Irritable bowel syndrome. Still far from a positive diagnosis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The endoscopic detection of esophageal cancer is suboptimal in both patients referred with dyspeptic symptoms and those enrolled in Barrett's surveillance programs. MCM5 expression in cells collected from gastric fluid may be correlated with the presence of dysplasia or adenocarcinoma. Analysis of this bioma...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Everson M,Magee C,Alzoubaidi D,Brogden S,Graham D,Lovat LB,Novelli M,Haidry R

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays are the standard for detecting hepatitis C virus viremia. The transcription-mediated amplification (TMA)-based assay is more sensitive. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the charts of patients with a post-end of treatment (EOT) PCR-/TMA+ result to assess the clinical...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Thadani A,Harley J,Rubin J,Lebovics E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively evaluated clinical factors affecting long-term survival after treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to predict the reliability of the prognosis of patients with HCC. We analyzed 157 patients who received treatment for HCC. The prognostic index (PI) was evaluated using the Cox regression model...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Kogo M,Kano A,Kiuchi Y,Mitamura K,Yoneyama K

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food allergy, a commonly increasing problem worldwide, defined as an adverse immune response to food. A variety of immune-related effector cells such as mast cells, eosinophils, neutrophils, and T cells are involved in food-related allergic responses categorized as IgE mediated, non-IgE mediated, and mixed (IgE and no...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Manohar M,Verma AK,Upparahalli Venkateshaiah S,Goyal H,Mishra A

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile (CD) is one of the most common causes of diarrhea in solid organ transplantation (SOT). Between 1996 and 2005, a total of 2474 solid organ transplants were performed at our institution, of which 43 patients developed CD-associated diarrhea. There were 3 lung, 3 heart, 20 liver, 8 kidney-pancreas,...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Stelzmueller I,Goegele H,Biebl M,Wiesmayr S,Berger N,Tabarelli W,Ruttmann E,Albright J,Margreiter R,Fille M,Bonatti H

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) is an effective tool for diagnosing and treating obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. The aim is to describe how outcomes differ with patient setting (with DBE diagnosis and intervention, with DBE diagnosis but without intervention, and without DBE diagnosis), and thus demonstrate the va...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Lin WP,Chiu CT,Su MY,Hsu CM,Sung CM,Chen PC

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new technique for ambulatory manometry of the small intestine with digital storage of signals is presented. Postprandial motility after a 1700-kJ meal and nighttime fasting motility were recorded in 19 healthy young adults. A comprehensive statistical approach was worked out to illuminate the statistical properties ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Husebye E,Skar V,Aalen OO,Osnes M

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannitol (molecular weight 182), lactulose (342), and polyethylene glycol 400 (range 242-550) absorption was studied in 25 controls, 22 untreated celiacs, and 13 treated celiacs. Untreated celiacs absorbed less mannitol and more lactulose than controls. Absorption of higher as well as lower molecular-weight polyethyle...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ukabam SO,Cooper BT

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the problems associated with infliximab (IFX) treatment for Crohn's disease (CD) is loss of response during maintenance therapy. AIMS:The aim of this multicenter, retrospective, cohort study was to determine whether enteral nutrition (EN) added to the IFX therapy regimen is effective for maintaining ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Hirai F,Ishihara H,Yada S,Esaki M,Ohwan T,Nozaki R,Ashizuka S,Inatsu H,Ohi H,Aoyagi K,Mizuta Y,Matsumoto T,Matsui T

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) pathophysiology has not been fully understood. Abnormalities of serine proteases have been identified in IBS patients. In addition, protease-activated receptors (PAR) activation interferes with several components of the pathogenesis of IBS, so, evaluating the PAR expression in ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Zhao JH,Dong L,Shi HT,Wang ZY,Shi HY,Ding H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reflux-like dyspepsia (RLD), where predominant epigastric pain is associated with heartburn and/or regurgitation, is a common clinical syndrome in both primary and specialty care. Because symptom frequency and severity vary, overlap among gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), non-erosive reflux disease (NE...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Roorda AK,Marcus SN,Triadafilopoulos G

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare benign disease characterized by tissue eosinophilic infiltration that may involve several digestive tract layers. Also known as allergic, or eosinophilic allergic, gastroenteropathy, it usually involves the stomach and small intestine: rarely the colon. It may or may not be accom...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Méndez-Sánchez N,Chávez-Tapia NC,Vazquez-Elizondo G,Uribe M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Patients with decompensated cirrhosis are at increased risk of mortality, even in absence of ACLF. The CLIF-C AD score (CLIF-C ADs) was proposed as a prognostic score but lacks sufficient validation. Our aim was to describe clinical characteristics and hospital evolution according to score groups an...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Baldin C,Piedade J,Guimarães L,Victor L,Duarte J,Veiga Z,Alcântara C,Fernandes F,Pereira JL,Pereira G

更新日期：2021-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) recurrence after liver transplantation (LT) is universal and tends to be more aggressive. Data on post-transplant HCV genotype 4 treatment is scarce. The aim of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of pegylated interferon alpha-2a (PEG-IFN) in combination with ribavirin in ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Al-Hamoudi W,Mohamed H,Abaalkhail F,Kamel Y,Al-Masri N,Allam N,Alqahtani S,Al-Sofayan M,Khalaf H,Al-Sebayel M,Al-Jedai A,Abdo A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-eight patients with delayed gastric emptying as measured by an abnormal barium "burger" were treated with metoclopramide in a randomized, double-blind fashion. Five had diabetic gastroparesis, four had undergone vagotomy and pyloroplasty, and 19 were idiopathic. Patients received either metoclopramide or placeb...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Perkel MS,Moore C,Hersh T,Davidson ED

