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BMC Gastroenterology

Ausgabe 1/2017

Inhalt (171 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Analyzing the influence of gastric intestinal metaplasia on gastric ulcer healing in Helicobacter pylori–infected patients without atrophic gastritis

Li-Wei Chen, Liang-Che Chang, Chung-Ching Hua, Bor-Jen Hsieh, Shuo-Wei Chen, Rong-Nan Chien

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Clinical significance of UGT1A1 polymorphism and expression of ERCC1, BRCA1, TYMS, RRM1, TUBB3, STMN1 and TOP2A in gastric cancer

Yongkuan Cao, Guohu Zhang, Peihong Wang, Jun Zhou, Wei Gan, Yaning Song, Ling Huang, Ya Zhang, Guode Luo, Jiaqing Gong, Lin Zhang

Open Access Research article

A significant cancer burden and high mortality of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in Thailand: a nationwide database study

Sombat Treeprasertsuk, Kittiyod Poovorawan, Ngamphol Soonthornworasiri, Roongruedee Chaiteerakij, Kessarin Thanapirom, Pisaln Mairiang, Kookwan Sawadpanich, Kanokwan Sonsiri, Varocha Mahachai, Kamthorn Phaosawasdi

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Relationship of body weight with gastrointestinal motor and sensory function: studies in anorexia nervosa and obesity

Sena Bluemel, Dieter Menne, Gabriella Milos, Oliver Goetze, Michael Fried, Werner Schwizer, Mark Fox, Andreas Steingoetter

Open Access Research article

Comparison of risk adjustment methods in patients with liver disease using electronic medical record data

Yuan Xu, Ning Li, Mingshan Lu, Elijah Dixon, Robert P. Myers, Rachel J. Jolley, Hude Quan

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High serum resistin associates with intrahepatic inflammation and necrosis: an index of disease severity for patients with chronic HBV infection

Zhongji Meng, Yonghong Zhang, Zhiqiang Wei, Ping Liu, Jian Kang, Yinhua Zhang, Deqiang Ma, Changzheng Ke, Yue Chen, Jie Luo, Zuojiong Gong

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A simple scoring model for advanced colorectal neoplasm in asymptomatic subjects aged 40–49 years

Yoo Mi Park, Hee Sun Kim, Jae Jun Park, Su Jung Baik, Young Hoon Youn, Jie-Hyun Kim, Hyojin Park

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The cut-off value of tumor size and appropriate timing of follow-up for management of minimal EUS-suspected gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Zhidong Gao, Chao Wang, Qian Xue, Jingtong Wang, Zhanlong Shen, Kewei Jiang, Kai Shen, Bin Liang, Xiaodong Yang, Qiwei Xie, Shan Wang, Yingjiang Ye

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Chronic constipation diagnosis and treatment evaluation: the “CHRO.CO.DI.T.E.” study

Massimo Bellini, Paolo Usai-Satta, Antonio Bove, Renato Bocchini, Francesca Galeazzi, Edda Battaglia, Pietro Alduini, Elisabetta Buscarini, Gabrio Bassotti, Massimo Bellini, Paolo Usai Satta, Antonio Bove, Renato Bocchini, Edda Battaglia, Pietro Alduini, Gabrio Bassotti, Antonio Balzano, Piero Portincasa, Leonilde Bonfrate, Lucia D’Alba, Danilo Badiali, Santino Marchi, Dario Gambaccini, Maria Cristina Neri, Nicola Muscatiello, Michele Di Stefano, Claudio Giannelli, Fabio Goffredo, Luigi Turco, Salvatore Camilleri, Giovanni Ceccarelli, Paola Iovino, Luigi Maria Montalbano, Gaetano Morreale, Silvia Rentini, Vincenzo Savarino, Sergio Segato, Elisabetta Buscarini, Guido Manfredi, Renato Cannizzaro, Sandro Passaretti, Matteo Alessandri, Federico Corti, Rosario Cuomo, Francesco Paolo Zito, Carmine Mellone, Roberta Barbera, Giuseppe Milazzo, Filippo Pucciani, Marco Soncini, Maria Antonia Lai, Maurizio Ruggeri, Maria Flavia Savarese, Manuela De Bona, Elisabetta Surrenti, Andrea Arini, Marco Dinelli, Gioacchino Leandro, Sergio Peralta, Raffaele Manta, Mariano Quartini, Francesco Torresan, Luigi Vilardo, Antonino Pulvirenti D’Urso, Ottaviano Tarantino, Roberto Antonio Noris, Fabio Monica, Maurizio Carrara, Alessandra Losco, Adriano Lauri, Matteo Neri, Mario Grassini

