Liver transplantation improves hepatic myelopathy: evidence by three cases.

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:There is no clear and point for the response to treatment of gastrointestinal human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) disease. HCMV-DNA quantitation on gastrointestinal biopsy specimens has proven its value for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal HCMV disease in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AI...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Cotte L,Drouet E,Bailly F,Vitozzi S,Denoyel G,Trepo C

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower esophageal sphincter pressure, basal gastric pH, fasting plasma gastrin, and plasma concentrations of estrone, estradiol, and progesterone were measured in pregnant volunteers at 12, 24, and 36 weeks of gestation, and again at 1 to 4 weeks postpartum. In addition, basal and pentagastrin-stimulated acid secretory...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Van Thiel DH,Gavaler JS,Joshi SN,Sara RK,Stremple J

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) and hepatocellular adenoma (HCA) are benign hepatocellular tumors that develop most frequently in women without cirrhosis. Genomic approaches have identified signaling pathways related to these benign hepatocyte proliferations. FNH, a polyclonal lesion, is characterized by local vascula...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Nault JC,Bioulac-Sage P,Zucman-Rossi J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed 92 computed tomography-guided percutaneous needle aspirations of pancreatic inflammatory masses in 60 patients suspected of harboring pancreatic infection. Thirty-six patients (60%) were found by Gram stain and culture to have a total of 41 separate episodes of pancreatic infection. Among 42 aspirates jud...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Gerzof SG,Banks PA,Robbins AH,Johnson WC,Spechler SJ,Wetzner SM,Snider JM,Langevin RE,Jay ME

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Linaclotide is a minimally absorbed peptide agonist of the guanylate cyclase-C receptor that stimulates intestinal fluid secretion and transit and reduces pain in animal models. We assessed the safety and efficacy of a range of linaclotide doses in patients with chronic constipation. METHODS:We perfo...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Lembo AJ,Kurtz CB,Macdougall JE,Lavins BJ,Currie MG,Fitch DA,Jeglinski BI,Johnston JM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two infants under 3 mo of age who presented with obstructive jaundice secondary to cholelithiasis are reported. Neither infant had any congenital anatomic abnormality of the biliary tract leading to stasis, yet both had cultures of gallbladder bile that grew abundant bacteria. In both, recovery of gallbladder bile and...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Treem WR,Malet PF,Gourley GR,Hyams JS

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Cytokines are thought to be important in mediating tissue damage in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Many of the in vivo activities of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) match the changes found in IBD, but its importance is controversial. METHODS:A sensitive, reverse hemolytic plaque assay was us...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Breese EJ,Michie CA,Nicholls SW,Murch SH,Williams CB,Domizio P,Walker-Smith JA,MacDonald TT

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Patients with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS-D) have increased mucosal serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine [5-HT]) availability, possibly because immune activation reduces activity of the 5-HT transporter (SERT). We investigated the relationship between mucosal and platelet SERT and immune act...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Foley S,Garsed K,Singh G,Duroudier NP,Swan C,Hall IP,Zaitoun A,Bennett A,Marsden C,Holmes G,Walls A,Spiller RC

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Cancer progression/metastases and embryonic development share many properties including cellular plasticity, dynamic cell motility, and integral interaction with the microenvironment. We hypothesized that the heterogeneous nature of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), in part, may be owing to the presence...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Yamashita T,Ji J,Budhu A,Forgues M,Yang W,Wang HY,Jia H,Ye Q,Qin LX,Wauthier E,Reid LM,Minato H,Honda M,Kaneko S,Tang ZY,Wang XW

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Knowledge of the placebo outcomes and understanding specific study features that influence these outcomes is important for designing future clinical trials evaluating therapy of ulcerative colitis (UC). The aims of this study were to estimate the placebo rates of remission and response in placebo-cont...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Su C,Lewis JD,Goldberg B,Brensinger C,Lichtenstein GR