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low or minimal doses of aspirin are widely used for prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Aspirin is known to produce severe adverse gastrointestinal effects, such as bleeding and perforation. Less is known about the risk associated with minidose aspirin. Our aim was to assess the possible association of upper gastro...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Sapoznikov B,Vilkin A,Hershkovici M,Fishman M,Eliakim R,Niv Y

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of lymphocytic gastritis, a specific form of chronic gastritis characterized by infiltration of gastric superficial epithelium with T lymphocytes, has been established in nonulcer dyspepsia. Among a population sample of 586 patients at risk for gastric carcinoma, 0.83% of patients with nonulcer dyspepsi...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Jaskiewicz K,Price SK,Zak J,Louwrens HD

更新日期：1991-08-01 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：:We previously reported that various gastric irritants induced both apoptosis and necrosis in cultured gastric mucosal cells. In a continuation of this work, the present study has examined the effects of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), a cytoprotective factor for gastric mucosa in vivo, on gastric irritant-induced apoptosis a...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Hoshino T,Takano T,Tsutsumi S,Tomisato W,Tsuchiya T,Mizushima T

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of human disease conditions are associated with chronic intestinal disorders or enteropathies that are characterized by intestinal inflammation, increased gut permeability, and reduced capacity to absorb nutrients. Such disruptions in the homeostasis of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract can lead to symptoms of...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Petschow BW,Burnett BP,Shaw AL,Weaver EM,Klein GL

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS AND AIMS:We studied the intestinotrophic hormone glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) as a possible therapy for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)-induced intestinal ulcers. Luminal nutrients release endogenous GLP-2 from enteroendocrine L cells. Since GLP-2 is degraded by dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPI...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Inoue T,Higashiyama M,Kaji I,Rudenkyy S,Higuchi K,Guth PH,Engel E,Kaunitz JD,Akiba Y

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandins (PGs) are products of polyunsaturated acid metabolism, particularly arachidonic acid (AA) released from membrane phospholipids by the action of phospholipase A2 in response to a variety of physical, chemical, and neurohormonal factors. AA is rapidly metabolized to oxygenated products by two distinct enz...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Konturek SJ,Pawlik W

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentration and voltage dependence of Mg transport across the rat duodenum was measured in an Ussing chamber. Mucosa (m) to serosa (s) Mg flux exhibits a cellular fraction comparable to that found for Ca. Mg sm flux is purely diffusive and probably restricted to the paracellular pathway. At all concentrations betwee...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Karbach U,Schmitt A,Saner FH

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose is to describe seven cases of disseminated aseptic abscesses with regard to clinical, biological, radiological, and histological information, treatment, and outcome. Data were collected on seven Caucasian patients who had proven sterile deep abscesses diagnosed in French university hospitals. The onset of ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： André M,Aumaître O,Papo T,Kemeny JL,Vital-Durand D,Rousset H,Ninet J,Pointud P,Charlotte F,Godeau B,Schmidt J,Marcheix JC,Piette JC

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) is a second-generation form of optical coherence tomography (OCT) providing comprehensive cross-sectional views of the distal esophagus at a resolution of ~7 μm. AIM:Using validated OCT criteria for squamous mucosa, gastric cardia mucosa, and Barrett's esophagus (BE),...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Sauk J,Coron E,Kava L,Suter M,Gora M,Gallagher K,Rosenberg M,Ananthakrishnan A,Nishioka N,Lauwers G,Woods K,Brugge W,Forcione D,Bouma BE,Tearney G

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The living conditions of many aboriginal communities in Canada may place their residents at risk for H. pylori infection. Our aims were to determine: (1) the seroprevalence of H. pylori in a traditional Indian community, (2) the clinical relevance of H. pylori infection in this population, and (3) if H. pylori could b...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Bernstein CN,McKeown I,Embil JM,Blanchard JF,Dawood M,Kabani A,Kliewer E,Smart G,Coghlan G,MacDonald S,Cook C,Orr P

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improved survival with chronic liver disease (CLD) and increased incidence in the older has led to a rapidly expanding population which faces similar "geriatric syndromes" as the general population. With risk factors such as autonomic dysfunction, cognitive impairment, and muscle abnormalities in CLD it is e...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Frith J,Kerr S,Robinson L,Elliott CS,Wilton K,Jones DE,Day CP,Newton JL

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Forkhead box P3 (FOXP3)+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) are critical for controlling inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract. There is a paradoxical increase of mucosal FOXP3+ T cells in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). These FOXP3+ cells were recently shown to include interleukin (IL)-17A-prod...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Lord JD,Valliant-Saunders K,Hahn H,Thirlby RC,Ziegler SF

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Other studies have shown that both morphological and functional adaptation occur in the ileal mucosa after total colectomy and may be mediated by humoral factors. To elucidate the participation of peptide YY (PYY) in intestinal adaptation after total proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA), changes in...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Imamura M,Nakajima H,Mikami Y,Yamauchi H

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consistent regression of intestinal metaplasia in Barrett's esophagus has not been achieved with medical or surgical interventions. In this case report, a patient with Barrett's esophagus of stable length had half the circumference of the Barrett's epithelium ablated with laser therapy while on a high-dose proton-pump...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Sampliner RE,Hixson LJ,Fennerty MB,Garewal HS

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00