Hypercalcemic encephalopathy in a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma.

abstract：:The techniques commonly used to evaluate the transit of contents through the gut feature some limitations for being either inaccurate, invasive, inconvenient, or potentially dangerous for the subjects. Aim of this study was to establish a safe, noninvasive and accurate technique for the measurement of segmental oroana...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Basile M,Neri M,Carriero A,Casciardi S,Comani S,Del Gratta C,Di Donato L,Di Luzio S,Macri MA,Pasquarelli A

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver fibrosis stage determines risk of morbidity and mortality from chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Prior data have shown long-term reversal of liver fibrosis, measured by vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE), in patients successfully treated with interferon-based therapies. AIM:Ou...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Chan J,Gogela N,Zheng H,Lammert S,Ajayi T,Fricker Z,Kim AY,Robbins GK,Chung RT

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Partially covered metal stents (PCMS) have been increasingly used for both malignant and benign biliary indications. This study reports their complications and subsequent management. METHODS:Over 5 years, all patients receiving biliary PCMS were followed prospectively until stent-related dysfunction or deat...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ho H,Mahajan A,Gosain S,Jain A,Brock A,Rehan ME,Ellen K,Shami VM,Kahaleh M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic sclerosis (SS) patients with severe esophageal affection have impaired peristalsis. However, motor function evaluated in vivo by manometry and fluoroscopy does not provide detailed information about the individual contraction cycles. AIMS:To apply, for the first time in gastrointestinal (GI) patien...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Gregersen H,Villadsen GE,Liao D

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is caused by a mechanically defective lower esophageal sphincter (LES) and may be worsened by impaired esophageal peristalsis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of medical treatment depending on the function of the LES and esophageal peristalsis. We studied 128 G...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Klaus A,Gadenstaetter M,Mühlmann G,Kirchmayr W,Profanter C,Achem SR,Wetscher GJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) and isolated gluten-sensitive enteropathy (GSE) are gluten-sensitive diseases in which ingestion of dietary gluten results in the development of clinical disease. Patients with DH develop cutaneous IgA deposits and a severe skin disease, but rarely develop gastrointestinal symptoms. Patie...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Hall RP 3rd,Smith AD,Streilein RD

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the frequency and significance of alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency in type 1 autoimmune hepatitis, 181 Caucasian patients were assessed for variant phenotypes. Three hundred three Caucasian patients with various other chronic liver diseases were similarly evaluated. Twenty-one of the 181 patients (12%) had he...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Czaja AJ

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite many studies on pain of functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID), the pain mechanism of FGID is not well understood, and pain treatment of FGID is not established. Following our former functional dyspepsia (FD) study, we proposed two subgroups of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), pain and disco...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Handa M,Nukina H,Ando K,Kubo C

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the presence, duration, and clinical significance of granulocyte accumulation, using indium-111 granulocyte scanning, in patients following uncomplicated intestinal anastomosis. Eight patients underwent intestinal resection and anastomosis (right hemicolectomy, 5; sigmoid colectomy, 2; ileal resec...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Keshavarzian A,Gibson R,Guest J,Spencer J,Lavender JP,Hodgson HJ

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Models using dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) to induce experimental colitis in rodents have been performed mostly in adult animals. For this reason, we aimed to develop a model of colitis in young rats. DSS was administered to 30-day-old rats at concentrations ranging from 0.5 to 5% in drinking water. Young rats were rem...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Vicario M,Crespí M,Franch À,Amat C,Pelegrí C,Moretó M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biliary cannulation failure is a major problem during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. It remains unclear how duodenal papilla morphology affects biliary cannulation. Therefore, we proposed a new classification system for the duodenal papilla based on oral protrusion pattern (ratio of the leng...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Watanabe M,Okuwaki K,Kida M,Imaizumi H,Yamauchi H,Kaneko T,Iwai T,Hasegawa R,Miyata E,Masutani H,Tadehara M,Adachi K,Koizumi W

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study reports the results of intravenous cyclosporine in 32 patients with refractory and/or severe attacks of ulcerative colitis (UC). Twenty of 32 patients responded to intravenous cyclosporine; cyclosporine was clinically effective and improved colonic lesions. However, one colonic perforation and one po...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Carbonnel F,Boruchowicz A,Duclos B,Soulé JC,Lerebours E,Lémann M,Belaïche J,Colombel JF,Cosnes J,Gendre JP

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major etiology of chronic liver disease worldwide. In the past decade, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged as a common liver disorder in general population. Accordingly, the patient number of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) concomitant with NAFLD grows rapidly. The pre...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Lin CW,Huang XL,Liu HL,Wang Y

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Studies investigating the association between aspirin use and gastric cancer risk have reported conflicting results. The objective of this study was to quantitatively summarize the evidence for such a relationship. RESULTS:Two investigators independently searched the Medline, PubMed, Embase, and Academic Searc...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Yang P,Zhou Y,Chen B,Wan HW,Jia GQ,Bai HL,Wu XT

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pancreatitis associated with inflammatory bowel disease is now considered as extraintestinal manifestation of that disease. The clinical and radiological features of the new entity are markedly different from those of chronic calcifying pancreatitis. We report the case of a 68-year-old man presenting with a ps...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Grandval P,Barthet M,Desjeux A,Garcia S,Boustiere C,Poilroux B,Grimaud JC

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neutralizing capacity of two antacids (Alucol = A, Syntrogel = S), differing both in their composition and theoretical neutralizing capacity, was evaluated in vitro and in vivo. In vitro at pH 3.5, 1 ml of A or S neutralizes 3.9 and 1.6 meq of acid, respectively, in an aqueous solution. When tested in vivo in the ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Berchtold P,Reinhart WH,Niederhäuser U,Koller U,Halter F