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages worldwide. Epidemiologic data indicate that coffee consumption protects against the progression of chronic liver disease and development of hepatocellular carcinoma and diabetes, but the mechanisms are not clear. UDP glucuronosyltransferases (UGT1A) ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Kalthoff S,Ehmer U,Freiberg N,Manns MP,Strassburg CP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) interferes with the quality of life and carries an increased risk for esophageal adenocarcinoma. We investigated genetic influence in the development of reflux. METHODS:We compared concordance for reflux in monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins. All twins ag...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Cameron AJ,Lagergren J,Henriksson C,Nyren O,Locke GR 3rd,Pedersen NL

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cholecystokinin (CCK) 58 is the predominant molecular form of CCK in canine and human intestine and circulating blood. There is no report on the metabolism and clearance rate of CCK-58. The aim of this study was to compare the in vivo half-life and metabolism of CCK-58 with that of synthetic CCK-8. METHODS:...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Hoffmann P,Eberlein GA,Reeve JR Jr,Bünte RH,Grandt D,Goebell H,Eysselein VE

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a variety of substances influencing the initiation of cyclic motor events at the gastroduodenal junction were studied in conscious sheep. A significant and long-lasting decrease in the frequency of cyclic events from approximately 100 min to 30-40 min was elicited by the intraduodenal bulb administratio...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Ruckebusch Y

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:This study used a low lesion prevalence population reflective of the screening setting to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of computerized tomographic (CT) colonography for detection of colorectal polyps. METHODS:This prospective, blinded study comprised 703 asymptomatic persons at higher-tha...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Johnson CD,Harmsen WS,Wilson LA,Maccarty RL,Welch TJ,Ilstrup DM,Ahlquist DA

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials were recorded from 33 patients with various degrees of hepatic failure and from 10 age-matched controls. Within 20 ms poststimulation, one negative peak (N13) could be recorded from the middle of the back of the patient's neck at the C2 vertebral level. Within 150 ms, three...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Yang SS,Chu NS,Liaw YF

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:In patients with limited life expectancy, the risks of colorectal cancer screening may outweigh the benefits. The aim of this study was to quantify risks and benefits of different screening strategies in elderly patients with varying life expectancies. METHODS:We examined risks and benefits of screen...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Ko CW,Sonnenberg A

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Based on experimental and epidemiologic studies, we investigated whether coffee and caffeine consumption reduced the risk of elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activity in persons at high risk for liver injury in a national, population-based study. METHODS:Participants were 5944 adults in the Th...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Ruhl CE,Everhart JE

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:The rate of 12alpha-hydroxylation of bile acid intermediates is believed to determine the ratio of cholic acid (CA) to chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) biosynthesis and the overall hydrophobicity of the bile acid pool. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of the level of expression of sterol...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Pandak WM,Bohdan P,Franklund C,Mallonee DH,Eggertsen G,Björkhem I,Gil G,Vlahcevic ZR,Hylemon PB

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric ulcers have been thought to occur only in the pyloric gland area. However, endoscopic examinations using the Congo red test showed that 18 of the ulcers examined (7.8%) were surrounded by an acid-secreting area, and so were in the fundic gland area. Histological examination of specimens obtained by gastrectomy...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Tatsuta M,Okuda S

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Linaclotide is a minimally absorbed agonist of guanylate cyclase-C (GUCY2C or GC-C) that reduces symptoms associated with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C). Little is known about the mechanism by which linaclotide reduces abdominal pain in patients with IBS-C. METHODS:We determined t...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Castro J,Harrington AM,Hughes PA,Martin CM,Ge P,Shea CM,Jin H,Jacobson S,Hannig G,Mann E,Cohen MB,MacDougall JE,Lavins BJ,Kurtz CB,Silos-Santiago I,Johnston JM,Currie MG,Blackshaw LA,Brierley SM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anatomical extent of fiberoptic sigmoidoscopy was determined by placing a clip on the colonic mucosa and subsequently locating the clip on barium enema. A 60 cm exam viewed the entire sigmoid colon in 81% of patients. Exams of 50-55 cm, 40-45 cm, and 30-35 cm extent viewed the entire sigmoid colon in 68%, 27%, and...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Lehman GA,Buchner DM,Lappas JC

