Neuropeptides and nerve growth in inflammatory bowel diseases: a quantitative immunohistochemical study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the overall incidence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) has declined since the introduction of universal vaccine guidelines, the incidence remains elevated in high risk groups. Recent guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have underscored the importance of vaccination against HBV in high ri...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Foster T,Hon H,Kanwal F,Han S,Spiegel B

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gold standard for measuring gastric emptying is scintigraphy, either with digestible solids or liquids. Unfortunately, this method is expensive and of limited availability. An alternative could be to use radiopaque markers (ROMs). Our aim was to compare these two tests in healthy volunteers and in patients to see ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Stotzer PO,Fjälling M,Grétarsdóttir J,Abrahamsson H

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibromyalgia (FM) is a disorder characterized by widespread chronic pain as core symptom and a broad range of comorbidities. Despite the prevalence of gastrointestinal (GI) comorbidities in patients with FM, GI functions have rarely been investigated in animal models of FM. AIMS:The purpose of the present s...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Uchida M,Kobayashi O,Yoshida M,Miwa M,Miura R,Saito H,Nagakura Y

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Negative association has been reported between presence of Helicobacter pylori and developing gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and its complications. The aim of this study was to determine whether H. pylori (HP) can be protective against GERD in an African American (AA) population. METHODS:Fro...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ashktorab H,Entezari O,Nouraie M,Dowlati E,Frederick W,Woods A,Lee E,Brim H,Smoot DT,Ghadyari F,Kamangar F,Razjouyan H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequent association of stromal tumors with neurofobromatosis raises high suspicion of a possible correlation between the two entities. The aim of this study was to analyze clinicopathologic features of patients with concomitant neurofibromatosis and gastrointestinal stromal tumors and to discuss the molecular bas...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Cheng SP,Huang MJ,Yang TL,Tzen CY,Liu CL,Liu TP,Hsiao SC

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the relationship between peptic ulcer and gastric cancer, we investigated 2529 patients with peptic ulcer diagnosed from 1963 to 1975. During the follow-up period of 9-23 years, we found 38 in whom gastric cancer developed or who died of gastric cancer. Included were nine in whom gastric cancer was detected...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Lee S,Iida M,Yao T,Shindo S,Okabe H,Fujishima M

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the influence of chronic alcoholism on clinical features of chronic pancreatitis in Japan, pain evolution, pancreatic insufficiency, and long-term prognosis were studied by comparing chronic alcoholic pancreatitis (N = 88) with idiopathic pancreatitis (N = 67). The 155 patients with known course of the dis...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Hayakawa T,Kondo T,Shibata T,Sugimoto Y,Kitagawa M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the possible role of pepsin in ulceration induced by hydrogen ion back-diffusion, the ratio of alkali-labile pepsinogen to total pepsinogen was studied during the course of aspirin- and taurocholate-induced gastric ulceration in comparison with the changes in the ion permeability and histological findin...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ohe K,Yokoya H,Kitaura T,Kunita T,Miyoshi A

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tramadol and morphine were compared for treatment of severe chronic pancreatitis pain and their interaction with gut motor function. Oral tramadol or morphine doses were titrated double-blinded and randomized for five days in 25 patients and pain, side effects, bowel function, orocecal and colonic transit, anal restin...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Wilder-Smith CH,Hill L,Osler W,O'Keefe S

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity and diet affect the incidence and severity of various types of cancer, including colon cancer. It is not known whether obesity, independent of diet, is a risk factor for colon adenocarcinoma. We used azoxymethane (AOM) to induce colon cancer in mature genetically obese male Zucker rats (fa/fa) on low-fat crude...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Weber RV,Stein DE,Scholes J,Kral JG

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Much of the economic burden of Crohn's disease (CD) is related to surgery. Twenty percent of patients with CD have isolated colonic disease. While permanent end ileostomy (EI) is generally the procedure of choice for patients with refractory CD colitis, single-center experiences suggest that restorative proc...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Taleban S,Van Oijen MG,Vasiliauskas EA,Fleshner PR,Shen B,Ippoliti AF,Targan SR,Melmed GY

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocyte growth factor plays a key role in liver regeneration but the role of liver in its synthesis in acute liver failure is unclear. We therefore measured hepatic expression of hepatocyte growth factor mRNA in this condition in comparison to H3 histone mRNA, a marker of cellular proliferation. Hepatocyte growth f...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Harrison P,Gove C,Bomford A

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diverticulosis, a prevalent condition at screening colonoscopy, has been associated with colorectal cancers that develop after a clearing colonoscopy, or interval cancers. AIMS:To quantify the overall risk of diverticulosis in the development of interval cancers and examine this association in relevant subg...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Cooper GS,Xu F,Schluchter MD,Koroukian SM,Barnholtz Sloan JS

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on performance characteristics of flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) between age groups are limited. This study evaluates screening FS in subjects > or = 75 years of age (elderly) compared with ages 50-74 years (general screening population). Data were collected on patient characteristics, insertion depth, procedural di...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Pabby A,Suneja A,Heeren T,Farraye FA

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heat shock protein 70-2 (HSP70-2) has a cytoprotective role in various conditions and also protects the gastric mucosa. Recently, polymorphism of HSP70-2 at position 1267 was suggested to be associated with carcinogenesis. We investigated the association of this polymorphism with the risk of gastric cancer i...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Shibata T,Arisawa T,Tahara T,Yoshioka D,Maruyama N,Fujita H,Kamiya Y,Nakamura M,Nagasaka M,Iwata M,Takahama K,Watanabe M,Hirata I,Nakano H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To ascertain how elevation of the head of the bed, bethanechol, and antacid foam tablets affect gastroesophageal reflux, we used prolonged intraesophageal pH monitoring in 55 symptomatic patients. Acid exposure was separated into reflux frequency and esophageal acid clearance time and recorded during the day in the up...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Johnson LF,DeMeester TR

