Paediatric and adult colonic manometry: a tool to help unravel the pathophysiology of constipation.

abstract：:While jejunoileal diverticula are rare and often asymptomatic, they may lead to chronic non-specific or acute symptoms. The large majority of complications present with an acute abdomen similar to appendicitis, cholecystitis or colonic diverticulitis but they also may appear with atypical symptoms. As a result, diagno...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kassahun WT,Fangmann J,Harms J,Bartels M,Hauss J

更新日期：2007-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the prognostic value of the expression of connexin (Cx) 26, 32 and 43 messenger RNA (mRNA) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissues. METHODS:Using a reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), Cx 26, Cx 32 and Cx 43 mRNAs were determined in the liver tissues of 15 controls and in HCC ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sheen IS,Jeng KS,Wang PC,Shih SC,Chang WH,Wang HY,Chen CC,Shyung LR

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the practice of caring for acute liver failure (ALF) patients in varying geographic locations and medical centers. METHODS:Members of the European Acute Liver Failure Consortium completed an 88-item questionnaire detailing management of ALF. Responses from 22 transplantation centers in 11 countries were ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Rabinowich L,Wendon J,Bernal W,Shibolet O

更新日期：2016-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the immunologic role and expression significances of nitric oxide(NO), nitric oxide synthase(NOS),and its isoenzyme in acute rejection to liver xenografts from golden hamster in rat. METHODS:Liver transplantations were randomly divided into five groups(n=6-9):isografts (group I); xenografts (group II);...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Diao TJ,Yuan TY,Li YL

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal pneumoperitoneum is a surgical emergency indicative of gastrointestinal perforation that requires immediate treatment to prevent death. There have been non-surgical conditions secondary to neonatal pneumoperitoneum (e.g., mechanical ventilation, pulmonary diseases and pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis) that ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： He TZ,Xu C,Ji Y,Sun XY,Liu M

更新日期：2015-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To find out whether a newly designed big cup nitinol stent is suitable for treatment of patients with gastric outlet obstruction resulting from gastric cancer. METHODS:The new stent is composed of a proximal big cup segment (20 mm in length and 48-55 mm in diameter), a middle part (60 mm in length and 20 mm in dia...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shi D,Liao SH,Geng JP

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic, cholestatic disease of autoimmune etiology, the histology of which shows a destruction of the intrahepatic bile duct and portal inflammation. Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) is now used as a first-line drug for asymptomatic PBC (aPBC) because it is reported that UDCA decrea...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Dohmen K,Mizuta T,Nakamuta M,Shimohashi N,Ishibashi H,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2004-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify the diagnostic value of colonoscopy for diverticulosis as determined by barium enema. METHODS:A total of 65 patients with hematochezia who underwent colonoscopy and barium enema were analyzed, and the diagnostic value of colonoscopy for diverticula was assessed. The receiver operating characteristic ar...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Niikura R,Nagata N,Shimbo T,Akiyama J,Uemura N

更新日期：2013-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Common gastrointestinal diseases such as radiation enteritis (RE), acute pancreatitis, inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and drug-induced hepatotoxicity share pathophysiological mechanisms at the molecular level, mostly involving the activation of many pathways of the immune response, ultimately leading to tissue inju...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Camara-Lemarroy CR

更新日期：2014-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Choroidal or cutaneous metastasis of gastric cancer is rare. Gastrointestinal cancer was found in only 4% in patients with uveal metastasis. Choroidal metastasis from gastric cancer was reported in two cases in earlier literature. The frequency of gastric cancer as a primary lesion was 6% in cutaneous metastasis of me...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kawai S,Nishida T,Hayashi Y,Ezaki H,Yamada T,Shinzaki S,Miyazaki M,Nakai K,Yakushijin T,Watabe K,Iijima H,Tsujii M,Nishida K,Takehara T

更新日期：2013-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the antioxidative status of patients with alcoholic liver disease (ALD) in southeastern Taiwan. METHODS:Our study comprised 27 patients with ALD recruited from Taitung Mackay Memorial Hospital, located in southeastern Taiwan. Patients with ALD included 12 non-aborigines (12 men) and 15 aborigines (1...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen YL,Chen LJ,Bair MJ,Yao ML,Peng HC,Yang SS,Yang SC

更新日期：2011-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute pancreatitis is one of the most common diseases in the everyday's practise of gastroenterologists and surgeons. However, the physicians' therapeutic armamentarium is very limited. The present letter to the editor briefly describes the recent evidence from the literature with the aim to optimize a conservative ma...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Petrov MS

更新日期：2008-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal lymphangiectasia, characterized by dilatation of intestinal lacteals, is rare. The major treatment for primary intestinal lymphangiectasia is dietary modification. Surgery to relieve symptoms and to clarify the etiology should be considered when medical treatment failed. This article reports a 49-year-old w...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen CP,Chao Y,Li CP,Lo WC,Wu CW,Tsay SH,Lee RC,Chang FY

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the effects of the nucleoside analogues beta-L-D4A and beta-LPA on hepatitis B virus (HBV) promoters. METHODS:Four HBV promoters were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and subcloned into the expression vector pEGFP-1. The four recombinants controlled by HBV promoters were confirmed by restric...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： He XX,Lin JS,Chang Y,Zhang YH,Li Y,Wang XY,Xu D,Cheng XM

更新日期：2008-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary malignancy of the liver. It is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with a very poor prognosis. In the United States, there has been only minimal improvement in the prognosis for HCC patients over the past 15 years. Details of the molecu...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ogunwobi OO,Harricharran T,Huaman J,Galuza A,Odumuwagun O,Tan Y,Ma GX,Nguyen MT