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miRNA-338-3p/CDK4 signaling pathway suppressed hepatic stellate cell activation and proliferation

Bensong Duan, Jiangfeng Hu, Tongyangzi Zhang, Xu Luo, Yi Zhou, Shun Liu, Liang Zhu, Cheng Wu, Wenxiang Liu, Chao Chen, Hengjun Gao

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CTRC gene polymorphism (p.G60=; c.180 C > T) in acute pancreatitis

Dorota Koziel, Stanislaw Gluszek, Artur Kowalik, Malgorzata Chlopek

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Dietary treatment of Crohn’s disease: perceptions of families with children treated by exclusive enteral nutrition, a questionnaire survey

Vaios Svolos, Konstantinos Gerasimidis, Elaine Buchanan, Lee Curtis, Vikki Garrick, Jacqueline Hay, Susan Laird, Joanna Munro, Daniel R. Gaya, Richard K. Russell, Richard Hansen

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Telbivudine versus entecavir in patients with undetectable hepatitis B virus DNA: a randomized trial

Jihyun An, Young-Suk Lim, Gi-Ae Kim, Seong-bong Han, Wonhee Jeong, Danbi Lee, Ju Hyun Shim, Han Chu Lee, Yung Sang Lee

Open Access Research article

Triple therapy versus sequential therapy for the first-line Helicobacter pylori eradication

Ji Young Chang, Ki-Nam Shim, Chung Hyun Tae, Ko Eun Lee, Jihyun Lee, Kang Hoon Lee, Chang Mo Moon, Seong-Eun Kim, Hye-Kyung Jung, Sung-Ae Jung

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Diagnosis of celiac disease and applicability of ESPGHAN guidelines in Mediterranean countries: a real life prospective study

Andrea Smarrazzo, Zrinjka Misak, Stefano Costa, Dušanka Mičetić-Turk, Mona Abu-Zekry, Aydan Kansu, Abdelhak Abkari, Karim Bouziane-Nedjadi, Mongi Ben Hariz, Eleftheria Roma, Virtut Velmishi, Maria Legarda Tamara, Thomas Attard, Veselinka Djurisic, Luigi Greco, Giuseppe Magazzù

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Quality of life and impact of bile reflux after retro colic retro gastric gastrojejunostomy in Whipple surgery

Rohan Chaminda Siriwardana, Rajapaksha Walimuni Mudiyanselage Anuradha Lokubandara, Shivanthi Janaki De Silva Hewavisenthi, Saumya Kumuduni Liyanage, Dona Subani Priyangika Jayatunge, Chandika Anuradha Habarakada Liyanage

Open Access Case report

A case of multicentric pancreatic mixed acinar-ductal carcinoma diagnosed by a yogurt-like cell clump flowing from the papilla of Vater

Yoshihiro Kishida, Hiroyuki Matsubayashi, Keiko Sasaki, Shinsaku Honda, Sunao Uemura, Katsuhiko Uesaka, Akiko Todaka, Hiroyuki Ono

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Uridine stimulate laxative effect in the loperamide-induced constipation of SD rats through regulation of the mAChRs signaling pathway and mucin secretion

Ji Eun Kim, Jun Go, Ji Eun Sung, Hyun Ah Lee, Woo Bin Yun, Jin Tae Hong, Dae Youn Hwang

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Comparison of telbivudine and entecavir on the change of off- treatment eGFR after 3 years of treatment in non-cirrhotic chronic hepatitis B patients

Yang-Sheng Lin, Shou-Chuan Shih, Horng-Yuan Wang, Ching-Chung Lin, Chen-Wang Chang, Ming-Jen Chen

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Prevalence of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease in Sweden: a nationwide population-based register study

