Dysphagia lusoria: a late onset presentation.

abstract：:Alcoholism and cirrhosis, which are two of the most serious health problems worldwide, have a broad spectrum of clinical outcomes. Both diseases are influenced by genetic susceptibility and cultural traits that differ globally but are specific for each population. In contrast to other regions around the world, Mexican...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Roman S,Zepeda-Carrillo EA,Moreno-Luna LE,Panduro A

更新日期：2013-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is still the most common cause of hepatocellular carcinoma and liver cirrhosis world wide. Recently, however, there has been quite dramatic improvement in the understanding of HBV associated liver disease and its treatment. It has become clear that high viral replication is a major ri...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tillmann HL

更新日期：2007-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the prognostic significance of PECAM-1, ICAM-3 and HLA-DR antigens in patients with primary non-Hodgkin's gastric lymphoma. METHODS:We immunohistochemically studied PECAM-1, ICAM-3 and HLA-DR antigen expression in 36 B-cell MALT-type primary gastric lymphoma patients. Ten non-malignant and ten healt...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Darom A,Gomatos IP,Leandros E,Chatzigianni E,Panousopoulos D,Konstadoulakis MM,Androulakis G

更新日期：2006-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of intravenous ketamine-midazolam sedation during pediatric endoscopy in the Arab world. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study of all pediatric endoscopic procedures performed between 2002-2008 at the shared endoscopy suite of King Abdullah University Hospital, Jordan Univer...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Miqdady MI,Hayajneh WA,Abdelhadi R,Gilger MA

更新日期：2011-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a neuropsychiatric complication of cirrhosis or acute liver failure. Currently, HE is regarded as a continuous cognitive impairment ranging from the mildest stage, minimal HE to overt HE. Hyperammonaemia and neuroinflammation are two main underlying factors which contribute to the neurol...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhang XD,Zhang LJ,Wu SY,Lu GM

更新日期：2014-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the effect of oral erythromycin on gastric and small bowel transit time of capsule endoscopy. METHODS:Consecutive patients who underwent capsule endoscopy during the 16-mo study period were either given 250 mg oral erythromycin, 1 h prior to swallowing the capsule endoscope or nothing. The gastric and...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Leung WK,Chan FK,Fung SS,Wong MY,Sung JJ

更新日期：2005-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the epidemiology of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the two major ethnic groups in Kazakhstan. METHODS:A cross-sectional prospective study of HBV and HCV seroprevalence was performed among individuals born in Kazakhstan with no history of chronic hepatitis or liver d...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nurgalieva ZZ,Hollinger FB,Graham DY,Zhangabylova S,Zhangabylov A

更新日期：2007-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effect of gastrectomy on diabetes control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and early gastric cancer. METHODS:Data from 64 patients with early gastric cancer and type 2 diabetes mellitus were prospectively collected. All patients underwent curative gastrectomy (36 subtotal gastrectomy with ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： An JY,Kim YM,Yun MA,Jeon BH,Noh SH

更新日期：2013-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic inflammation and nutrition status play an important role in cancer metastasis. The combined index of hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet (HALP), consisting of haemoglobin, albumin, lymphocytes, and platelets, is considered as a novel marker to reflect both systemic inflammation and nutriti...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xu SS,Li S,Xu HX,Li H,Wu CT,Wang WQ,Gao HL,Jiang W,Zhang WH,Li TJ,Ni QX,Liu L,Yu XJ

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the association between polymorphisms XRCC1 Arg194Trp and Arg399Gln and XRCC3 Thr241Met and the risk for chronic gastritis and gastric cancer, in a Southeastern Brazilian population. METHODS:Genotyping by PCR-RFLP was carried out on 202 patients with chronic gastritis (CG) and 160 patients with gastric...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Duarte MC,Colombo J,Rossit AR,Caetano A,Borim AA,Wornrath D,Silva AE

更新日期：2005-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), a prototype of multifunctional cytokine, is a key regulator of extracellular matrix (ECM) assembly and remodeling. Specifically, TGF-beta isoforms have the ability to induce the expression of ECM proteins in mesenchymal cells, and to stimulate the production of protease inhi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Verrecchia F,Mauviel A

更新日期：2007-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The management strategies for recurrent ampullary adenoma after endoscopic papillectomy are still controversial. Patients with the recurrent papillary lesions need to receive repetitive endoscopic interventions due to the limitations of conventional endoscopic techniques. AIM:To assess the feasibility, effi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang ZK,Liu F,Wang Y,Wang XD,Tang P,Li W

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is an extremely rare disease which is often unrecognized as diagnosis. In the recent article Lui et al describe a patient with a new diagnosis of EPP with severe liver injury. Approximately 5%-20% of patients with EPP develop liver manifestations. The most severe complication of EPP...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wensink D,Wagenmakers MA,Wilson JP,Langendonk JG

更新日期：2019-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effect of bile acid on the expression of histidine decarboxylase (HDC), which is a major enzyme involved in histamine production, and gene expression of gastric transcription factors upon cooperative activation. METHODS:HDC expression was examined by immunohistochemistry, reverse transcriptase p...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ku HJ,Kim HY,Kim HH,Park HJ,Cheong JH

更新日期：2014-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:AIM:To investigate the characteristics of newly established four hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines (SNU-739, SNU-761, SNU-878 and SNU-886) from Korean hepatocellular cancer patients.METHODS:Morphologic and genetic studies were done.RESULTS:All four lines grew as a monolayer with an adherent pattern, and their doubli...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lee JH,Ku JL,Park YJ,Lee KU,Kim WH,Park JG