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The lactulose breath test (LBT) and gastroenterocolonic scintigraphy (GECS) can both be used to measure orocecal transit time (OCTT). The aims of this study were (1) to measure OCTT by LBT and GECS and (2) to determine whether lactulose alters orocecal transit. METHODS:Eight normal subjects underwent simult...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Miller MA,Parkman HP,Urbain JL,Brown KL,Donahue DJ,Knight LC,Maurer AH,Fisher RS

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To date, there are no studies reporting an association between vitamin D and Barrett's esophagus (BE), the precursor for esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). AIMS:Our aim was to study the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels and prevalence and incidence of dysplasia/EAC in BE. METHODS...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Thota PN,Kistangari G,Singh P,Cummings L,Hajifathalian K,Lopez R,Sanaka MR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The practice of following benign-appearing gastric ulcers until healing was critically evaluated in a retrospective manner by reviewing all gastric ulcers that were followed with serial endoscopy and all gastric cancers diagnosed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The stated purpose of following ulcers to hea...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Pruitt RE,Truss CD

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ESD allows higher rates of en-bloc and R0 resections, but has occasionally complications such as aspiration pneumonia. Factors associated with aspiration pneumonia are not completely understood. AIMS:To analyze the relationship between aspiration pneumonia and preoperative factors including pulmonary functi...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Matsumi A,Takenaka R,Ando C,Sato Y,Takei K,Yasutomi E,Okanoue S,Oka S,Kawai D,Kataoka J,Takemoto K,Tsugeno H,Fujiki S,Kawahara Y

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Readmission for achalasia treatment is associated with significant morbidity and cost. Factors predictive of readmission would be useful in identifying patients at risk. METHODS:We performed a retrospective study using the Nationwide Readmission Database for the year 2016 and 2017. We collected data on ho...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Gupta K,Khan A,Chalhoub J,Groudan K,Desilets D

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In conscious dogs with gastric and duodenal Thomas fistulas, we studied the effect of ethanol on plasma concentrations of gastrin. Ethanol was given either as an infusion into a peripheral vein (1.95 M, 200 ml/hr) or into the duodenum (0.95 M, 400 ml/hr) or as an intragastric bolus injection. The effect of the intraga...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Eysselein VE,Singer MV,Wentz H,Goebell H

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs on ulcerogenesis and gastric secretion were evaluated in a pylorus-ligated rat model. Oral administration of salicylate (50 mg/kg), aspirin (50 mg/kg), and indomethacin (3.5 mg/kg) significantly increased ulcerogenesis over the basal value by six- to sevenfold, but ib...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Wagner KA,Nandi J,King RL,Levine RA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis who represent higher than normal surgical risks may be the most suitable candidates for medical dissolution of gallstones. Chenodeoxycholic acid was given to 97 patients in a dosage of 15 mg/kg of body weight per day for a period of two years. Complete gallstone dissolution occ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Tangedahl T,Carey WD,Ferguson DR,Forsythe S,Williams M,Paradis K,Hightower NC

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inadequate vegetable intake appears to increase colon cancer risk. Since genetic variation in taste influences vegetable preference, we tested associations between bitterness of 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP), a measure of taste genetics, and number of colonic polyps, a measure of colon cancer risk, in 251 men who underw...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Basson MD,Bartoshuk LM,Dichello SZ,Panzini L,Weiffenbach JM,Duffy VB

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to investigate the effect of ingestion of 80 g Vivonex on gallbladder volume, plasma cholecystokinin (CCK), and pancreatic polypeptide (PP) in eight healthy volunteers and to compare the results with those obtained after ingestion of 60 ml corn oil. Gallbladder volumes were measured by ultras...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Hopman WP,de Jong AJ,Rosenbusch G,Jansen JB,Lamers CB

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data would limit indications for serum CEA measurement primarily to follow-up of resected colonic malignancy, yet physician attitude and usage patterns may lag far behind current findings. This discrepancy was investigated at our institution, where more than 1100 CEAs costing $71,000 are ordered each year. Of 4...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Vest SL,Roche JK

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Recent evidence suggests that psychological factors may affect esophageal as well as intestinal motility. To study this further, we compared the psychological profiles of 20 irritable bowel patients and 20 patients with recurrent noncardiac chest pain associated with high-amplitude peristaltic contractions i...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Richter JE,Obrecht WF,Bradley LA,Young LD,Anderson KO

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the pathogenic mechanisms of inflammatory bowel diseases are not fully understood, colonic microbiota may affect the induction of colonic inflammation, and some probiotics and prebiotics have been reported to suppress colitis. The inhibitory effects of brown rice fermented by Aspergillus oryzae (FBRA), a fibe...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Kataoka K,Ogasa S,Kuwahara T,Bando Y,Hagiwara M,Arimochi H,Nakanishi S,Iwasaki T,Ohnishi Y

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old male who developed a pancreatic pseudocyst during the active phase of polyarteritis nodosa is described. Cytotoxic therapy with cyclophosphamide and prednisolone was unable to control the manifestation of this disease, and he required percutaneous drainage of the pseudocyst. The drainage resulted in com...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ghosh AK,Sakhuja V,Malik N,Kathuria P,Chugh KS

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00