J. F. Ludvigsson, K. Büsch, O. Olén, J. Askling, K. E. Smedby, A. Ekbom, E. Lindberg, M. Neovius

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Endoscopic imaging modalities for diagnosing invasion depth of superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ryu Ishihara, Noriko Matsuura, Noboru Hanaoka, Sachiko Yamamoto, Tomofumi Akasaka, Yoji Takeuchi, Koji Higashino, Noriya Uedo, Hiroyasu Iishi

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Influence of cirrhosis on long-term prognosis after surgery in patients with combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma

Yan-Ming Zhou, Cheng-Jun Sui, Xiao-Feng Zhang, Bin Li, Jia-Mei Yang

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Efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of simeprevir and TMC647055/ritonavir with or without ribavirin and JNJ-56914845 in HCV genotype 1 infection

Stefan Bourgeois, Hans Van Vlierberghe, Christophe Moreno, Hans Orlent, Frederik Nevens, Keikawus Arastéh, Yves Horsmans, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Peter Buggisch, Sven Francque, Leen Vijgen, Thomas N. Kakuda, Eva Hoeben, Donghan Luo, An Vandebosch, Bert Jacquemyn, Pieter Van Remoortere, René Verloes

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Helicobacter pylori prevalence and clinical significance in patients with quiescent Crohn’s disease

Adi Lahat, Uri Kopylov, Sandra Neuman, Nina Levhar, Doron Yablecovitch, Benjamin Avidan, Batia Weiss, Shomron Ben-Horin, Rami Eliakim, Iris Dotan, Henit Yanai, Yehuda Chowers, Marianne M. Amitai

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Cytomegalovirus colitis in hospitalized inflammatory bowel disease patients in Taiwan: a referral center study

Meng-Tzu Weng, Chien-Chih Tung, Yi-Shuan Lee, Yew-Loong Leong, Ming-Jium Shieh, Chia-Tung Shun, Cheng-Yi Wang, Jau-Min Wong, Shu-Chen Wei

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Analysis of risk factors related to gastrointestinal fistula in patients with severe acute pancreatitis: a retrospective study of 344 cases in a single Chinese center

Zhipeng Hua, Yongjie Su, Xuefeng Huang, Kang Zhang, Zhengyu Yin, Xiaoming Wang, Pingguo Liu

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Levofloxacin or Clarithromycin-based quadruple regimens: what is the best alternative as first-line treatment for Helicobacter pylori eradication in a country with high resistance rates for both antibiotics?

Diogo Branquinho, Nuno Almeida, Carlos Gregório, José Eduardo Pina Cabral, Adriano Casela, Maria Manuel Donato, Luís Tomé

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First clinical experience in 14 patients treated with ADVOS: a study on feasibility, safety and efficacy of a new type of albumin dialysis

Wolfgang Huber, Benedikt Henschel, Roland Schmid, Ahmed Al-Chalabi

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High expression of Claudin-2 in esophageal carcinoma and precancerous lesions is significantly associated with the bile salt receptors VDR and TGR5

Sohaib Abu-Farsakh, Tongtong Wu, Amy Lalonde, Jun Sun, Zhongren Zhou

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“Non alcoholic fatty liver disease and eNOS dysfunction in humans”

Marcello Persico, Mario Masarone, Antonio Damato, Mariateresa Ambrosio, Alessandro Federico, Valerio Rosato, Tommaso Bucci, Albino Carrizzo, Carmine Vecchione

Open Access Research article

Angiotensin II receptor blockers and risk of acute pancreatitis - a population based case–control study in Sweden

Tomas S. Bexelius, Rickard Ljung, Fredrik Mattsson, Yunxia Lu, Mats Lindblad

Open Access Case report

A case of type 1 multiple endocrine neoplasia with esophageal stricture successfully treated with endoscopic balloon dilation and local steroid injection combined with surgical resection of gastrinomas

Hiroyuki Matsubayashi, Noboru Kawata, Naomi Kakushima, Masaki Tanaka, Kohei Takizawa, Yoshimi Kiyozumi, Yasue Horiuchi, Keiko Sasaki, Teiichi Sugiura, Katsuhiko Uesaka, Hiroyuki Ono

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The H.O.U.S.E. classification: a novel endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) complexity grading scale

