Serum pepsinogen and gastrin levels in HIV-positive patients: relationship with CD4+ cell count and Helicobacter pylori infection.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accuracy of intraepithelial lymphocytes counts for diagnosing mild enteropathy coeliac disease in absence of villous atrophy can be limited by inappropriate controls included in the studies. AIM:To determine the diagnostic accuracy of intraepithelial lymphocytes counts utilising controls lacking HLA coeliac...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Pellegrino S,Villanacci V,Sansotta N,Scarfì R,Bassotti G,Vieni G,Princiotta A,Sferlazzas C,Magazzù G,Tuccari G

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Th2 allergic pathway in eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE) responds to food antigen exposure. AIM:To compare the presence and temporal pattern of food antigen penetration in oesophageal mucosa in active and inactive EoE and controls METHODS: Thirty-two patients with EoE (20 active) and 10 controls were ask...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Ravi A,Marietta EV,Alexander JA,Peterson K,Lavey C,Geno DM,Murray JA,Katzka DA

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bacteria have been implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. Helicobacter species have been shown to cause colitis in animal models and have been identified in human diarrhoeal illness and Crohn's disease. AIM:To determine whether Helicobacter species are present in human inflammatory bo...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Bell SJ,Chisholm SA,Owen RJ,Borriello SP,Kamm MA

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a lack of evidence for the efficacy of preventive medications for peptic ulcers (PUs) among long-term users of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in Japan. AIM:To estimate the preventive effect by normal dose, not high-dose histamine-H2 receptor antagonists (H2RA) for NSAID-induced ulce...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Miyake K,Ueki N,Suzuki K,Shinji Y,Kusunoki M,Hiratsuka T,Nishigaki H,Tatsuguchi A,Futagami S,Wada K,Tsukui T,Nakajima A,Yoshino S,Sakamoto C

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients with active uncomplicated Crohn's disease, who were resistant to or intolerant of conventional treatment, were treated for 6 weeks with oral cyclosporin (mean dose 8.2 mg kg-1 day-1). Seven of the eight patients responded to treatment with cyclosporin by symptomatic improvement, weight gain and a return...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Allison MC,Pounder RE

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In vitro studies have shown that pH is an important determinant of mucus structure and function, but the relationship in vivo is unclear. Omeprazole increases intragastric pH and also allows bacterial overgrowth. In this study we have assessed the effect of omeprazole on gastric juice viscosity and examined ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Goddard AF,Spiller RC

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent evidence found probiotics could inhibit Helicobacter pylori colonization from both in vitro and in vivo studies. AIM:To systematically evaluate whether adding probiotics to anti-H. pylori regimens could improve eradication rates and reduce side effects during anti-H. pylori treatment. METHODS:Eligib...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Tong JL,Ran ZH,Shen J,Zhang CX,Xiao SD

更新日期：2007-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome were investigated: 8 without, and 5 with, previous gastric surgery. After 7-34 months of treatment with famotidine, 8 out of 13 patients were resistant to this drug. Omeprazole 60 mg/day was administered to these 8 patients; after one month, the dose was reduced to 40 ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Corleto V,Annibale B,D'Ambra G,Saggioro A,Ferrua B,Cassetta MR,Delle Fave G

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 20% of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) patients with concomitant inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have Crohn's disease (CD). AIM:To compare PSC/CD with other PSC patients. METHODS:Retrospective study of 240 PSC patients diagnosed between 1975 and 2012 (median follow-up 12 years). Activit...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Fevery J,Van Steenbergen W,Van Pelt J,Laleman W,Hoffman I,Geboes K,Vermeire S,Nevens F

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with reflux disease often complain of heartburn after ingestion of coffee. Induction of gastro-oesophageal reflux has been demonstrated by pH-metry following the intake of coffee in healthy volunteers. The reflux was reduced when the coffee had undergone a decaffeination process. The aim of this stu...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Pehl C,Pfeiffer A,Wendl B,Kaess H

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis follow-up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is performed by many centres, particularly for the early detection of biliary malignancies and strictures. Clinically meaningful MRI-based definitions of primary ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Zenouzi R,Liwinski T,Yamamura J,Weiler-Normann C,Sebode M,Keller S,Lohse AW,Schramm C,International PSC Study Group (IPSCSG).