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of chronic pancreatitis has been exclusively surgical for a long time. Recently, endoscopic therapy has become widely used as a primary therapeutic option. Initially performed for drainage of pancreatic cysts and pseudocysts, endoscopic treatments were adapted to biliary and pancreatic ducts stenosis. Pancre...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Heyries L,Sahel J

更新日期：2007-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertriglyceridemic pancreatitis (HTGP) accounts for up to 10% of acute pancreatitis presentations in non-pregnant individuals and is the third most common cause of acute pancreatitis after alcohol and gallstones. There are a number of retrospective studies and case reports that have suggested a role for apheresis an...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Saleh MA,Mansoor E,Cooper GS

更新日期：2017-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) with concurrent occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) of the liver is very rare. Only 8 cases have been reported in the literature. Concurrent occurrence of HCC and NEC in the liver is classified as combined type or collision type by histological distributional pat...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Choi GH,Ann SY,Lee SI,Kim SB,Song IH

更新日期：2016-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study is aimed at investigating the expression and possible significances of very low-density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR) subtypes in gastroenteric adenocarcinoma tissues and cells with various differentiations. METHODS:Thirty-one cases of gastroenteric carcinoma/adjacent normal tissues were enrolled in the ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen T,Wu F,Chen FM,Tian J,Qu S

更新日期：2005-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) results from a complex series of interactions between susceptibility genes, the environment, and the immune system. Recently, some studies provided strong evidence that the process of autophagy affects several aspects of mucosal immune responses. Autophagy is a cellular stress response...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Iida T,Onodera K,Nakase H

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate changes in vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) and corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF) in the plasma and duodenum of chronic stress-induced depressed rats and the effects of fluoxetine hydrochloride (fluoxetine) treatment on depression-induced changes in VIP and CRF. METHODS:A Sprague-Dawley r...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Huang YL,Yu JP,Wang GH,Chen ZH,Wang Q,Xiao L

更新日期：2007-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver cirrhosis is a paradigm of intestinal dysbiosis. The qualitative and quantitative derangement of intestinal microbial community reported in cirrhotic patients seems to be strictly related with the impairment of liver function. A kind of gut microbial "fingerprint", characterized by the reduced ratio of "good" to...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ponziani FR,Gerardi V,Pecere S,D'Aversa F,Lopetuso L,Zocco MA,Pompili M,Gasbarrini A

更新日期：2015-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether local antibiotic resistance involves P-glycoprotein (Pgp)-mediated active drug out-pumping during Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) infection treatment with classic antibiotic therapy. METHODS:Pgp activity was determined in gastric mucosa biopsy specimens obtained from 53 patients with pathohisto...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Babic Z,Svoboda-Beusan I,Kucisec-Tepes N,Dekaris D,Troskot R

更新日期：2005-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Solitary fibrous tumors are predominantly benign and are most commonly found in the thoracic cavity and pleura; while reports exist in the literature of malignant solitary fibrous tumors and those located in extrathoracic organs, these cases are considered extremely rare. Herein, a case is reported of a malignant soli...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Jakob M,Schneider M,Hoeller I,Laffer U,Kaderli R

更新日期：2013-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Castleman's disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder of unknown etiology. Clinically, it occurs as a localized (unicentric) disease or as a systemic (multicentric) disease. Unicentric Castleman's disease (UCD) presents as a solitary mass and primarily affects the mediastinal, retroperitoneal, and cervical l...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lee HJ,Jeon HJ,Park SG,Park CY

更新日期：2015-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Folate deficiency and its association with cancer have been studied in the literature, but its clinical impact is still unknown. Folate deficiency and its result on gastric cancer is a mysterious part of oncology, with ongoing studies hopefully clarifying its impact on gastric cancer management. Lee et al studied fola...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Alkan A,Mızrak D,Utkan G

更新日期：2015-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study and provide data on the evolution of medical procedures and outcomes of patients suffering from perforated midgut diverticulitis. METHODS:Three data sources were used: the Medline and Google search engines were searched for case reports on one or more patients treated for perforated midgut diverticulitis ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Spasojevic M,Naesgaard JM,Ignjatovic D

更新日期：2012-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic bowel disease results from an acute or chronic drop in the blood supply to the bowel and may have various clinical presentations, such as intestinal angina, ischemic colitis or intestinal infarction. Elderly patients with systemic atherosclerosis who are symptomatic for the disease in two or more vascular bed...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Georgescu EF,Carstea D,Dumitrescu D,Teodorescu R,Carstea A

更新日期：2012-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute liver failure (ALF) is a significant and complex hepatic insult that may rapidly progress to life-threatening conditions. Recently, menstrual blood stem cells (MenSCs) have been identified as a group of easily accessible mesenchymal stem cells with the advantages of non-invasive acquisition, low immuno...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cen PP,Fan LX,Wang J,Chen JJ,Li LJ

更新日期：2019-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate and compare the hepatogenic transdifferentiation of adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ADSC) and bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSC) in vitro. Transdifferentiation of BMSC into hepatic cells in vivo has been described. Adipose tissue represents an accessible source of ADSC, with similar...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Taléns-Visconti R,Bonora A,Jover R,Mirabet V,Carbonell F,Castell JV,Gómez-Lechón MJ

更新日期：2006-09-28 00:00:00