Greger Olsson, Urban Arnelo, Fredrik Swahn, Björn Törnqvist, Lars Lundell, Lars Enochsson

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Comparison of the long-term efficacy between entecavir and tenofovir in treatment- naïve chronic hepatitis B patients

Ji Won Park, Kyeong Min Kwak, Sung Eun Kim, Myoung Kuk Jang, Ki Tae Suk, Dong Joon Kim, Sang Hoon Park, Myung Seok Lee, Hyoung Su Kim, Choong Kee Park

Open Access Research article

The utility of apoptosis inhibitor of macrophages as a possible diagnostic marker in patients with Crohn’s disease

Yohei Ono, Shuji Kanmura, Yuko Morinaga, Kohei Oda, Katsuto Kawabata, Shiho Arima, Fumisato Sasaki, Yuichirou Nasu, Shiroh Tanoue, Shinichi Hashimoto, Hiroki Taguchi, Hirofumi Uto, Hirohito Tsubouchi, Akio Ido

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Comparison of five tumor regression grading systems for gastric adenocarcinoma after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a retrospective study of 192 cases from National Cancer Center in China

Yuelu Zhu, Yongkun Sun, Shangying Hu, Yong Jiang, Jiangying Yue, Xuemin Xue, Lin Yang, Liyan Xue

Open Access Research article

How to select patients and timing for rectal indomethacin to prevent post-ERCP pancreatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jianhua Wan, Yuping Ren, Zhenhua Zhu, Liang Xia, Nonghua Lu

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Impaired liver regeneration is associated with reduced cyclin B1 in natural killer T cell-deficient mice

Ami Ben Ya’acov, Hadar Meir, Lydia Zolotaryova, Yaron Ilan, Eyal Shteyer

Open Access Research article

Association between acute gastrointestinal injury and biomarkers of intestinal barrier function in critically ill patients

Hongxiang Li, Ying Chen, Feifei Huo, Yushan Wang, Dong Zhang

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Real life results in using 5-ASA for maintaining mild to moderate UC patients in Japan, a multi-center study, OPTIMUM Study

Masakazu Nagahori, Shuji Kochi, Hiroyuki Hanai, Takayuki Yamamoto, Shiro Nakamura, Soji Omuro, Mamoru Watanabe, Toshifumi Hibi

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Costs and quality of life of small-incision open cholecystectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy - an expertise-based randomised controlled trial

Mats H. Rosenmüller, Erik Nilsson, Fredrik Lindberg, Sten-Olof Åberg, Markku M. Haapamäki

Open Access Research article

The inverse effect of meal intake on controlled attenuation parameter and liver stiffness as assessed by transient elastography

Kanittha Ratchatasettakul, Sasivimol Rattanasiri, Kwannapa Promson, Pranee Sringam, Abhasnee Sobhonslidsuk

Open Access Research article

Telbivudine treatment started in early and middle pregnancy completely blocks HBV vertical transmission

Weihui Sun, Shangfei Zhao, Lei Ma, Anhua Hao, Bo Zhao, Lin Zhou, Fengzhu Li, Mingquan Song

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) pharmacotherapy and the risk of serious infection: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Chelle L. Wheat, Cynthia W. Ko, Kindra Clark-Snustad, David Grembowski, Timothy A. Thornton, Beth Devine

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Lactobacillus casei DG and its postbiotic reduce the inflammatory mucosal response: an ex-vivo organ culture model of post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome

Debora Compare, Alba Rocco, Pietro Coccoli, Debora Angrisani, Costantino Sgamato, Barbara Iovine, Umberto Salvatore, Gerardo Nardone

Open Access Research article

Vitamin D-related gene polymorphism predict treatment response to pegylated interferon-based therapy in Thai chronic hepatitis C patients

Kessarin Thanapirom, Sirinporn Suksawatamnuay, Wattana Sukeepaisarnjaroen, Pisit Tangkijvanich, Sombat Treeprasertsuk, Panarat Thaimai, Rujipat Wasitthankasem, Yong Poovorawan, Piyawat Komolmit

Open Access Research article

Systematic review with network meta-analysis: dual therapy for high-risk bleeding peptic ulcers

