Brachiocephalic vein thrombosis associated with Crohn's disease.

abstract：:Preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) has been thought to be preferable regardless of the site of biliary strictures, e.g., distal or proximal strictures because PBD by endoscopy or interventional radiology decreases postoperative mortality and morbidity rates. However, recently, several studies have revealed that PBD s...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Umeda J,Itoi T

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Styrene-maleic acid neocarzinostatin (SMANCS) sometimes causes hepatic vascular side effects, including arterial stricture, obstruction, and arterio-portal shunt. A total of 128 intra-arterial SMANCS injection treatments, performed for 89 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, were analyzed to determine the relations...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ikeda K,Saitoh S,Kobayashi M,Suzuki Y,Suzuki F,Tsubota A,Arase Y,Chayama K,Murashima N,Kumada H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It remains unknown whether the Rome III criteria can exclude organic colonic lesions prior to the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). We evaluated the colonoscopy results of patients meeting the Rome III criteria for the diagnosis of IBS to determine the presence of organic colonic lesions. METHODS...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ishihara S,Yashima K,Kushiyama Y,Izumi A,Kawashima K,Fujishiro H,Kojo H,Komazawa Y,Hamamoto T,Yamamoto T,Sasaki Y,Shimizu T,Okamoto E,Yoshimura T,Furuta K,Noguchi N,Tanaka H,Murawaki Y,Kinoshita Y

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Catechin, a polyphenol contained in tea (a cup of tea contains approximately 0.1% [w/v] catechin), has various physiological effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanism of the inhibitory effect of catechin on gastric mucosal lesions. METHODS:We studied the effect of catechin on gastric m...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sato H,Matsui T,Arakawa Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common causes of cancer mortality, early-stage detection improves survival rates dramatically. Because cancer impacts important metabolic pathways, the alteration of metabolite levels as a potential biomarker of early-stage cancer has been the focus of many...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Uchiyama K,Yagi N,Mizushima K,Higashimura Y,Hirai Y,Okayama T,Yoshida N,Katada K,Kamada K,Handa O,Ishikawa T,Takagi T,Konishi H,Kuriu Y,Nakanishi M,Otsuji E,Itoh Y,Naito Y

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correlation between therapeutic response and liver fibrogenesis was studied in serum and liver specimens taken from 31 patients treated with alpha-interferon (IFN) (14 sustained responders and 17 non-responders) for chronic hepatitis C. Serum samples, collected before therapy, and at further 6-month intervals over...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fabris P,Marranconi F,Bozzola L,Biasin MR,De Lazzari F,Plebani M,Benedetti P,Tositti G,Pellizzer G,Stecca C,de Lalla F

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electronic endoscopy, developed in 1983, enables the endoscopic image to be transmitted through electric signals that can be easily processed by computer. An electronic endoscope is composed of three vital parts, i.e., a charge-coupled device (CCD) that converts the image to electric signals, a video processor that co...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fujino MA,Morozumi A,Nakamura T,Kojima Y,Kawai T,Sato T,Kubo K,Ohtsuka H,Otaka M,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although it is less frequently encountered, mesenteric vein occlusion poses as important a problem as mesenteric artery occlusion. The energy metabolism of intestinal tissue during venous occlusion and reperfusion was studied. METHODS:Male Wistar rats were studied in four groups of 17 animals each. Intestin...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kimura M,Kataoka M,Kuwabara Y,Sato A,Sugiura M,Fujii Y

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) is caused by compression of the third part of the duodenum between the superior mesenteric artery and the aorta. It occurs most frequently in patients with rapid weight loss. METHODS:We report two young patients, who each presented with a longstanding history of po...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lippl F,Hannig C,Weiss W,Allescher HD,Classen M,Kurjak M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) plus ribavirin (RBV) therapy is the current standard of care for patients with chronic hepatitis C. Determining precisely the risk of serious adverse events (SAEs) and mortality from a single study is rather difficult because of the infrequency of such events. The aim of this s...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Minami T,Kishikawa T,Sato M,Tateishi R,Yoshida H,Koike K

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although previous studies have indicated that serum pepsinogen I levels, as well as the pepsinogen I/II ratio, were positively correlated with maximal gastric output, the relationship may be different between Helicobacter pylori-negative and -positive subjects. The aim of this study was to investigate the re...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Iijima K,Sekine H,Koike T,Imatani A,Ohara S,Shimosegawa T

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonrotation of the midgut in adults and appendiceal mucocele are both rare pathological conditions. We report here the first case of nonrotation of the midgut associated with appendiceal mucocele. The patient was a 51-year-old man admitted to hospital with ileus. An upper gastrointestinal series and a barium enema rev...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kawashima K,Ishihara S,Amano K,Hirakawa K,Adachi K,Fukuda R,Sumi S,Watanabe M,Kinoshita Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new triple therapy using a proton pump inhibitor and two antibiotics shows high efficiency against Helicobacter pylori infection. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal dose and duration of lansoprazole (LA) administration in combination with amoxicillin (AMPC) and metronidazole (MNZ). A total of 91 pati...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nishikawa K,Sugiyama T,Ishizuka J,Kudo T,Komatsu Y,Katagiri M,Sukegawa M,Kagaya H,Kudo M,Kato M,Takeda H,Toyota J,Asaka M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) partly exerts choleretic effects by modifying the function of the bile salt export pump (Bsep, ABCB11). UDCA induces insertion of Bsep into the canalicular membrane of hepatocytes; however, underlying mechanisms remain unknown. We aimed to elucidate molecular mechanisms behind UDC...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kagawa T,Orii R,Hirose S,Arase Y,Shiraishi K,Mizutani A,Tsukamoto H,Mine T

