Okayasu, Katsunori Saigenji, Kazuhiko Ishihara
Generating Ceramide from Sphingomyelin by Alkaline Sphingomyelinase in the Gut Enhances Sphingomyelin-Induced Inhibition of Cholesterol Uptake in Caco-2 Cells
Dan Feng, Lena Ohlsson, Wenhua Ling, Åke Nilsson, Rui-Dong Duan
Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cell Transplantation Improves Survival and Induces Hepatocyte Proliferation in Rats after CCl4 Acute Liver Damage
Guilherme Baldo, Roberto Giugliani, Carolina Uribe, Maria Cristina Belardinelli, Marcos Eugênio Soares Duarte, Luíse Meurer, Themis Reverbel da Silveira, Ursula Matte
Management of Recurrence of Symptoms of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Synergistic Effect of Rebamipide with 15 mg Lansoprazole
Norimasa Yoshida, Kazuhiro Kamada, Naoya Tomatsuri, Takahiro Suzuki, Tomohisa Takagi, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Toshikazu Yoshikawa
Fully Covered Alimaxx Esophageal Metal Stents in the Endoscopic Treatment of Benign Esophageal Diseases
Bahaa E. Senousy, Anand R. Gupte, Peter V. Draganov, Chris E. Forsmark, Mihir S. Wagh
Oral Bisphosphonate Prescriptions and the Risk of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma in Patients with Barrett’s Esophagus
Dang M. Nguyen, Jim Schwartz, Peter Richardson, Hashem B. El-Serag
Decreased Expression of CIAPIN1 Is Correlated with Poor Prognosis in Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Xiushan Zheng, Yunping Zhao, Xin Wang, Yunming Li, Ruwen Wang, Yaoguang Jiang, Taiqian Gong, Mengbin Li, Li Sun, Liu Hong, Xiaohua Li, Jie Liang, Guanhong Luo, Bin Jin, Jianjun Yang, Hongwei Zhang, Daiming Fan
Patient and Physician Satisfaction with Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs): Are There Opportunities for Improvement?
William D. Chey, Reema R. Mody, Esin Izat
Acid Control Cannot Be Improved with a Modified-Release Formulation of a Proton Pump Inhibitor Compared with Twice-Daily Dosing of the Conventional Formulation
Kerstin Röhss, Clive Wilder-Smith, Sara Bokelund-Singh, Mohamed Sagar, Péter Nagy
Characteristics and Outcomes of Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage in a Tertiary Referral Hospital
Magnus Halland, Melissa Young, Michael N. Fitzgerald, Kerry Inder, John M. Duggan, Anne Duggan
Dieulafoy Lesions of the GI Tract: Localization and Therapeutic Outcomes
Luis F. Lara, Jayaprakash Sreenarasimhaiah, Shou-jiang Tang, Bianca B. Afonso, Don C. Rockey
Narrow Band Imaging for the Detection of Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia and Dysplasia During Surveillance Endoscopy
Lisette G. Capelle, Jelle Haringsma, Annemarie C. de Vries, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Katharina Biermann, Herman van Dekken, Ernst J. Kuipers
Association Between Cyclin D1 Polymorphism with CpG Island Promoter Methylation Status of Tumor Suppressor Genes in Gastric Cancer
Tomomitsu Tahara, Tomoyuki Shibata, Masakatsu Nakamura, Hiromi Yamashita, Daisuke Yoshioka, Masaaki Okubo, Joh Yonemura, Yoshiteru Maeda, Naoko Maruyama, Toshiaki Kamano, Yoshio Kamiya, Hiroshi Fujita, Yoshihito Nakagawa, Mitsuo Nagasaka, Masami Iwata, Ichiro Hirata, Tomiyasu Arisawa
Germline Mutation Analysis of STK11 Gene Using Direct Sequencing and Multiplex Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplification Assay in Korean Children with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
Hye Ran Yang, Jae Sung Ko, Jeong Kee Seo
Primary Intestinal Lymphangiectasia: Four Case Reports and a Review of the Literature
Jie Wen, Qingya Tang, Jiang Wu, Ying Wang, Wei Cai
The Clinical Significance of Jejunal Diverticular Disease Diagnosed by Double-Balloon Enteroscopy for Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Hsu-Heng Yen, Yang-Yuan Chen, Chia-Wei Yang, Maw-Soan Soon
Race and Inflammatory Bowel Disease in an Urban Healthcare System
Justin L. Sewell, John M. Inadomi, Hal F. Yee Jr.
