The wide spectrum of steatohepatitis: a report of four cases and a review of the literature.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Correa's hypothesis proposes that gastric carcinogenesis is due to atrophic gastritis and hypochlorhydria which permit gastric bacterial colonization, the reduction of dietary nitrates to nitrites and the formation of potentially carcinogenic N-nitroso compounds (NOCs). OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Viani F,Siegrist HH,Pignatelli B,Cederberg C,Idström JP,Verdu EF,Fried M,Blum AL,Armstrong D

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:α-Fetoprotein (AFP) is used widely as a serological marker for hepatocellular carcinoma. However, the AFP value is elevated in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients without hepatocellular carcinoma. Yet, data on the impact of direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) therapy on AFP levels after viral eradicat...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Fouad R,Elsharkawy A,Abdel Alem S,El Kassas M,Alboraie M,Sweedy A,Afify S,Abdellatif Z,Khairy M,Esmat G

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the accuracy of the determination of Helicobacter pylori infection by a stool immunoassay in patients with upper-gastrointestinal bleeding (UGB) of peptic origin, in comparison with the routine histological study, serology, rapid urease and 13C-breath tests. METHODS:Sixty-eight patients with endosc...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Griñó P,Pascual S,Such J,Casellas JA,Niveiro M,Andreu M,Sáez J,Aparicio JR,Griñó E,Compañy L,Laveda R,Pérez-Mateo M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recently, we often encounter hepatocellular carcinoma patients with bone metastases. We therefore examined the changes in the incidence of bone metastases in hepatocellular carcinoma from 1978 to 1997 and tried to identify the characteristic clinical features. We also discuss the reasons for the increased in...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Fukutomi M,Yokota M,Chuman H,Harada H,Zaitsu Y,Funakoshi A,Wakasugi H,Iguchi H

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aims of this study were to investigate the expression of cyclooxygenase-1 and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-1 and COX-2) in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) by immunohistochemistry, based on the hypothesis that COXs expression could vary according to genotype, viral load, liver steatosis, BMI and response to therapy an...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Giannitrapani L,Soresi M,Ingrao S,La Spada E,Vuturo O,Florena AM,Cervello M,Montalto G

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in the treatment of the respiratory complications of cystic fibrosis, including the availability of lung transplantation have led to a greater awareness of the manifestations of liver disease in up to 40% of patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). We report the case of an 18 year old female with CF who presented ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Kelleher T,Staunton M,O'Mahony S,McCormick PA

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improved technology and new clinical methods have expanded the possibilities of using ultrasound in the daily routine of gastroenterology. Gastrointestinal ultrasonography can, in principle, be applied in two different ways in patient management. It can be used as one imaging modality among others, for which the clini...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Gilja OH,Hausken T,Ødegaard S,Berstad A

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a young woman with Crohn's disease of the bowel who presented with a purulent tracheobronchitis and life-threatening upper airway obstruction. Fibreoptic bronchoscopy demonstrated severe tracheal and upper bronchial pseudotumours and stenosis. The role of recent discontinuation of corticosteroids...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Henry MT,Davidson LA,Cooke NJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the number of ulcerative colitis patients has increased rapidly in Japan, few reports have been published regarding their clinical aspects. We investigated the clinical characteristics and chronological change of ulcerative colitis in Japanese patients. METHODS:Patients diagnosed with ulcerative co...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Fujimoto T,Kato J,Nasu J,Kuriyama M,Okada H,Yamamoto H,Mizuno M,Shiratori Y,Japan West Ulcerative Colitis (JWUC) Study Group.

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nitazoxanide, approved for the treatment of Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia, was found to inhibit hepatitis C virus replication. AIM:The aim of this study was to assess the impact of nitazoxanide as an add-on therapy to pegylated interferon α-2a and ribavirin on sustained virologic response (SVR)...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Kohla MA,El-Said H,El-Fert A,Ehsan N,Ezzat S,Taha H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:End-stage liver disease and its related complications exert a huge disease burden and reduce the survival rates of many patients. Albumin administration for patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis has been a controversial topic of discussion. The aim of this study is to investigate whether albumin reduces the mort...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Ashour AA,Atta MA,Sadek KW,Obaid KR,Ashour MA,Ashour A,Danjuma MI,Doi SA,ElZouki AN

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Liver cirrhosis is considered as a premalignant state, as about 80% of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is associated with liver cirrhosis. Although alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) has a high negative predictive value, its sensitivity for detecting HCC is poor. The aim of this study was to evaluate circulating endoglin...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Yagmur E,Rizk M,Stanzel S,Hellerbrand C,Lammert F,Trautwein C,Wasmuth HE,Gressner AM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stenosis of inferior vena cava can be a cause of or a consequence of Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS). However, its occurrence after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) insertion has only been twice reported. We report the case of a 23-year-old man who presented BCS of the three suprahepatic veins. The caus...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Vergniol J,Laharie D,Drouillard J,Etienne G,Pigneux A,Plessier A,Couzigou P,de Lédinghen V