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are potent inhibitors of gastric acid secretion and give hypergastrinemia secondary to gastric hypoacidity. PPI treatment therefore induces enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cell hyperplasia. Long-term hypergastrinemia in rodents and man also leads to ECL cell neoplasia. Whether long-...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Jianu CS,Fossmark R,Viset T,Qvigstad G,Sørdal O,Mårvik R,Waldum HL

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether adherence to prescribing standards has been achieved in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). AIM:To determine how prescribing of 5-aminosalicylates (5-ASAs), steroids and thiopurines has changed in response to emerging evidence. METHODS:We examined trends in oral and topical therapies in...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Chhaya V,Saxena S,Cecil E,Subramanian V,Curcin V,Majeed A,Pollok RC

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Comparative long-term efficacy of entecavir (ETV) and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) for prevention of disease progression to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) among high-risk patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB)-related compensated cirrhosis is controversial. AIMS:To compare the long-term efficacy of ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Hu TH,Yueh-Hsia Chiu S,Tseng PL,Chen CH,Lu SN,Wang JH,Hung CH,Kee KM,Lin MT,Chang KC,Lin MC,Chien RN

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) is characterised by subtle neurocognitive deficits without overt clinical manifestations. Although several trials have individually evaluated the role of prebiotics, probiotics and synbiotics, there is yet no consensus on the management of MHE. AIM:To estimate the effica...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Shukla S,Shukla A,Mehboob S,Guha S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Butyrate, propionate and acetate are short chain fatty acids (SCFA), important for maintaining a healthy colon and are considered as protective in colorectal carcinogenesis. However, they may also regulate immune responses and the composition of the intestinal microbiota. Consequently, their importance in a ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Gill PA,van Zelm MC,Muir JG,Gibson PR

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and twenty-five patients with duodenal ulcer disease were given continuous ranitidine therapy after initial acute healing. Cumulative remission rates indicated that 95% of patients were ulcer-free after 1 year, 89% at 2 years, 81% at 3 years, 70% at 4 years and 60% at 5 and 6 years. Nine patients had a sec...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Simon B,Schütz E,Müller P,Dixon JS

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether a 5-day regimen with rabeprazole, clarithromycin and amoxicillin (RCA) was as effective as a 7-day regimen. METHODS:A total of 139 H. pylori-infected patients were randomized to receive either a 5-day or 7-day course of rabeprazole 10 mg b.d., clarithromycin 400 mg b.d. and amoxicillin 750 mg ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Isomoto H,Furusu H,Morikawa T,Mizuta Y,Nishiyama T,Omagari K,Murase K,Inoue K,Murata I,Kohno S

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug development in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is limited by disease heterogeneity, with hepatic reserve being a major source of variation in survival outcomes. The albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) grade is a validated index of liver function in patients with HCC. AIM:To test the accuracy of the ALBI grade in p...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Pinato DJ,Yen C,Bettinger D,Ramaswami R,Arizumi T,Ward C,Pirisi M,Burlone ME,Thimme R,Kudo M,Sharma R

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Helicobacter pylori infection is a major cause of the progress of gastric glandular atrophy, a high-risk background factor in the development of gastric cancer. Regression of gastric atrophy is critical to prevention of cancer by H. pylori eradication treatment. However, it is controversial whether gastric a...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Sugiyama T,Sakaki N,Kozawa H,Sato R,Fujioka T,Satoh K,Sugano K,Sekine H,Takagi A,Ajioka Y,Takizawa T,H. Pylori Forum Gastritis Study Group.