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of substance P (SP) on the release of gastric somatostatinlike immunoreactivity (SLI) was studied. Substance P inhibited both basal SLI release and SLI release stimulated by gastric inhibitory polypeptide or 1-isoproterenol. This inhibitory action of SP was not blocked by atropine or hexamethonium, suggesti...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Kwok YN,McIntosh CH,Pederson RA,Brown JC

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:The adenoma detection rate (ADR) is an important quality indicator of screening colonoscopy; it is inversely associated with risk of interval cancers and colorectal cancer mortality. We assessed trends in the ADR in the first 10 years of the German screening colonoscopy program. METHODS:We calculated...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Brenner H,Altenhofen L,Kretschmann J,Rösch T,Pox C,Stock C,Hoffmeister M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid, sensitive, precise radioimmunoassay for conjugates of chenodeoxycholic (chenic) acid has been developed and validated. Immunogen was prepared with chenylglycine couples to bovine serum albumin, emulsified in Freund's complete adjuvant, and injected intracutaneously in rabbits. Antibodies of moderate titer (us...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Schalm SW,van Berge-Henegouwen GP,Hofmann AF,Cowen AE,Turcotte J

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) cause 1.3 million deaths annually. To prevent more than 7 million deaths by 2030, the World Health Organization set goals to eliminate HBV and HCV, defined as a 90% reduction in new infections and a 65% reduction in deaths, and prevent more than 7 million related dea...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Ward JW,Hinman AR

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:To influence host and disease phenotype, compositional microbiome changes, which have been demonstrated in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), must be accompanied by functional changes. We therefore aimed to characterize the genetic potential of the gut microbiome in PSC compared to ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Kummen M,Thingholm LB,Rühlemann MC,Holm K,Hansen SH,Moitinho-Silva L,Liwinski T,Zenouzi R,Storm-Larsen C,Midttun Ø,McCann A,Ueland PM,Høivik ML,Vesterhus M,Trøseid M,Laudes M,Lieb W,Karlsen TH,Bang C,Schramm C,Fra

更新日期：2020-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a patient in whom amitriptyline administration for 5 wk was followed by prolonged cholestasis. Jaundice and pruritus lasted 19 and 20 mo, respectively. Three liver biopsies were performed at different stages of the disease showing the course of liver lesions. Cholestasis initially located in the ...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Larrey D,Amouyal G,Pessayre D,Degott C,Danne O,Machayekhi JP,Feldmann G,Benhamou JP

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenomatous polyps are the most common neoplastic findings discovered in people who undergo colorectal screening or who have a diagnostic work-up for symptoms. It was common practice in the 1970s for these patients to have annual follow-up surveillance examinations to detect additional new adenomas and missed synchron...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Winawer SJ,Zauber AG,Fletcher RH,Stillman JS,O'Brien MJ,Levin B,Smith RA,Lieberman DA,Burt RW,Levin TR,Bond JH,Brooks D,Byers T,Hyman N,Kirk L,Thorson A,Simmang C,Johnson D,Rex DK,US Multi-Society Task Force on Colo

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Mathematical modeling of hepatitis C virus (HCV) kinetics indicated that cellular immune responses contribute to interferon (IFN)-induced clearance of HCV. We investigated a potential role of natural killer (NK) cells in this process. METHODS:Phenotype and function of blood and liver NK cells were st...

journal_title：Gastroenterology

authors： Ahlenstiel G,Edlich B,Hogdal LJ,Rotman Y,Noureddin M,Feld JJ,Holz LE,Titerence RH,Liang TJ,Rehermann B

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00