更新日期：2019-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Eph receptors and ephrin ligands play a pivotal role in development and tissue maintenance. Since previous data have indicated an involvement of ephrin-B2 in epithelial healing, we investigated the gene expression and downstream signaling pathways induced by ephrin-B mediated cell-cell signaling in intestinal epith...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hafner C,Meyer S,Hagen I,Becker B,Roesch A,Landthaler M,Vogt T

更新日期：2005-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute liver failure (ALF) is an uncommon but dramatic clinical syndrome characterized by hepatic encephalopathy and a bleeding tendency due to abrupt loss of liver function caused by massive or submassive liver necrosis in a patient with a previously healthy liver. The causes of ALF encompass a wide variety of toxic, ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang DW,Yin YM,Yao YM

更新日期：2013-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Bile duct stones are a serious and the third most common complication of the biliary system that can occur following liver transplantation. The incidence rate of bile duct stones after liver transplantation is 1.8%-18%. The management of biliary stones is usually performed with endoscopic techniques; however, the tech...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhou CG,Wei BJ,Gao K,Dai DK,Zhai RY

更新日期：2015-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyomavirus BK (BKV) infects up to 90% of the general population. After primary infection, occurring early during childhood, a state of non-replicative infection is established in the reno-urinary tract, without complications for immunocompetent hosts. In immunocompromised individuals, particularly transplanted patie...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Umbro I,Tinti F,Muiesan P,Mitterhofer AP

更新日期：2016-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive predictors of varices in cirrhosis would reduce the need for screening endoscopies. Platelet count and spleen size have been shown to be useful parameters, in mixed groups of cirrhotics with different aetiologies. We evaluated this in two homogeneous groups with cirrhosis due to hepatitis C and alcohol. N...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sen S,Griffiths WJ

更新日期：2008-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of autoantibodies against beta(1)-adrenoceptor in hepatitis virus myocarditis on action potential and L-type Ca(2+) currents. METHODS:Fifteen samples of autoantibodies against beta(1)-adrenoceptor positive sera of patients with hepatitis virus myocarditis were obtained and IgGs were puri...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Liu K,Liao YH,Wang ZH,Li SL,Wang M,Zeng LL,Tang M

更新日期：2004-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate our clinical experience with the colonic manifestations of phosphatase and tensin homolog on chromosome ten (PTEN) hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS) and to perform a systematic literature review regarding the same. METHODS:This study was approved by the appropriate institutional review board prior to ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Stanich PP,Pilarski R,Rock J,Frankel WL,El-Dika S,Meyer MM

更新日期：2014-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we have reviewed the hepatic perfusion disorder (HPD), etiopathogenesis of HPD and corresponding diseases. Review of the literature was based on computer searches (PubMed, Index Medicus) and personal experiences. We considered HPD reflects perfusion differences due to redistribution of arterial blood ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tian JL,Zhang JS

更新日期：2006-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the risk association and compare the onset age of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients in Taiwan with different genotypes of MDM2-SNP309. METHODS:We analyzed MDM2-SNP309 genotypes from 58 patients with HCC and 138 cancer-free healthy controls consecutively. Genotyping of MDM2-SNP309 was conducted...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Leu JD,Lin IF,Sun YF,Chen SM,Liu CC,Lee YJ

更新日期：2009-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation cannot be considered the most important therapeutic procedure for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In France, no more than 2% of patients with HCC undergo a transplantation. Randomized controlled trial must assess the benefit to risk ratio of various potentially "curative" treatment procedures (transpla...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Braillon A

更新日期：2009-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the efficacy and safety of single daily amikacin vs. cefotaxime in the 5-d treatment of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP). METHODS:Thirty-seven cirrhotic patients with SBP, 19 in group A and 18 in group B, were studied. Group A received 1 g of cefotaxime every 6 h, and group B received 500 mg of a...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen TA,Lo GH,Lai KH,Lin WJ

更新日期：2005-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-invasive evaluation for liver fibrosis is clinically important, especially in patients with undetectable hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA treated with nucleoside analogs. AIM:To clarify the monitoring power of hepatitis B core-related antigen (HBcrAg) for hepatic histologic changes in patients with chronic h...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chang XJ,Sun C,Chen Y,Li XD,Yu ZJ,Dong Z,Bai WL,Wang XD,Li ZQ,Chen D,Du WJ,Liao H,Jiang QY,Sun LJ,Li YY,Zhang CH,Xu DP,Chen YP,Li Q,Yang YP

更新日期：2019-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the prognostic value of the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) and three new MELD-based models combination with serum sodium in decompensated cirrhosis patients-the MELD with the incorporation of serum sodium (MELD-Na), the integrated MELD (iMELD), and the MELD to sodium (MESO) index. METHODS:...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jiang M,Liu F,Xiong WJ,Zhong L,Chen XM

更新日期：2008-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Spanish investigators described recently the so-called occult hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, emphasizing the detection of genomic and antigenomic HCV RNA strands in liver and peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Therefore, the persistence of viral replication in occult HCV infection should be considered as a putati...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Moreno-Otero R

更新日期：2008-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the effect of nicotine on the migration and invasion of human esophageal squamous carcinoma cells and to investigate whether nimesulide can inhibit the effect of nicotine. METHODS:The esophageal squamous carcinoma cell line (TE-13) was treated with different concentrations of nicotine (100 microg/mL and 2...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zong Y,Zhang ST,Zhu ST

更新日期：2009-05-28 00:00:00