A descriptive evaluation of eligibility for therapy among veterans with chronic hepatitis C virus infection.

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study is to compare the sensitivity of computed tomography (CT) colonography (CTC) with that of colonoscopy for detecting patients with colorectal polyps in an asymptomatic screening population in Korea, thus to evaluate a possibility, whether CTC could be used as a screening tool for colore...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Kim YS,Kim N,Kim SH,Park MJ,Lim SH,Yim JY,Cho KR,Kim SS,Kim DH,Eun HW,Cho KS,Kim JH,Choi BI,Jung HC,Song IS,Shin CS,Cho SH,Oh BH

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis carinii infection of the liver is being reported with increasing frequency in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The clinical picture typically resembles hepatitis. We report such an occurrence in a patient with persistent elevation of alkaline phosphatase and gamma-glutamyl transpe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Merkel IS,Good CB,Nalesnik M,Roseman SR

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabinoids have been known as the primary component of cannabis for decades, but the characterization of the endocannabinoid system (ECS) in the 1990s opened the doors for cannabis' use in modern medicine. The 2 main receptors of this system, cannabinoid receptors 1 and 2, are found on cells of various tissues, with...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Unal E,Anderson B,Helber A,Marks JH

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old man with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) developed quadrihemianopsia caused by lacunar brain infarction. Extensive evaluation revealed high titers of anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA). Following interferon treatment (6 x 10(6), three times a week for 2 months and 3 x 10(6) for another 7 months), liver tra...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Malnick SD,Abend Y,Evron E,Sthoeger ZM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of multiple lymphomatous polyposis (MLP) are presented, involving different segments of the gastrointestinal tract. Both cases display the characteristic clinical and pathologic features of MLP. In addition, we were able to document, for the first time, the endoscopic ultrasonographic findings in this diseas...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Viana HL,Henrique RM,Ferreira ES,Correia AM,Silva RA,Dias LM,Viana RL

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:To report the clinical profile and natural course in a large series of patients with hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) and acute pancreatitis (AP). BACKGROUND:The natural history of HTG-related pancreatitis is poorly defined. STUDY:Medical records of 121 patients with serum triglycerides (TG) levels of ≥500 mg/dL suff...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Vipperla K,Somerville C,Furlan A,Koutroumpakis E,Saul M,Chennat J,Rabinovitz M,Whitcomb DC,Slivka A,Papachristou GI,Yadav D

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ammonia is a neurotoxin that is normally cleared by the intact liver and if not, hyperammonemia results in hepatic encephalopathy. Hyperammonemia may be owing to primary or secondary causes. Early diagnosis is important to prevent permanent brain damage. Advanced malignancy involving the liver is associated with hyper...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Broadbridge V,Townsend A,Pittman K,Kimber R,Patterson W,Sukumaran S,Price TJ

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Capsule endoscopy (CE) can detect Crohn's disease in patients with suggestive symptoms but with negative results from the traditional diagnostic work-up (ileocolonoscopy and small bowel follow-through). The objective of this study was to determine which clinical features predict the diagnosis of Crohn's di...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Valle J,Alcántara M,Pérez-Grueso MJ,Navajas J,Muñoz-Rosas C,Legaz ML,Cuena R,Carrobles JM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-two patients underwent flexible sigmoidoscopy in the radiology department. After maximal insertion of the sigmoidoscope, a supine abdominal film documented the position of the tip of the instrument. Correlation with barium enema in all patients determined the extent of visualization of the colon relative to the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Ott DJ,Wu WC,Gelfand DW

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The implications of the Rome III recommendations to change the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) subtype criteria for stool pattern are unknown. AIM:(1) Determine the level of agreement between Rome II and Rome III subtypes and (2) compare the behaviors of Rome II and Rome III subtypes over time. METHODS:Fema...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Dorn SD,Morris CB,Hu Y,Toner BB,Diamant N,Whitehead WE,Bangdiwala SI,Drossman DA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:We aimed to ascertain whether waist circumference (WC) is associated with risk of colorectal neoplasia (CRN), independent of body mass index (BMI). BACKGROUND:Although several studies have reported the association between abdominal obesity, measured by WC, and CRN, it remains unclear whether their association is...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Kim NH,Jung YS,Park JH,Park DI,Sohn CI

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The statements produced by the Chairmen of the 2nd International Symposium on Diverticular Disease, held in Rome on April 8th to 9th, 2016, are reported. Topics such as epidemiology, risk factors, diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment of diverticular disease in patients with uncomplicated and complicated diverticu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Tursi A,Picchio M,Elisei W,Di Mario F,Scarpignato C,Brandimarte G

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myopericarditis is a rare but important manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease. It can be the sole or one of several extracolonic manifestations of either ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease. Because of the therapeutic implications, we report a patient with ulcerative colitis associated with myopericarditis, wi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Becker SA,Wishnitzer R,Botwin S,Eliraz A,Bass DD

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In up to 10% to 20% of colonoscopies, complete intubation of the colon may be considerably difficult. A principal cause of difficulty is looping of the endoscope shaft in a floppy, often tortuous segment of the colon that typically happens in the sigmoid colon. Also, if looping is not recognized and the scope is advan...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Hawari R,Pasricha PJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared eleven patients in whom symptoms of Crohn's disease appeared at age greater than or equal to 65 with a younger group in whom symptoms had appeared earlier. Only 64% of the older patients were initially recognized as having Crohn's disease, as compared with 96% of the younger patients even though clinical c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Stalnikowicz R,Eliakim R,Diab R,Rachmilewitz D

