A twenty-year experience with endoscopic therapy for symptomatic primary sclerosing cholangitis.

abstract：:A 34-year-old man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) developed pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis associated with an intestinal infection with Cryptosporidium organisms. The pneumatosis resolved upon treatment of the cryptosporidiosis with paromomycin and clofazimine. Four other cases of benign pneumatosis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Samson VE,Brown WR

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Duodenal intraepithelial lymphocytosis (D-IEL) is an early marker for celiac disease (CD). However, the majority of cases are due to non-CD-related conditions. GOALS:To identify the predictors of CD when presented with D-IEL. METHODS:A total of 215 adult patients with D-IEL had undergone prospective and sy...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Aziz I,Key T,Goodwin JG,Sanders DS

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for Helicobacter pylori allows any physician to offer curative antibiotic regimens to patients with peptic ulcer disease and gastritis. This article describes new management strategies and discusses the advantages of each. In the old strategy, endoscopy was perfo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Marshall BJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:To review the published experience with acute pancreatitis in childhood. STUDY:Computerized search of the English medical literature since 1965 using MEDLINE. RESULTS:Details of 589 patients were reviewed. Mean age was 9.2 +/- 2.4 years (range: 1 week to 21 years). Male to female ratio was 1.2. Etiologies inclu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Benifla M,Weizman Z

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Markedly elevated alpha-fetoprotein levels in the range of >1,000 ng/mL are highly suspicious for the presence of hepatocellular carcinoma. This report describes three patients with cirrhosis and replicating hepatitis B virus infection who presented with initial serum alpha-fetoprotein levels of >1,000 ng/mL without c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Yao FY

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disposable biopsy forceps have recently been introduced into the field of endoscopy. We have analyzed biopsy size and histologic interpretation of samples obtained with the disposable forceps and compared them to those obtained with reusable forceps. In the 18 patients studied, 49 samples were collected with the reusa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Turk DJ,Kozarek RA,Botoman VA,Patterson DJ,Ball TJ

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac and circulatory failure are the main causes of hypoxic hepatitis. In a prospective study of 142 cases of hypoxic hepatitis collected during a 10-year period, we encountered two cases resulting from extreme arterial hypoxemia without congestive heart failure, cor pulmonale, or circulatory failure. Both patients...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Henrion J,Colin L,Schapira M,Heller FR

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diverticular disease of the colon is quite common in developed countries, and its prevalence increases with age. Although present in perhaps two thirds of the elderly population, the large majority of patients will remain entirely asymptomatic. Nonetheless, an estimated 20% of those affected may manifest clinical illn...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Stollman NH,Raskin JB

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review acid rebound, the seemingly paradoxical increase in acid secretion resulting from administration of an antacid. Primarily a laboratory observation, the demonstration of the phenomenon was a major contributing factor to the swift, and possibly unjustified, fall from grace of calcium carbonate in the therapy o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Hade JE,Spiro HM

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred forty-six consecutive specimens of excised bowel from patients with Crohn's disease were studied to determine the relationships between strictures, sinuses, and "fissures." A significant coincidence of sinuses and strictures was observed and sinuses tended to arise proximal to the point of maximal strictur...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Kelly JK,Siu TO

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the leading causes of cancer death in Western countries. An increased risk for PC is known in a number of hereditary tumor syndromes. In selected individuals at high risk of developing PC, surveillance of the pancreas might be able to detect premalignant lesions and early inv...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Kluijt I,Cats A,Fockens P,Nio Y,Gouma DJ,Bruno MJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fecal incontinence (FI), defined as the involuntary loss of solid or liquid feces through the anus is a prevalent condition with significant effects on quality of life. FI can affect individuals of all ages and in many cases greatly impairs quality of life but, incontinent patients should not accept their debility as ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Guillaume A,Salem AE,Garcia P,Chander Roland B

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fear of cancer has evoked calls for intensive surveillance programs in Barrett's esophagus. Two evolving issues are fueling this fire: (a) the rising risk of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus over the past 20 years and (b) the coincidental increase in the recognized prevalence of Barrett's esophagus in the general p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Richter JE,Falk GW

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:We investigated the prognosis of Crohn's disease (CD) in Korean patients with jejunal involvement. BACKGROUND:Although jejunal involvement is considered a poor prognostic factor of CD in whites, it has never been validated in Asian populations. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 1403 Kor...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Park SK,Yang SK,Park SH,Park SH,Kim JW,Yang DH,Jung KW,Kim KJ,Ye BD,Byeon JS,Myung SJ,Yu CS,Kim JH

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared eleven patients in whom symptoms of Crohn's disease appeared at age greater than or equal to 65 with a younger group in whom symptoms had appeared earlier. Only 64% of the older patients were initially recognized as having Crohn's disease, as compared with 96% of the younger patients even though clinical c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Stalnikowicz R,Eliakim R,Diab R,Rachmilewitz D

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is a novel imaging technique used for noninvasive work-up of patients with pancreaticobiliary disease. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography is useful in the evaluation of a host of pancreaticobiliary disorders, such as congenital disorders, calculus disease, bi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Prasad SR,Sahani D,Saini S