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-ulcer agents exert various functional effects on gastric epithelial cells. AIM:The effects of a novel gastro-cytoprotective agent (rebamipide) on epithelial restoration following bile acid damage were assessed using primary cultured rabbit gastric epithelial cells. METHODS:Rebamipide was added to comp...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Watanabe S,Wang XE,Hirose M,Yoshizawa T,Iwazaki R,Oide H,Kitamura T,Miwa H,Miyazaki A,Sato N

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Summary In patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, the pH of refluxed gastric contents has a direct bearing on disease severity and oesophageal damage. A pH of 4 has been defined as a threshold below which refluxed gastric contents become injurious to the oesophagus. Studies in patients with erosive oesophagi...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Armstrong D

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The duration of Helicobacter pylori eradication regimens has decreased to 1 week with cure rates of over 90%. This can be attributed to the use of triple drug regimens including potent inhibitors of gastric acid secretion and clarithromycin. There is no theoretical reason why shorter regimens should not be p...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Grimley CE,Penny A,O'sullivan M,Shebani M,Lismore JR,Cross R,Illing RC,Loft DE,Nwokolo CU

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Regulatory requirements for claims of mucosal healing in ulcerative colitis (UC) will require demonstration of both endoscopic and histologic healing. Quantifying these rates is essential for future drug development. AIMS:To meta-analyse endoscopic and histologic placebo response and remission rates in UC r...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Ma C,Guizzetti L,Panaccione R,Fedorak RN,Pai RK,Parker CE,Nguyen TM,Khanna R,Vande Casteele N,D'Haens G,Sandborn WJ,Feagan BG,Jairath V

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While current medications used to treat patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) effectively produce sustained viral response (SVR), postponement of therapy is often times attributed to patient perceptions of unfavourable outcomes. However, an instrument to assess patient perceptions of therapy (i.e. tr...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Szeinbach SL,Baran RW,Dietz B,Gazzouola Rocca L,Littlefield D,Yawn BP

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychiatric co-morbidity, in particular major depression and anxiety, is common in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Prior studies examining this may be confounded by the co-existence of functional bowel symptoms. Limited data exist examining an association between depression or...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Ananthakrishnan AN,Gainer VS,Perez RG,Cai T,Cheng SC,Savova G,Chen P,Szolovits P,Xia Z,De Jager PL,Shaw SY,Churchill S,Karlson EW,Kohane I,Perlis RH,Plenge RM,Murphy SN,Liao KP

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retrospective accounts suggest that therapeutic doses of paracetamol can produce severe hepatic injury in patients with putative high-risk conditions, including alcoholism and infectious hepatitis. Metabolism of paracetamol to its hepatotoxic metabolite is enhanced in patients who abuse alcohol, who also hav...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Dart RC,Green JL,Kuffner EK,Heard K,Sproule B,Brands B

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is an important problem in systemic sclerosis due to impaired salivation and oesophageal function. AIM:To determine the efficacy of adding ranitidine at bedtime to control nocturnal acid breakthrough (NAB) and GERD in patients with systemic sclerosis already prescrib...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Janiak P,Thumshirn M,Menne D,Fox M,Halim S,Fried M,Brühlmann P,Distler O,Schwizer W

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clostridium difficile can cause severe antibiotic-associated colitis. Conventional treatments with metronidazole and vancomycin improve symptoms, but after discontinuation of treatment, C. difficile infection (CDI) recurs in a number of patients. Rifaximin is a rifamycin-based non-systemic antibiotic that ha...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Mattila E,Arkkila P,Mattila PS,Tarkka E,Tissari P,Anttila VJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum gastrin was determined in 33 patients during treatment with the proton pump inhibitor omeprazole. After 4 weeks of therapy, gastrin levels increased to a median of 55 pg/ml compared to 15 pg/ml prior to omeprazole (P less than 0.001). There was a close correlation (r = 0.939; P less than 0.001) between pre-treat...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Koop H,Klein M,Arnold R

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00