Keda Shi, Zeren Shen, Guiqi Zhu, Fansheng Meng, Mengli Gu, Feng Ji

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Findings in young adults at colonoscopy from a hospital service database audit

Stephanie Wong, Ilmars Lidums, Christophe Rosty, Andrew Ruszkiewicz, Susan Parry, Aung Ko Win, Yoko Tomita, Sina Vatandoust, Amanda Townsend, Dainik Patel, Jennifer E. Hardingham, David Roder, Eric Smith, Paul Drew, Julie Marker, Wendy Uylaki, Peter Hewett, Daniel L. Worthley, Erin Symonds, Graeme P. Young, Timothy J. Price, Joanne P. Young

Open Access Research article

Cholesterol esterification in plasma as a biomarker for liver function and prediction of mortality

Thorsten Kaiser, Benedict Kinny-Köster, Michael Bartels, Thomas Berg, Markus Scholz, Cornelius Engelmann, Daniel Seehofer, Susen Becker, Uta Ceglarek, Joachim Thiery

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Proteinuria and baseline renal function predict mortality and renal outcomes after sirolimus therapy in liver transplantation recipients

Lung-Chih Li, Chien-Ning Hsu, Chih-Che Lin, Yu-Fan Cheng, Tsung-Hui Hu, Ding-Wei Chen, Chih-Hsiung Lee, Toshiaki Nakano, Chao-Long Chen

Open Access Research article

Serum albumin, a good indicator of persistent organ failure in acute pancreatitis

Shoukang Li, Yushun Zhang, Mengjiao Li, Chao Xie, Heshui Wu

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FBXW7 expression is associated with prognosis and chemotherapeutic outcome in Chinese patients with gastric adenocarcinoma

Mao-Ran Li, Chun-Chao Zhu, Tian-Long Ling, Ye-Qian Zhang, Jia Xu, En-Hao Zhao, Gang Zhao

Open Access Research article

Noninvasive assessment of liver steatosis in children: the clinical value of controlled attenuation parameter

Giovanna Ferraioli, Valeria Calcaterra, Raffaella Lissandrin, Marinella Guazzotti, Laura Maiocchi, Carmine Tinelli, Annalisa De Silvestri, Corrado Regalbuto, Gloria Pelizzo, Daniela Larizza, Carlo Filice

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Accuracy of M2BPGi, compared with Fibro Scan®, in analysis of liver fibrosis in patients with hepatitis C

Hongqin Xu, Wenli Kong, Lei Liu, Xiumei Chi, Xiaomei Wang, Ruihong Wu, Xiuzhu Gao, Huan Wang, Limei Qu, Yue Qi, Yu Pan, Junqi Niu

Open Access Research article

Circulating cathelicidin levels correlate with mucosal disease activity in ulcerative colitis, risk of intestinal stricture in Crohn’s disease, and clinical prognosis in inflammatory bowel disease

Diana Hoang-Ngoc Tran, Jiani Wang, Christina Ha, Wendy Ho, S. Anjani Mattai, Angelos Oikonomopoulos, Guy Weiss, Precious Lacey, Michelle Cheng, Christine Shieh, Caroline C. Mussatto, Samantha Ho, Daniel Hommes, Hon Wai Koon

Open Access Research article

Predictors of fifty days in-hospital mortality in patients with culture negative neutrocytic ascites

Chinmaya Kumar Bal, Vikram Bhatia, Ripu Daman

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Self-rated health and functional capacity in individuals reporting overlapping symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease, functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome - a population based study

Dorte Ejg Jarbøl, Sanne Rasmussen, Kirubakaran Balasubramaniam, Sandra Elnegaard, Peter Fentz Haastrup

Open Access Research article

Efficacy of chemotherapy in elderly patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer: a multicenter review of 895 patients

Taira Kuroda, Teru Kumagi, Tomoyuki Yokota, Nobuaki Azemoto, Aki Hasebe, Hirotaka Seike, Mari Nishiyama, Nobu Inada, Naozumi Shibata, Hideki Miyata, Tomoe Kawamura, Yusuke Imai, Akiko Ueno-Toshimori, Yoshinori Tanaka, Takashi Terao, Yoshiki Imamura, Mitsuhito Koizumi, Hirofumi Yamanishi, Yoshinori Ohno, Yoichi Hiasa

