Evaluation of faecal occult blood test and lactoferrin latex agglutination test in screening hospitalized patients for diagnosing inflammatory and non-inflammatory diarrhoea in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

abstract：:Autonomic hyperactivity with increased cardiac output and other manifestations occurs in patients with both cirrhosis and noncirrhotic portal hypertension. The role of the disordered hepatic autonomic innervation in the mediation of these abnormalities is unknown. We have studied the hepatic nerve network and associat...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Jaskiewicz K,Voigt MD,Robson SC

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric actions of Nw-nitro-1-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) were investigated in rats, as this agent is a reliable nitric oxide synthase inhibitor L-NAME solutions were placed in subcutaneous osmotic minipumps which continuously released L-NAME at 0.1, 1.0, 10, or 40 mg/kg/day. L-NAME dose and time-dependently enhanc...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Qiu BS,Pfeiffer CJ,Cho CH

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to evaluate a possible correlation between cryptogenic chronic liver disease and a present or past hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, we studied 17 patients with hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-negative, nonalcoholic chronic liver disease; 9 of them were positive for serum HBsAg detected by a solid-p...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Diodati G,Pontisso P,Bonetti P,Stenico D,Noventa F,Alberti A,Realdi G

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The healing of acetic acid-induced gastric and duodenal ulcers was examined together with the biochemical indices of growth in gastric and duodenal mucosa in the following three groups of rats: (a) chow-fed, (b) fed an isocaloric liquid diet, (c) fed the liquid diet plus pentagastrin injections (250 micrograms/kg, 3 t...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Takeuchi K,Johnson LR

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:23 cirrhotics with ascites and sodium retention, whose aldosteronemia had been evaluated after an equilibration period at controlled sodium intake at the occasion of previous studies, were retrospectively investigated. The dosage of spironolactone needed to induce a negative sodium balance correlated significantly wit...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Bernardi M,Servadei D,Trevisani F,Rusticali AG,Gasbarrini G

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Probiotics appear to improve Helicobacter pylori-associated dyspepsia via an inhibitory effect on H. pylori; however, uncertainty exists regarding their effects in H. pylori-uninfected individuals. We evaluated the efficacy of Lactobacillus gasseri OLL2716 (L. gasseri OLL2716) on H. pylori-uninfected in...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Ohtsu T,Takagi A,Uemura N,Inoue K,Sekino H,Kawashima A,Uchida M,Koga Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, minimally invasive approaches such as endoscopic treatment or laparoscopic gastrectomy for early gastric cancer have made rapid progress. However, the extent of gastrectomy and lymphadenectomy in laparoscopic surgery is radical, similar to that of open gastrectomy for patients with early gastric ca...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Hiramatsu Y,Takeuchi H,Goto O,Kikuchi H,Kitagawa Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isoenzymatic pattern of aldolase was determined by immunoprecipitation with specific anti-aldolase A, B and C sera in 21 pathological liver tissues and in the sera of normals (n equals 20), liver cirrhotics (n equals 52) and hepatoma patients (n equals 22). The increase of aldolase A in primary liver cell carcinom...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Lehmann FG,Kornacher J

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:8 children, known to have been hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) positive for more than 6 months and with chronic active hepatitis on biopsy, received 2.5 mg levamisole/kg/day, 2 days a week for 6-18 months. In 6 of the 8 children transaminases normalized within 4-18 months of thera...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Fattovich G,Cadrobbi P,Crivellaro C,Pornaro E,Alberti A,Realdi G

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:This study aimed at (i) clarifying the factors associated with high scores on the modified frequency scale for the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (FSSG) among 3,505 relatively healthy subjects undergoing routine medical health checkups with gastrointestinal endoscopy and (ii) comparing risk...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Takeshita E,Sakata Y,Hara M,Akutagawa K,Sakata N,Endo H,Ohyama T,Matsunaga K,Yoshioka T,Kawakubo H,Tanaka Y,Shirai S,Ito Y,Tsuruoka N,Iwakiri R,Kusano M,Fujimoto K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Early weaning has been shown to induce intestinal ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activities and cell proliferation in rats. No information is available about the effect of early weaning on ODC activity in the stomach. METHODS:Suckling rats were prematurely weaned on postnatal day 15 and followed through...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Lin CH,Lyons H,Seelbach MS,Tolia V,Vijesurier R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Putrescine, the product of the ornithine decarboxylase (ODC)-catalyzed reaction, stimulates macromolecular synthesis in a duodenal crypt cell line, IEC-6 cells, grown in culture. In addition, supplementation of medium with putrescine alone reverses the inhibition of proliferation produced by inhibition of ODC with dif...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Seidel ER,Ginty DD

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic glucocorticoids, such as dexamethasone, and diets enriched with unsaturated fatty acids have been shown to stimulate hepatic bile salt synthesis. This fact led us to investigate the effects of dexamethasone and linoleic acid supplementation on bile secretion. Cholesterol (Ch) and phospholipid secretions are ...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Domingo N,Debono E,Reynier MO,Crotte C,Thorin B,Charbonnier M,Clerc T,Grillasca J,Chanussot F,Lafont H

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the relative importance of the enzymes ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) and diamine oxidase (DAO) in intestinal polyamine metabolism in normal rats. To study this we measured jejunal and ileal DAO and ODC activities and polyamine levels 2 h after injecting, in non-fasting male Wistar ...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Rokkas T,Vaja S,Taylor P,Murphy GM,Dowling RH

