Primary biliary cirrhosis and idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: a rare association.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is a leading cause of liver fibrosis. OBJECTIVE:To compare utility of liver transient elastography, AST-to-platelet ratio index (APRI), fibrosis-4 index (FIB4), Forns Index and Goteborg University cirrhosis index (GUCI) in predicting fibrosis stage assessed by liver biopsy in Egypt...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Abdelsameea E,Alsebaey A,Abdel-Razek W,Ehsan N,Morad W,Salama M,Waked I

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hereditary angioneurotic oedema (HAE) is a rare cause of ascites. As acute abdominal attacks of the disease can mimic surgical emergencies, prompt and accurate diagnosis is essential. This study was undertaken to evaluate the usefulness of serial abdominal ultrasound (US) examinations. PATIENTS AND METHODS:...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Farkas H,Harmat G,Kaposi PN,Karádi I,Fekete B,Füst G,Fáy K,Vass A,Varga L

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents an overview of the essential nature of hypnosis as it is studied and practised today. Some theoretical controversies are mentioned and historical antecedents are briefly summarized. An overview is then presented of the ways in which hypnosis is applied therapeutically. It is concluded that although...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Heap M

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To ascertain whether therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for benign biliary disease in frail elderly patients with comorbid conditions can be safely undertaken in a district general hospital, and whether the procedure is facilitated by the use of short-acting general an...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Cocking JB,Ferguson A,Mukherjee SK,Giancola G

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hypothesis about the inflammatory etiopathogeny mediated by astroglia of hepatic encephalopathy is being proposed. Three evolutive phases are considered in chronic hepatic encephalopathy: an immediate or nervous phase with ischemia-reperfusion, which is associated with reperfusion injury, edema and oxidative stress;...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Arias JL,Aller MA,Sánchez-Patan F,Arias J

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer affects annually more than 800,000 individuals worldwide and remains a challenge for clinicians and oncologists. Most patients with gastric cancer are diagnosed in advanced stages, when a curative resection is impossible, which leads to an overall poor prognosis. Finding new diagnostic and treatment pro...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Ebert MP,Röcken C

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As life expectancy rises worldwide and the prevalence of gallstones increases with age, the number of very elderly patients requiring treatment for gallstone diseases is increasing. The aim of this study was to compare the results of cholecystectomy in patients 80 years or older according to different clinic...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Lupinacci RM,Nadal LR,Rego RE,Dias AR,Marcari RS,Lupinacci RA,Farah JF

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a patient with Crohn's disease and who presented 4 days after a percutaneous liver biopsy with haematochezia suggestive of an exacerbation of his inflammatory bowel disease is described. Subsequent abdominal ultrasonography revealed free fluid in the peritoneal cavity and around the gallbladder. Haemobilia...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Hodgson RS,Taylor-Robinson SD,Jackson JE

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a case of recurrent variceal bleeding from gastric varices, which was treated with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) and Histoacryl injection into the gastric varices. Furthermore, the patient had a small patent foramen ovale without a right-to-left shunt. After the intervention, the pa...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Appenrodt B,Schepke M,Kuntz-Hehner S,Schmiedel A,Sauerbruch T

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Pancreatitis and hyperamylasaemia are common complications of ERCP and this study was designed to explain which operative and patient factors predispose to them. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A 1 year prospective study of consecutive patients in a single operator centre with detailed attention to technical f...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Dickinson RJ,Davies S

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune pancreatitis is a clinical entity with many different clinical and biological characteristics that make diagnosis difficult. Sensitive and specific pancreatic antibodies are still lacking to assess the diagnosis as is the availability of interpretable pathological specimens. However, suggestive features con...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Sahel J,Barthet M,Gasmi M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Studies have suggested that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) appears to be more serious in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. This meta-analysis was conducted to explore the relationship between gastrointestinal symptoms and the severity of COVID-19. METHODS:We searched PubMed, Web of Science, Scien...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Zeng W,Qi K,Ye M,Zheng L,Liu X,Hu S,Zhang W,Tang W,Xu J,Yu D,Wei Y

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aetiology of ulcerative colitis (UC) is largely unknown, although it is plausible that dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) may be protective. Metabolites derived from n-3 PUFAs are less proinflammatory than those from n-6 PUFAs. Earlier, no prospective cohort studies have investigated this hy...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： John S,Luben R,Shrestha SS,Welch A,Khaw KT,Hart AR

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old woman was hospitalized with a 5-week history of abdominal discomfort, change in bowel habits, and weight loss. Colonoscopy showed a protruded tumor of the sigmoid colon first diagnosed as undifferentiated carcinoma. Surgical resection of the sigmoid colon was performed. Histological examination of the su...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Gurzu S,Szentirmay Z,Bara T,Bara T Jr,Iurcsuk O,Jung I

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old man had a liver resection for a bilobar mass thought to be, by imaging techniques, an hepatocellular carcinoma. He had been treated for the last 12 years by venesections for genetic haemochromatosis complicated by well-compensated cirrhosis. At surgery, prothrombin time and platelet count were normal, as...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Blanc JF,Bernard PH,Carles J,Le Bail B,Balabaud C,Bioulac-Sage P