The Association of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Mediterranean Fever Gene (MEFV) Mutations in Turkish Children
Nuray Uslu, Aysel Yüce, Hülya Demir, Inci N. Saltik-Temizel, Yusuf Usta, Engin Yilmaz, Nesrin Beşbaş, Figen Gürakan, Hasan Özen, Seza Özen
The Peri-appendiceal Red Patch in Ulcerative Colitis: Review of the University of Chicago Experience
David T. Rubin, Jami A. Rothe
Subclinical Intestinal Inflammation in Siblings of Children with Crohn’s Disease
Mimi Pham, Steven T. Leach, Daniel A. Lemberg, Andrew S. Day
Abnormal Small-Intestinal Endocrine Cells in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Magdy El-Salhy, K. Vaali, V. Dizdar, T. Hausken
Prescribing Patterns for the Outpatient Treatment of Constipation in the United States
Katy E. Trinkley, Kyle Porter, Milap C. Nahata
The Impact of Advances in Instrumentation and Techniques of Colonoscopy from 1988 to 2008 on Inpatient Colonoscopy Performance at a High Volume Endoscopy Unit in the United States: Significantly Shorter Procedure Time, Higher Completion Rate, Performance on Sicker Inpatients, and Near Disappearance of Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
Mitchell S. Cappell, Rami Abboud
Self-Expandable Metal Stents (SEMS) Can Serve as a Bridge to Surgery or as a Definitive Therapy in Patients with an Advanced Stage of Cancer: Clinical Experience of a Tertiary Cancer Center
Jeffrey H. Lee, William A. Ross, Raquel Davila, George Chang, E. Lin, Alexander Dekovich, Marta Davila
Factors for Predicting Positive Results for Anti-HAV IgM Retesting Among Initially Seronegative Patients
Hyun Phil Shin, Joung Il Lee, Sung Won Jung, Jae Myung Cha, Kwang Ro Joo, So Young Kang
Rate and Factors Affecting Treatment Uptake of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C in a Tertiary Referral Hospital
Kenneth Kar-Lung Yan, Grace Lai-Hung Wong, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Henry Lik-Yuen Chan
Decreased Prohepcidin Levels in Patients with HBV-Related Liver Disease: Relation with Ferritin Levels
Oya Yonal, Filiz Akyuz, Kadir Demir, Sevgi Ciftci, Fahriye Keskin, Binnur Pinarbasi, Ahmet Uyanikoglu, Halim Issever, Sadakat Ozdil, Gungor Boztas, Fatih Besisik, Sabahattin Kaymakoglu, Yilmaz Cakaloglu, Zeynel Mungan, Atilla Okten
Comparison of Surrogate Serum Markers and Transient Elastography (Fibroscan) for Assessing Cirrhosis in Patients with Chronic Viral Hepatitis
Myoung Hee Lee, Jae Youn Cheong, Soon Ho Um, Yeon Seok Seo, Dong Joon Kim, Seong Gyu Hwang, Jin Mo Yang, Kwang-Hyub Han, Sung Won Cho
Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy: Correlation with Portal Hypertension and Prognosis in Cirrhosis
Moon Young Kim, Hoon Choi, Soon Koo Baik, Chang Jin Yea, Chan Sik Won, Jong Won Byun, So Yeon Park, Yong Hwan Kwon, Jae Woo Kim, Hyun Soo Kim, Sang Ok Kwon, Young Ju Kim, Seung Hwan Cha, Sei Jin Chang
Assessment of Alpha-Fetoprotein in the Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Middle Eastern Patients
Faisal M. Sanai, Samia Sobki, Khalid I. Bzeizi, Shaffi A. Shaikh, Khalid Alswat, Waleed Al-Hamoudi, Majid Almadi, Faisal Al Saif, Ayman A. Abdo
Clinical Advantage of Highly Sensitive On-Chip Immunoassay for Fucosylated Fraction of Alpha-Fetoprotein in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Yasushi Tamura, Masato Igarashi, Hirokazu Kawai, Takeshi Suda, Shinji Satomura, Yutaka Aoyagi
Rates of Surveillance and Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients Evaluated at a Liver Transplant Center
Janice H. Jou, Po-Hung Chen, Alison Jazwinski, Iliana Bouneva, Alastair D. Smith, Andrew J. Muir
Combined Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Outcome After Liver Transplantation
Kishore Maganty, David Levi, Jang Moon, Pablo A. Bejarano, Leopoldo Arosemena, Andreas Tzakis, Paul Martin
Effect of ERCP Utilization and Biliary Complications on Post-Liver-Transplantation Mortality and Graft Survival
A. Sidney Barritt IV, C. Brock Miller, Paul H. Hayashi, Evan S. Dellon
Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis: Clinical Profile and an Approach to Diagnosis
K. G. Sajith, Ashok Chacko, Amit Kumar Dutta
Preoperative Diagnosis of Lymph Node Metastasis in Biliary and Pancreatic Carcinomas: Evaluation of the Combination of Multi-detector CT and Serum CA19-9 Level
Atsushi Nanashima, Ichiro Sakamoto, Tomayoshi Hayashi, Syuuichi Tobinaga, Masato Araki, Masaki Kunizaki, Takashi Nonaka, Hiroaki Takeshita, Shigekazu Hidaka, Terumitsu Sawai, Toru Yasutake, Takeshi Nagayasu
Multidisciplinary Treatment of Aggressive and Rapidly Progressing Biliary Papillomatosis
Leopold Ludwig, Peter Büchler, Jörg Kleeff, Jochen Gaa, Manfred Stangl, Christian Prinz, Rupert Langer, Helmut Friess, Roland M. Schmid, Hana Algül
A New Second-Line Sequential Regimen for Helicobacter pylori Eradication Based on Levofloxacin: A Pilot Study
C. Krystallis, D. Kamberoglou, D. Pistiolas, C. Anifanti, A. Koutsoumbas, V. Doulgeroglou, V. Tzias
High Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency Among Patients with Fecal Incontinence
Amer A. Alkhatib, Ashok K. Tuteja
Timing of Resection for Colorectal Primary Cancer and Synchronous Liver Metastases
Jinggui Chen, Guangfa Zhao
Metal Stents and Biliary Obstruction Secondary to Lymphoma: A Tale of Caution
Johan C. Bakken, Todd H. Baron