Open Access Research article

Comparison of oesophageal function tests between Chinese non-erosive reflux disease and reflux hypersensitivity patients

Feng Gao, Yan Gao, Xue Chen, Jie Qian, Jie Zhang

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Therapeutic outcomes of endoscopic papillectomy for ampullary neoplasms: retrospective analysis of a multicenter study

Sung Hoon Kang, Kook Hyun Kim, Tae Nyeun Kim, Min Kyu Jung, Chang Min Cho, Kwang Bum Cho, Ji Min Han, Ho Gak Kim, Hyun Soo Kim

Open Access Research article

Clinicopathological features and surgical outcomes of neuroendocrine tumors of ampulla of Vater

Kwangho Yang, Sung Pil Yun, Suk Kim, Nari Shin, Do Youn Park, Hyung Il Seo

Open Access Research article

Optimal timing of cholecystectomy after percutaneous gallbladder drainage for severe cholecystitis

Koetsu Inoue, Tatsuya Ueno, Orie Nishina, Daisuke Douchi, Kentaro Shima, Shinji Goto, Michinaga Takahashi, Chikashi Shibata, Hiroo Naito

Open Access Case report

Incomplete ileus and hemafecia as the presenting features of multi-organ involved primary systemic AL amyloidosis: a rare case report

Li Tian, Anliu Tang, Xian Zhang, Zhen Mei, Fen Liu, Jingbo Li, Xiayu Li, Feiyan Ai, Xiaoyan Wang, Shourong Shen

Open Access Research article

Anti-fibrogenic effect of PPAR-γ agonists in human intestinal myofibroblasts

Jun Bon Koo, Myeong-Ok Nam, Younshin Jung, Jongman Yoo, Duk Hwan Kim, Gwangil Kim, Sung Jae Shin, Kee Myung Lee, Ki Baik Hahm, Jong Woo Kim, Sung Pyo Hong, Kwang Jae Lee, Jun Hwan Yoo

Open Access Research article

Alteration of gut microbiota in association with cholesterol gallstone formation in mice

Qihan Wang, Long Jiao, Chuanqi He, Haidong Sun, Qu Cai, Tianquan Han, Hai Hu

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Sclerosing mesenteritis and mesenteric panniculitis – clinical experience and radiological features

Lisa Nyberg, Jan Björk, Peter Björkdahl, Olle Ekberg, Klas Sjöberg, Lina Vigren

Open Access Research article

Survivin expression pattern in the intestine of normoxic and ischemic rats

Alexandra Scheer, Shirley K. Knauer, Rabea Verhaegh

Open Access Research article

Novel NBAS mutations and fever-related recurrent acute liver failure in Chinese children: a retrospective study

Jia-Qi Li, Yi-Ling Qiu, Jing-Yu Gong, Li-Min Dou, Yi Lu, A. S. Knisely, Mei-Hong Zhang, Wei-Sha Luan, Jian-She Wang

Open Access Research article

Laparoscopic gastrectomy in obese gastric cancer patients: a comparative study with non-obese patients and evaluation of difference in laparoscopic methods

Ke Chen, Yu Pan, Shu-ting Zhai, Jia-qin Cai, Qi-long Chen, Ding-wei Chen, Yi-ping Zhu, Yu Zhang, Ya-ping Zhang, Hendi Maher, Xian-fa Wang

Open Access Case report

Fetal death in utero and miscarriage in a patient with Crohn’s disease under therapy with ustekinumab: case-report and review of the literature

C. Venturin, S. Nancey, P. Danion, M. Uzzan, M. Chauvenet, C. Bergoin, X. Roblin, B. Flourié, G. Boschetti

Open Access Research article

Role of serotonin on the intestinal mucosal immune response to stress-induced diarrhea in weaning mice

Yulan Dong, Yanan Han, Zixu Wang, Zhuoming Qin, Chenyu Yang, Jing Cao, Yaoxing Chen

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Prokinetics for the treatment of functional dyspepsia: Bayesian network meta-analysis

Young Joo Yang, Chang Seok Bang, Gwang Ho Baik, Tae Young Park, Suk Pyo Shin, Ki Tae Suk, Dong Joon Kim