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis is the most frequent complication of ERCP. Several meta-analyses have examined the effects of protease inhibitors (gabexate mesilate, ulinastatin, and nafamostat mesilate) and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on post-ERCP pancreatiti...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yuhara H,Ogawa M,Kawaguchi Y,Igarashi M,Shimosegawa T,Mine T

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and resultant colitis occurring prior to puberty are frequently associated with delayed puberty and losses of growth and bone mineralization. Some of this delay may be due to colonic inflammation and associated systemic inflammation. To date no treatments for IBD have been sh...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Deboer MD,Steinman J,Li Y

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Percutaneous microwave ablation and radiofrequency ablation are two commonly used modalities for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma; however, comparisons of them have not been documented adequately. METHODS:Of 102 patients with biopsy-proved hepatocellular carcinoma, 49 (98 nodules) were treated perc...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lu MD,Xu HX,Xie XY,Yin XY,Chen JW,Kuang M,Xu ZF,Liu GJ,Zheng YL

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin D1 overexpression is remarkably frequent in several human carcinomas and is believed to be a critical event in oncogenesis. We examined cyclin D1 expression, p53 expression, and the Ki-67 labeling index by immunostaining in human gallbladder mucosa in conditions varying from normal to malignant tissue. We also ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Itoi T,Shinohara Y,Takeda K,Nakamura K,Takei K,Sanada J,Horibe T,Saito T,Kasuya K,Ebihara Y

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examined the association of cholelithiasis post-cholecystectomy with subsequent cancers and evaluated the risk of cancer in patients with both cholelithiasis and cholecystectomy. METHODS:The Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database was used to identify 15545 newly diagnosed cholelith...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chen YK,Yeh JH,Lin CL,Peng CL,Sung FC,Hwang IM,Kao CH

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The histopathological changes due to chronic Helicobacter pylori infection are well characterized. Nevertheless, the clinical and pathological outcomes resulting from the cure of this infection remain incompletely described. In particular, the influence of eradication of H. pylori on nonulcer dyspepsia, the long-term ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Franceschi F,Genta RM,Sepulveda AR

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contrast-enhanced echocardiography (CEE) using agitated saline can detect intrapulmonary vasodilatation (IPVD) in patients with hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS). We estimated the pulmonary transit time of erythrocytes (PTT) by CEE, using microbubbles, and studied its relationship to arterial oxygenation in chr...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Katsuta Y,Honma H,Zhang XJ,Ohsuga M,Komeichi H,Shimizu S,Katoh Y,Miura H,Satomura K,Aramaki T,Takano T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection has been found to decrease the expression of antral somatostatin and to increase the release of the acid-stimulating hormone gastrin. The reversal of these changes in gut hormones by the eradication of H. pylori, and in-vivo and in-vitro studies in animals either infected with H. pylori o...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kaneko H,Konagaya T,Kusugami K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the efficacy of the zinostatin derivative, the anti-tumor agent, styrene-maleic acid neocarzinostatin, in treating multiple small liver cancers, 29 patients with multiple hepatocellular carcinoma of 3 cm or less in diameter were treated with intraarterial injections of this high molecular weight agent, mixed...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ikeda K,Saitoh S,Suzuki Y,Tsubota A,Koida I,Kobayashi M,Arase Y,Chayama K,Murashima N,Kumada H

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adiponectin has been shown to have suppressive effects on tumor development, but the expression of adiponectin receptors in tumor tissue has not been fully elucidated. The purpose of this study was to quantitatively evaluate the expression of two adiponectin receptors, AdipoR1 and AdipoR2, in gastric cancer ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Otani K,Kitayama J,Kamei T,Soma D,Miyato H,Yamauchi T,Kadowaki T,Nagawa H

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) has been established as a special type of chronic pancreatitis. It is characterized by its histopathological and immunological features. The morphological hallmarks are periductal infiltration by lymphocytes and plasma cells, granulocytic epithelial lesions with focal dest...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Klöppel G,Sipos B,Zamboni G,Kojima M,Morohoshi T

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extremely rare case of malignant schwannoma of the esophagus with lymph node metastasis is reported. A 49-year-old woman was found to have an abnormal shadow on a chest X-ray film taken during an annual checkup. Upper gastrointestinal series showed extrinsic pressure on the middle thoracic esophagus, without a muco...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Murase K,Hino A,Ozeki Y,Karagiri Y,Onitsuka A,Sugie S

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the tumor stroma in carcinogenesis and cancer progression have been documented for a long time. However, the molecules and mechanisms involved have not been understood precisely. Recently, various mediators involved in the communication between the tumor epithelium and stroma and their roles have been reve...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Taketo MM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heartburn is a common symptom with great impact on quality of life and on the economy. An approach that helps to alleviate patients' symptoms, decrease the burden on the economy, and improve longterm outcome is needed. Step-down therapy, starting with the proton pump inhibitor lansoprazole, seems to achieve ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Abu Farsakh N

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The search is on to find more effective drug regimens for patients with severe ulcerative colitis, as conventional drugs such as sulfasalazine and its congeners fail to prevent relapse in a significant number of patients. Azathioprine has also been reported to be useful as a steroid-sparing drug in patients ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sood A,Kaushal V,Midha V,Bhatia KL,Sood N,Malhotra V

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a patient with complication of huge hepatic subcapsular hematoma after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for pancreatic lithotripsy. The hematoma measured 78-110mm. Angiography showed a subcapsular hematoma, rather than a hematoma in the liver. In the arterial phase, the distal end of the small v...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hirata N,Kushida Y,Ohguri T,Wakasugi S,Kojima T,Fujita R

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00