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elimination of endogenous carboxyamidated and glycine-extended gastrins in liver and gut was studied before and after feeding in 14 anesthetized pigs. Before the meal, liver and gut extractions were nonsignificant. After feeding, the release rate of amidated gastrin increased from 7.5 +/- 2.6 to 21.9 +/- 5.3 pmol/...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Hansen CP,Stadil F,Rehfeld JF

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronically infected patient developed an episode of acute hepatitis during the course of immunosuppressive therapy given for a lymphoproliferative disease. It was noted that anti-HCV antibody response, seen to be relatively stable during the follow-up, lowered dramatically in coincidence wit...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Sansonno D,Procaccio P,Dammacco F

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Adenosine deaminase (ADA)-deficient disease, a severe combined immunodeficiency, is most commonly associated with gastrointestinal disorders such as ulcer. The present study investigated the role of ADA in the pathogenesis of gastric ulcer. METHODS:ADA activity was measured in a variety of organs and t...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Yaguchi T,Saito M,Yasuda Y,Nishizaki T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intact segments of rat ileum were stimulated in vitro by either electrical field stimulation (EFS) or cholinergic stimulation with carbachol, in the presence of absence of varying insulin concentrations (50, 100 and 200 microU/ml), and the contraction in the longitudinal axis was recorded. Insulin had no significant i...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Allescher HD,Willis S,Schusdziarra V,Classen M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the serum behavior of human pancreas-specific protein/procarboxypeptidase B (hPASP/PCPB) in the early phases of acute pancreatitis, and to calculate its sensitivity and specificity in comparison with those of serum amylase and lipase in the diagnosis of this illness. Twenty-six ac...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Pezzilli R,Billi P,Platè L,Bongiovanni F,Morselli Labate AM,Miglioli M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the sensitivity, specificity and clinical value of prealbumin as liver test, prealbumin plasma levels were measured in 100 patients with liver disease and in 65 patients without clinical evidence of liver impairment. The sensitivity of prealbuminemia was higher than that of albumin, pseudocholinesterase, apo...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Rondana M,Milani L,Merkel C,Caregaro L,Gatta A

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, use of the Bravo capsule is a very common method for evaluating the gastroesophageal reflux because it has the advantage of being an intraesophageal catheter-free system. However, endoscopic removal of the capsule is necessary when technical problems or severe discomfort are present. Most frequent...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： de Hoyos A,Esparza EA,Loredo ML

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Many studies have recently been published on acute pancreatitis; however, few large-sample studies have been focused on the risk factors for deaths in severe acute pancreatitis. To address this issue, the present study was intended to assess etiology, severity, and mortality of acute pancreatitis in the...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Bai Y,Jia L,Wang B,Yang B,Wang L,Shi X,Zhang W,Liu Y,Zou D,Li Z

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Weakly acidic reflux has been reported to be the major cause of symptoms in patients with proton pump inhibitor (PPI)-refractory nonerosive reflux disease (NERD) undergoing PPI treatment. We previously reported that reflux at pH 4-5 was the main factor that induced symptoms in such patients. The present st...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Abe Y,Koike T,Saito M,Okata T,Nakagawa K,Hatta W,Asanuma K,Uno K,Asano N,Imatani A,Masamune A

更新日期：2020-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:At present, benefits of surgical resection and appropriate selection criteria in patients affected by both hepatic and pulmonary metastases of colorectal cancer (CRC) are under discussion. Our analysis focused on a surgical series of such patients and our final aim consisted in identifying potential pro...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Zizzo M,Galeone C,Braglia L,Ugoletti L,Siciliani A,Nachira D,Margaritora S,Pedrazzoli C,Paci M,Lococo F

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Somatostatin and its analogues have antitumor effects on foregut and midgut neuroendocrine (NE) tumors, but their effect on hindgut NE tumors is unclear. We examined the effect of the somatostatin analogue, octreotide, on human rectal NE carcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Expression of somatostatin receptor (...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Koizumi M,Onda M,Tanaka N,Seya T,Yamada T,Takahashi Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:As opposed to regular C-reactive protein (CRP) assays, the introduction of high-sensitivity ones has enabled us to detect low grade inflammation in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We addressed the subject of the degree of correlation between the concentration of high-sensitivity CRP (hs-...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Zilberman L,Maharshak N,Arbel Y,Rogowski O,Rozenblat M,Shapira I,Berliner S,Arber N,Dotan I

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the functional coupling between antral somatostatin and gastrin cells in pigs using isolated perfused preparations of the antrum with intact supply of the vagus nerves. Luminal acidification significantly inhibited gastrin secretion to 61 +/- 3% of basal secretion and increased somatostatin output 9-fold. I...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Holst JJ,Orskov C,Seier-Poulsen S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate that, in patients taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), there is inhibition of the proliferation of mucosal cells that normally leads to healing of duodenal ulcers. A microdissection technique was used to quantitate mitosis in duodenal crypts at the ulcer edge, giving a regeneration ind...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Levi S,Goodlad RA,Lee CY,Stamp G,Walport MJ,Wright NA,Hodgson HJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were given 59Fe (28 micrograms) together with doses of 0, 2 and 200 micrograms of uroporphyrin III in paired observations. Absorption of 59Fe was determined by comparing whole body counts of the rats 30 min and 7 days after dosing. Prior treatment with 200 micrograms of uroporphyrin twice daily for 3 days was ass...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Weaver GA,Franck CA,Harris MD,Peters T Jr

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential absorption of D-xylose and 3-O-methyl-D-glucose, and unmediated intestinal permeation of lactulose and L-rhamnose has been investigated in 14 patients with diarrhoea following tropical exposure and in 16 healthy control subjects. Five had malabsorption of fat, D-xylose and B12 ('tropical malabsorption' (T...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Cook GC,Menzies IS

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00