Open Access Research article

Regulation of apoptosis is impaired in atrophic gastritis associated with gastric cancer

R. Rosania, M. Varbanova, T. Wex, C. Langner, J. Bornschein, F. Giorgio, E. Ierardi, P. Malfertheiner

Open Access Research article

Risk of colorectal cancer among immigrants to Ontario, Canada

Lawrence Paszat, Rinku Sutradhar, Ying Liu, Nancy N. Baxter, Jill Tinmouth, Linda Rabeneck

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Serum albumin, a good indicator of persistent organ failure in acute pancreatitis

Shoukang Li, Yushun Zhang, Mengjiao Li, Chao Xie, Heshui Wu

Open Access Research article

The prevalence of gastric heterotopia of the proximal esophagus is underestimated, but preneoplasia is rare - correlation with Barrett’s esophagus

Ulrich Peitz, Michael Vieth, Matthias Evert, Jovana Arand, Albert Roessner, Peter Malfertheiner

Open Access Research article

Oral soft tissue disorders are associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease: retrospective study

Masaaki Watanabe, Eiji Nakatani, Hiroo Yoshikawa, Takahiro Kanno, Yoshiki Nariai, Aya Yoshino, Michael Vieth, Yoshikazu Kinoshita, Joji Sekine

Open Access Case report

A case report of prostate cancer metastasis to the stomach resembling undifferentiated-type early gastric cancer

Chiaki Inagaki, Takuto Suzuki, Yoshiyasu Kitagawa, Taro Hara, Taketo Yamaguchi

Open Access Case report

A superficial esophageal cancer in an epiphrenic diverticulum treated by endoscopic submucosal dissection

Kuangi Fu, Peng Jin, Yuqi He, Masanori Suzuki, Jianqiu Sheng

Open Access Research article

Efficacy of glutathione for the treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: an open-label, single-arm, multicenter, pilot study

Yasushi Honda, Takaomi Kessoku, Yoshio Sumida, Takashi Kobayashi, Takayuki Kato, Yuji Ogawa, Wataru Tomeno, Kento Imajo, Koji Fujita, Masato Yoneda, Koshi Kataoka, Masataka Taguri, Takeharu Yamanaka, Yuya Seko, Saiyu Tanaka, Satoru Saito, Masafumi Ono, Satoshi Oeda, Yuichiro Eguchi, Wataru Aoi, Kenji Sato, Yoshito Itoh, Atsushi Nakajima

Open Access Research article

Drug persistence and need for dose intensification to adalimumab therapy; the importance of therapeutic drug monitoring in inflammatory bowel diseases

Lorant Gonczi, Zsuzsanna Kurti, Mariann Rutka, Zsuzsanna Vegh, Klaudia Farkas, Barbara D. Lovasz, Petra A. Golovics, Krisztina B. Gecse, Balazs Szalay, Tamas Molnar, Peter L. Lakatos

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Survival benefit of transarterial chemoembolization in patients with metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma: a single center experience

Dominik Bettinger, Renan Spode, Nicolas Glaser, Nico Buettner, Tobias Boettler, Christoph Neumann-Haefelin, Thomas Baptist Brunner, Eleni Gkika, Lars Maruschke, Robert Thimme, Michael Schultheiss

Open Access Research article

Add-on neurological benefits of antiviral therapy in HCV patients with chronic kidney disease — a nationwide cohort study

Ming-Shyan Lin, Tien-Hsing Chen, Wey-Yil Lin, Chi-Hung Liu, Yung-Yu Hsieh, Wen-Nan Chiu, Chih-Hsiang Chang, Mei-Yen Chen, Chang-Min Chung, Yu-Sheng Lin

Open Access Research article

Protective effects of heme oxygenase-1 against severe acute pancreatitis via inhibition of tumor necrosis factor-α and augmentation of interleukin-10

Fei-hu Zhang, Yu-han Sun, Kai-liang Fan, Xiao-bin Dong, Ning Han, Hao Zhao, Li Kong

Open Access Research article

Diminished accuracy of biomarkers of fibrosis in low replicative chronic hepatitis B