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of comaruman CP, a pectin of marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre L., was investigated using a model of acetic acid-induced colitis in mice. Mice were administered comaruman CP orally 2 days prior to rectal injection of 5% acetic acid and examined for colonic damage 24 hr later. Colonic inflammation was char...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Popov SV,Ovodova RG,Markov PA,Nikitina IR,Ovodov YS

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inadequate vegetable intake appears to increase colon cancer risk. Since genetic variation in taste influences vegetable preference, we tested associations between bitterness of 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP), a measure of taste genetics, and number of colonic polyps, a measure of colon cancer risk, in 251 men who underw...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Basson MD,Bartoshuk LM,Dichello SZ,Panzini L,Weiffenbach JM,Duffy VB

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) frequently have meal-related symptoms and can recognize specific trigger foods. Lactose intolerance is a well-established carbohydrate malabsorption syndrome that causes symptoms similar to IBS such as bloating, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. However, the prevalenc...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Kim SB,Calmet FH,Garrido J,Garcia-Buitrago MT,Moshiree B

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Eosinophilic esophagitis is among the causes of refractory reflux disease. Biopsy of esophagus is the gold standard for diagnosis. In this study we determined the frequency of eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) in refractory reflux cases referred to Motility Department of Shahid Beheshti Research Center of Gastro...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Foroutan M,Norouzi A,Molaei M,Mirbagheri SA,Irvani S,Sadeghi A,Derakhshan F,Tavassoli S,Besharat S,Zali M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of somatostatin on diarrhea and on small intestinal flow of water and electrolytes (slow-marker perfusion technique) in a patient with pancreatic cholera are reported. Continuous intravenous infusion of somatostatin (8 micrograms/kg/hr) suppressed the diarrhea, but a rebound was observed after somatostatin...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ruskoné A,René E,Chayvialle JA,Bonin N,Pignal F,Kremer M,Bonfils S,Rambaud JC

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperglycemia slows gastric emptying and increases the intensity of perception of gastric distension during fasting and small intestinal nutrient stimulation. In order to examine the possibility that abnormalities of gastric electrical rhythm may be associated with the effects of hyperglycemia, the gastric electrical ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Hebbard GS,Samson M,Andrews JM,Carman D,Tansell B,Sun WM,Dent J,Horowitz M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diseases of the ileocecal junction are mostly ulcerative. The aim of this study was to investigate the value of colonoscopy on the diagnosis of the causes of ileocecal ulcer. Clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and endoscopic and histopathologic features of 52 hospitalized cases of ileocecal ulcer were retrospectively...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Cai J,Li F,Zhou W,Luo HS

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The changes in plasma and duodenal cholecystokinin (CCK) concentrations after pancreatic duct occlusion were examined in rats. The rats were sacrificed 1, 3, 7, 10, 14, and 30 days after occlusion of the duct. Histological examination showed acute inflammation on days 1 and 3 after duct occlusion, interstitial fibrosi...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Miyasaka K,Funakoshi A,Jimi A,Nakamura R,Matsumoto M,Kitani K

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the present study was to determine the potential for pancreatic calcification in autoimmune pancreatitis by investigating osteopontin and CD44 expression. METHODS:Human pancreatic tissues in normal pancreas, chronic pancreatitis, and autoimmune pancreatitis were obtained from the surgical specime...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Takada H,Nakazawa T,Ohara H,Ando T,Hayashi K,Naito I,Okumura F,Tanaka H,Yamada T,Takahashi S,Joh T

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modafinil may be a potentially effective treatment for primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC)-related fatigue. About 42 patients were given a 3-day trial of 100-200 mg modafinil. Response was defined as increased energy, decreased somnolence and sleep requirements, and improved daily function. Patients with positive response...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ian Gan S,de Jongh M,Kaplan MM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adenosine deaminase acting on RNA 1 (ADAR1) is known to mediate deamination of adenosine-to-inosine through binding to double-stranded RNA, the phenomenon known as RNA editing. Currently, the function of ADAR1 in gastric cancer is unclear. AIMS:This study was aimed at investigating RNA editing-dependent and...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Cho CJ,Jung J,Jiang L,Lee EJ,Kim DS,Kim BS,Kim HS,Jung HY,Song HJ,Hwang SW,Park Y,Jung MK,Pack CG,Myung SJ,Chang S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Not much is known about the relationship between portal hemodynamics and the grades of cirrhosis. Using pulsed Doppler ultrasonography, we studied portal vein diameter, portal flow velocity, and portal blood flow rate in 37 patients with liver cirrhosis (11 Child's A, 13 Child's B, and 13 Child's C) and 10 healthy con...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Chawla Y,Santa N,Dhiman RK,Dilawari JB

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:H. pylori may colonize columnar-lined esophagus, although an etiologic role in esophageal adenocarcinoma is unproven. H. pylori can adhere to intestinal metaplasia in the stomach. This study was designed to examine if H. pylori adheres to specialized intestinal metaplasia in columnar-lined esophagus. Esophageal biopsi...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Sharma VK,Demian SE,Taillon D,Vasudeva R,Howden CW

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocyte growth factor plays a key role in liver regeneration but the role of liver in its synthesis in acute liver failure is unclear. We therefore measured hepatic expression of hepatocyte growth factor mRNA in this condition in comparison to H3 histone mRNA, a marker of cellular proliferation. Hepatocyte growth f...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Harrison P,Gove C,Bomford A

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00