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) are widely used by patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Few data have been published on the impact of CAM on the quality of life (QOL). AIMS:The aim of the study was to describe CAM use in French patients with IBD, identify characteristics associated ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Abitbol V,Lahmek P,Buisson A,Olympie A,Poupardin C,Chaussade S,Lesgourgues B,Nahon S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the prevalence of heterotopic gastric mucosa in the upper oesophagus (inlet patch) and the factors that may influence its finding. To study its macroscopic and microscopic characteristics and its relationship with symptoms and oesophago-gastroduodenal diseases. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study was carri...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Maconi G,Pace F,Vago L,Carsana L,Bargiggia S,Bianchi Porro G

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we report two cases of inverted hyperplastic polyps of the colon. The first patient showed three inverted hyperplastic polyps in the ascending colon, one of which was associated with adenoma. We immunostained this adenoma-associated polyp using anti-beta-catenin antibody and found accumulation of beta-catenin in ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Kuribayashi K,Ishii T,Ishidate T,Ban N,Hirata Y,Hashida H,Saito K,Iwashiro N,Ohara M,Ishizaka M,Azumad M,Hayashi T,Takayama T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute liver failure arises from an imbalance between liver cell death and regeneration. The severity of the insult determines whether liver cells die by apoptosis or necrosis, and this in turn affects the magnitude of the inflammatory reaction. Liver cell death occurs through complex cellular interactions and is media...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Thomson RK,Arthur MJ

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis is the most common, potentially lethal genetic defect in the Caucasian population. During recent years it has been increasingly associated with a number of hepatic and biliary abnormalities, of which chronic cholestatic liver disease is by far the most relevant. Plugging of intrahepatic bile ducts with...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Colombo C,Battezzati PM

更新日期：1996-08-01 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 AND AIMS:Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction has been reported in patients with liver cirrhosis. Although conventional Doppler echocardiography has been used to assess diastolic filling dynamics, this technique is limited in diagnosing left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. The aim of the study was to va...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Raedle-Hurst TM,Welsch C,Forestier N,Kronenberger B,Hess G,Herrmann E,Zeuzem S,Raedle J

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Recently, the Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Disability Index (IBD-DI) was developed to assess disability in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Our aim was to validate the Portuguese version of IBD-DI according to the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of the health Measurement INstruments (COSMI...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Soares JB,Pereira R,Costa JM,Arroja B,Gonçalves R

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Liver transplant recipients are often screened for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis during the immediate preoperative evaluation to determine medical fitness to proceed. However, it is unknown whether subclinical spontaneous bacterial peritonitis impacts on post-transplant outcomes. Our aim was to determine...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： McDonald DP,Leithead JA,Gunson BK,Ferguson JW

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Liver biopsy is considered as the gold standard for assessing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) histologic lesions in patients with morbid obesity. The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic utility of noninvasive markers of fibrosis (FibroTest), steatosis (SteatoTest), and steatohepatitis ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Lassailly G,Caiazzo R,Hollebecque A,Buob D,Leteurtre E,Arnalsteen L,Louvet A,Pigeyre M,Raverdy V,Verkindt H,Six MF,Eberle C,Patrice A,Dharancy S,Romon M,Pattou F,Mathurin P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：DESIGN AND METHODS:In order to evaluate its possible role in the pathogenesis of pouchitis we measured the release, into the incubation medium of leukotriene B4 from mucosal samples from patients with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis and correlated release with clinical, endoscopic and histological features. RESULTS:Leuko...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Boerr LA,Sambuelli AM,Filinger E,Peredo H,Graziano A,Valero J,Kogan Z,Bai JC

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Antibiotic-associated diarrhoea may develop during or following Helicobacter pylori eradication. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Saccharomyces boulardii in preventing antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in patients receiving antibiotics for H. pylori eradication. METHODS:In a multicentre...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Duman DG,Bor S,Ozütemiz O,Sahin T,Oğuz D,Iştan F,Vural T,Sandkci M,Işksal F,Simşek I,Soytürk M,Arslan S,Sivri B,Soykan I,Temizkan A,Beşşk F,Kaymakoğlu S,Kalayc C

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a severe and frequent complication of liver cirrhosis characterized by abnormal cerebral function. Little is known about the underlying neural mechanisms in HE and human data are sparse. Electrophysiological methods such as evoked brain potentials after somatic stimuli ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Blauenfeldt RA,Olesen SS,Hansen JB,Graversen C,Drewes AM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the role of brain electrical activity mapping (BEAM) in the assessment of neuropsychiatric disturbances in 48 cirrhotic patients without clinical evidence of hepatic encephalopathy (no HE, n = 19), with subclinical HE (grade 0, denoting pathological psychometric tests, n = 13) and mild-to-moderate HE (grade...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Kullmann F,Hollerbach S,Lock G,Holstege A,Dierks T,Schölmerich J

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Previous studies have found a differential expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) in the blood of patients with Crohn's disease (CD) compared with healthy controls. The aim of this study was to identify circulating miRNAs expressed in CD and assess their performance as biomarkers in patients with clinically suspect...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Jensen MD,Andersen RF,Christensen H,Nathan T,Kjeldsen J,Madsen JS

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We have shown that the introduction of a carbon urea breath test (13C-UBT) service for Helicobacter pylori screening and eradication is effective in reducing the rate of open access endoscopy referrals in patients aged < 40 years in the short term. This has been substantiated by several randomized controll...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Sreedharan A,Clough M,Hemingbrough E,Gatta L,Chalmers DM,Axon AT,Moayyedi P

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00