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening colonoscopy is less effective in preventing proximal colon cancers than distal colon cancers. A repeat examination of the right side of the colon may increase the lesion detection. The study aimed to assess the results of a second examination of the right side of the colon with forward-view or retr...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Ai X,Qiao W,Han Z,Tan W,Bai Y,Liu S,Zhi F

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The role of thyroid function in the portal hypertension development and prognosis remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between serum-free triiodothyronine (fT3) levels and the outcomes of cirrhotic portal hypertension. METHODS:A total of 385 cirrhotic patients with confi...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Huang X,Jiang S,Fan X,Jiang Y,Wu L,Li F,Wang J,Chen S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The factors associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment uptake and responses were assessed among HCV/HIV co-infected individuals referred for HCV therapy at an urban HIV clinic. METHODS:Retrospective review of HIV/HCV patients enrolled in the HCV treatment program at the John Ruedy Immunodeficiency Cl...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Murray MC,Barrios R,Zhang W,Hull M,Montessori V,Hogg RS,Montaner JS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, the role of chemotherapy in the palliative treatment of advanced gastrointestinal cancer is discussed. Emphasis is placed on chemotherapy-related problems, current chemo-therapy options, and new developments. ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： van Riel JM,van Groeningen CJ

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Technical feasibility and safety of portal vein (PV) and superior mesenteric vein (SMV) resection during pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) for cancer has been confirmed, but oncological benefits remain unclear. The present study aimed to explore the long-term outcomes of PD with PV/SMV resection and proven histol...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Martin D,Petermann D,Fontanella S,Pu Y,Halkic N,Demartines N,Schäfer M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a slow but steady improvement in the results of treatment for exocrine pancreatic cancer in the last decade. One obstacle to further improvement has been lack of standardization for reporting of results, from classification to surgery and follow-up. This four-day symposium was organized in order to brid...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Löhr M,Andrén-Sandberg A

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Next to its role as a carrier protein for vitamin D and its plasma metabolites, the primary function of vitamin D-binding protein (DBP; Gc-globulin) is to serve and to bind and neutralize extracellular monomeric actin (G-actin) released from necrotic cells, which in its long filamentous form (F-actin...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Gressner OA,Gao C,Siluschek M,Kim P,Gressner AM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the therapeutic effect of oral tolerance and nasal tolerance singly and in combination with mucosal adjuvant on experimental colitis in rats. METHODS:Rat models were established using trinitrobenzenesulphonic acid enemas. Ovalbumin was used as inducing antigen and lipopolysaccharide as adjuvant. C...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Shan-Shan Z,Yu-Lan L

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing amount of evidence indicates that the intestinal flora plays a pathogenic role in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): hence, the use of anti-bacterial agents as ancillary treatment in patients with ulcerative colitis, or Crohn's disease. While the results with anti-tubercular agents remain inconclusive, antibi...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Guslandi M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the clinical and prognostic value of the monoethyl glycine xylidide (MEGX) test in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) in comparison with the Mayo score (Mayo). DESIGN:A prospective study. METHODS:MEGX determinations at enrolment were compared to the Mayo score as well as to convention...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Gindro T,Arrigoni A,Martinasso G,Rosina F,Perardi S,Cappello N,Benedetti P,Actis GC,Verme G,Rizzetto M

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellosis is a zoonosis with a worldwide distribution, and still endemic in Greece. Although hepatic involvement is common, cholecystitis and hepatic abscesses represent rare complications of the disease. Hematological manifestations of brucellosis include various abnormalities such as anemia and leucopenia, but the...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Starakis I,Polyzogopoulou E,Siagris D,Mazokopakis E,Gogos CA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage (LGIH) has traditionally been defined as bleeding that occurs distal to the ligament of Treitz. More recently, however, it has been subdivided into mid-intestinal (small bowel) hemorrhage and bleeding that originates from the colon. Acute LGIH has diverse etiologies, is a freque...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Das A,Wong RC

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients with positive fecal occult blood test and unrevealing colonoscopy are often advised to undergo esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (EGD) to exclude a bleeding source in the upper gastrointestinal tract. In this study, we evaluated EGD findings in patients with positive immunochemical fecal occult blood tes...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Levi Z,Vilkin A,Niv Y

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Barrett's epithelium is a premalignant condition in which endoscopic surveillance is recommended but remains contentious. AIM:To audit our Barrett's epithelium surveillance database and to calculate the incidence and natural history of dysplasia and cancer in this cohort. METHODS:A retrospective analysis o...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Basu KK,Pick B,de Caestecker JS

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on chromosome 9 and p16 (MTS1/CDKN2) gene mutations have been reported in various human cancers. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of LOH in 100 oesophageal squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs) by typing microsatellite loci and mutations of the p16 gene. The methods used incl...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Giroux MA,Audrezet MP,Metges JP,Lozac'h P,Volant A,Nousbaum JB,Labat JP,Gouérou H,Ferec C,Robaszkiewicz M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00