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Islet cell carcinoma frequently produces more than one chemical product, although its clinical expression is usually restricted to a single hormone. We describe an unusual patient who presented with full-blown metastasizing gastrinoma. He was treated with cimetidine for five years and then streptozotocin therapy, whic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Bar M,Burke M,Isakov A,Almog C

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical effect of probiotics on irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is still controversial. AIMS:We aimed to evaluate the effects of a probiotic mixture on IBS symptoms and the composition of fecal microbiota in patients with diarrhea-dominant IBS (D-IBS). METHODS:Fifty patients with D-IBS were randomized ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Ki Cha B,Mun Jung S,Hwan Choi C,Song ID,Woong Lee H,Joon Kim H,Hyuk J,Kyung Chang S,Kim K,Chung WS,Seo JG

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granular cell myoblastoma, a rare, but generally benign tumor, is being encountered with increasing frequency in the digestive tract. Seventy-two cases have been described in the esophagus; we report two additional cases. A follow-up, available in 13 patients (including ours), reveals a low likelihood of malignant tra...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Subramanyam K,Shannon CR,Patterson M,Davis M,Gourley WK

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection may play a role in the development of gastric cancer; however, a quantitative evaluation of the density of H. pylori infection has not been reported previously in relation to the histologic stage and type of cancer. This study was designed to compare the density of H. pylori infection to ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Tokunaga Y,Shirahase H,Hoppou T,Kitaoka A,Tokuka A,Ohsumi K

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The standard of care for managing pancreaticobiliary disease in altered Roux-en-Y gastric bypass patients is laparoscopy-assisted endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (LA-ERCP), but is limited by cost and adverse events. Recently a minimally invasive, completely endoscopic approach using e...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Kedia P,Tarnasky PR,Nieto J,Steele SL,Siddiqui A,Xu MM,Tyberg A,Gaidhane M,Kahaleh M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report six cases of pseudolipoma of Glisson's capsule. The patients ranged from 53 to 83 years old (mean 67.7 years), and all were men. Pseudolipoma of Glisson's capsule was detected by imaging studies before operation in two cases, and noted incidentally in the remaining four. Computed tomography demonstrated a su...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Sasaki M,Harada K,Nakanuma Y,Watanabe K

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infects only human gastric epithelium, causes gastritis, and is strongly associated with gastroduodenal ulceration and gastric cancer. Colonization of the stomach with H. pylori is accompanied in the acute stage by an increased number of neutrophils in the lamina propria, indicative of gastric infl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Nakajima N,Kuwayama H,Ito Y,Iwasaki A,Arakawa Y

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-RNA positivity among hemodialysis patients varies between 10 and 70%. Few previous surveys revealed high frequency of seroconversion of HCV-RNA-negative patients over the years of hemodialysis. Only few studies reported HCV genotype variability. We evaluated all 65 patients on...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Zamir D,Storch S,Zonder HB,Zamir C,Weiner P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 45-year-old woman receiving continuous infusions of 5-fluoro-2'-deoxy-uridine into the hepatic artery through a surgically implanted intraarterial catheter for hepatic metastases from adenocarcinoma of the colon, developed acute epigastric pain and anemia. Endoscopy demonstrated a duodenal ulcer with a portion of th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Hutchins LF,Webb RT,Ortego TJ,Lang NP,Navab F

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crohn's disease is believed to have an immunologic basis. The importance of the CD4 cell in particular has been supported by several reports of patients whose symptoms of Crohn's disease resolved after a decline in CD4 count associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. A patient with known Crohn's dis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Lautenbach E,Lichtenstein GR

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rarely reported in Taiwan. GOALS:To determine the prevalence and risk factors of NAFLD in an adult population of Taiwan. STUDY:The cross-sectional community study examined 3245 adults in a rural village of Taiwan. The diagnostic criteria for NAF...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Chen CH,Huang MH,Yang JC,Nien CK,Yang CC,Yeh YH,Yueh SK

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind placebo-controlled study, we examined the effect of calcitonin on gastric emptying, and on serum concentrations of gastrin, insulin, glucose, calcium, and phosphorus after a mixed solid-liquid meal in 11 healthy men. Synthetic salmon calcitonin was administered as a 415 pmol i.v. bolus injection foll...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Jonderko K,Jonderko G,Gołab T

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C RNA testing has been used extensively to assess the efficacy of antiviral therapy and has increasingly become an integral part of clinical management of patients with chronic hepatitis C. A variety of commercially available hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA tests are used to detect HCV RNA qualitatively or quant...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Hadziyannis E,Hadziyannis A,Yen-Lieberman B,Kiwi ML,Hodnick S,Spanou F,Starkey C,Younossi ZM

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diverticular disease (DD) is a common gastrointestinal inflammatory disorder associated with an enteric neuropathy. Although enteric glial cells (EGCs) are essential regulators of intestinal inflammation and motility functions, their contribution to the pathophysiology of DD remains unclear. Therefore, we an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Cossais F,Leuschner S,Barrenschee M,Lange C,Ebsen M,Vogel I,Böttner M,Wedel T

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00