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective series of 284 upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopies, outcome was evaluated by a cost-benefit analysis. Two-thirds of the endoscopies had a negative result, or a diagnosis was found which was not worth the costs of the endoscopy. The overall diagnostic gain of 284 endoscopies, however, outweighed the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Sonnenberg A,Blum AL

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article emphasizes and reviews the premise that because the pathogenesis of acute gastric mucosal injury is multifactorial, several protective mechanisms should also be considered in analyzing gastric mucosal defense. The first part of the article reviews the pathogenesis of acute gastric mucosal injury by major ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Szabo S

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the factors involved in the pathogenesis of gastric ulcer, the reduced clearing capacity of the stomach seems to play an important role. On this basis, cisapride, which improves gastrointestinal motility, enhances gastric emptying, and prevents duodenogastric reflux, may be effective in the treatment of the gast...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Testoni PA,Bagnolo F,Buizza M,Masci E,Toti GL,Spinelli A,Manzi G

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are >1.5 billion people with chronic liver disease worldwide, causing liver diseases to be a significant global health issue. Diffuse parenchymal liver diseases, including hepatic steatosis, fibrosis, metabolic diseases, and hepatitis cause chronic liver injury and may progress to fibrosis and eventually hepatoc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Ghadimi M,Habibabadi RR,Hazhirkarzar B,Shaghaghi M,Ameli S,Khoshpouri P,Ghasabeh MA,Gurakar A,Pawlik TM,Kamel IR

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrasound-guided percutaneous acetic acid injection (PAI) therapy is effective for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Posttreatment fever (>37.5 degrees C) may occur owing to acetic acid-induced tumor necrosis, but its incidence and clinical significance are not clear. METHODS:A total of 402 treatment session...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Huo TI,Huang YH,Huang HC,Wu JC,Lee PC,Chang FY,Lee SD

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND GOAL:Peribiliary cysts, which are known to be associated with various hepatobiliary diseases including alcoholic liver disease, have been reported to originate in the peribiliary glands along the biliary tree. The causal relationship between the peribiliary cysts and alcohol-related hepatic and pancreati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Matsubara T,Sato Y,Igarashi S,Matsui O,Gabata T,Nakanuma Y

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Associations between diverticular disease of the colon and the colorectal cancer has been studied for >60 years. Observational, cross-sectional, and case-control studies as well as large population-based studies gave conflicting results and association was not fully proven. Obtaining the proof was difficult because bo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Regula J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bewildering array of medications in the therapy of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) often confounds the clinician in the choice of specific agents regarding the balance between safety and efficacy. This review surveys and evaluates currently available IBD therapies as well as those used in clinical trials of ulcer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Katz S

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ingestion of a corrosive substance can produce severe injury to the gastrointestinal tract and can even result in death. The degree and extent of damage depends on several factors like the type of substance, the morphologic form of the agent, the quantity, and the intent. In the acute stage, perforation and necrosis m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Ramasamy K,Gumaste VV

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recognition of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) as a major cause of gastroduodenal diseases has led to the use of antibiotics to treat these diseases. However, antibiotics used alone are not very effective, and adjuvant therapy is required. The most potent adjuvant therapy consists of increasing the stomach pH with...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Mégraud F

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To test the activities of culture-extracted or commercially available toll-like receptors (TLRs) ligands to establish their direct impact on target gastrointestinal motor cells. METHODS:Short-term and long-term effects of Shigella flexneri M90T and Escherichia coli K-2 strains-extracted lipopolysaccharides (LPS), ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Tattoli I,Petitta C,Scirocco A,Ammoscato F,Cicenia A,Severi C

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chylous ascites remains rare as a complication of surgical intervention. Although therapeutic manoeuvres to control chylous ascites have been developed over the past 20 years, its pathophysiology is poorly understood. Conservative approaches involving dietary restriction of long-chain triglycerides and salt, together ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Ohri SK,Patel T,Desa LA,Spencer J

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Athletes and bodybuilders often misuse androgenic/anabolic steroids. When used in therapeutic doses, these drugs produce clinical jaundice in just a small number of recipients. We present a 26-year-old male bodybuilder who self-administered high doses of androgenic/anabolic steroids that induced liver damage. One mont...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Stimac D,Milić S,Dintinjana RD,Kovac D,Ristić S

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few data regarding the prevalence of hepatitis-B virus (HBV) markers in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients in Korea, which is a hepatitis-B-endemic area. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of HBV markers in IBD patients in comparison with controls. METHODS:We enrolled 513 IB...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Kim ES,Cho KB,Park KS,Jang BI,Kim KO,Jeon SW,Kim EY,Yang CH,Kim WJ,Daegugyeongbuk Gastrointestinal Study Group (DGSG).

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients developed life-threatening enterocolitis after receiving gold salt therapy. This disorder is attended by a mortality rate of 50% but the intestinal lesion appears to be reversible. The mechanism of the drug toxicity is not known. The course may be fulminant and recovery may occur only after many weeks. To...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Sckolnick BR,Katz LA,Kozower M

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00