Faisal M. Sanai, Taha Farah, Khalid Albeladi, Faisal Batwa, Yaser Dahlan, Mohammed A. Babatin, Hamad Al-Ashgar, Hadeel AlMana, Khaled S. Alsaad, Khalid AlSwat, Abdulrahman Aljumah, Ibrahim H. AlTraif, Bahaa E. Kailani, Khalid I. Bzeizi

Open Access Research article

Addition of nucleoside analogues to peg-IFNα-2a enhances virological response in chronic hepatitis B patients without early response to peg-IFNα-2a: a randomized controlled trial

Yan Xu, Xu Wang, Zhenhua Liu, Changyu Zhou, Wenqian Qi, Jian Jiao, Fan Yu, Honghua Guo, Ping Zhao, Jiangbin Wang

Open Access Research article

Estimation of utility weights for major liver diseases according to disease severity in Korea

Minsu Ock, So Yun Lim, Hyeon-Jeong Lee, Seon-Ha Kim, Min-Woo Jo

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Association between polymorphisms of TAS2R16 and susceptibility to colorectal cancer

Jonathan Barontini, Marco Antinucci, Sergio Tofanelli, Maurizio Cammalleri, Massimo Dal Monte, Federica Gemignani, Pavel Vodicka, Roberto Marangoni, Ludmila Vodickova, Juozas Kupcinskas, Veronika Vymetalkova, Asta Forsti, Federico Canzian, Angelika Stein, Victor Moreno, Nicola Mastrodonato, Francesca Tavano, Anna Panza, Roberto Barale, Stefano Landi, Daniele Campa

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Partially covered metal stents have longer patency than uncovered and fully covered metal stents in the management of distal malignant biliary obstruction: a retrospective study

Yudai Yokota, Mitsuharu Fukasawa, Shinichi Takano, Makoto Kadokura, Hiroko Shindo, Ei Takahashi, Sumio Hirose, Satoshi Kawakami, Yoshimitsu Fukasawa, Tadashi Sato, Nobuyuki Enomoto

Open Access Research article

Detection of bacterial DNA by in situ hybridization in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis

Shingo Usui, Hirotoshi Ebinuma, Po-Sung Chu, Nobuhiro Nakamoto, Yoshiyuki Yamagishi, Hidetsugu Saito, Takanori Kanai

Open Access Research article

The diagnostic value of pepsin detection in saliva for gastro-esophageal reflux disease: a preliminary study from China

Xing Du, Feng Wang, Zhiwei Hu, Jimin Wu, Zhonggao Wang, Chao Yan, Chao Zhang, Juan Tang

Open Access Technical advance

The modified pancreatic stent system for prevention of post-ERCP pancreatitis: a case-control study

Cheng Zhang, Yu-long Yang, Yue-feng Ma, Hong-wei Zhang, Jing-yi Li, Mei-ju Lin, Li-jun Shi, Chun-chun Qi

Open Access Research article

High-resolution manometry in patients with and without globus pharyngeus and/or symptoms of laryngopharyngeal reflux

Heyan Ding, Zhijun Duan, Dong Yang, Zhifeng Zhang, Lixia Wang, Xiaoyu Sun, Yiwen Yao, Xue Lin, Hang Yang, Shan Wang, Jiande D. Z. Chen

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Fecal calprotectin predicts complete mucosal healing and better correlates with the ulcerative colitis endoscopic index of severity than with the Mayo endoscopic subscore in patients with ulcerative colitis

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Time-varying serum gradient of hepatitis B surface antigen predicts risk of relapses after off-NA therapy

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Double-catheter lavage combined with percutaneous flexible endoscopic debridement for infected pancreatic necrosis failed to percutaneous catheter drainage

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Adenocarcinoma risk in gastric atrophy and intestinal metaplasia: a systematic review

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Psychological wellbeing and physical activity in children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease compared to healthy controls

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Multiparametric functional magnetic resonance imaging for evaluation of hepatic warm ischemia-reperfusion injury in a rabbit model

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Colonoscopy overuse in colorectal cancer screening and associated factors in Argentina: a retrospective cohort study

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Ursodeoxycholic acid for the prevention of symptomatic gallstone disease after bariatric surgery: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (UPGRADE trial)

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