Meta-analysis: longitudinal studies of serum vitamin D and colorectal cancer risk.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with the appearance of liver steatosis. AIM:To search for a correlation between the number of HCV infected hepatocytes and the presence, amount and distribution of steatosis. METHODS:A total of 124 frozen liver biopsies from HCV patients (genotype 3 = 21) wer...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Grassi A,Ballardini G,Susca M,Bianchini F,Bonoli S,Bianchi FB,Lenzi M

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, the concept of visceral hypersensitivity provides the leading hypothesis regarding the generation of symptoms in functional gastrointestinal disorders. This paper discusses the current clinical evidence for drugs that have been proposed to interfere with visceral sensitivity in functional gastrointestinal ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Kuiken SD,Tytgat GN,Boeckxstaens GE

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The knowledge of the natural history of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma is important to estimate the prognosis at diagnosis and indicate the best therapy. Prognosis is related to tumour stage at diagnosis, degree of liver function impairment induced either by the tumour itself or by the underlying cirrhosis, ge...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Varela M,Sala M,Llovet JM,Bruix J

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of colorectal cancer for any patient with ulcerative colitis is estimated to be 2% after 10 years, 8% after 20 years and 18% after 30 years of disease. The relative risk of colorectal cancer in Crohn's colitis is approximately 5.6 and should raise the same concerns as in ulcerative colitis. Risk factors for c...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Eaden J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanism by which dietary pepper causes dyspepsia and epigastric pain is poorly understood, as is the ability of bismuth subsalicylate (BSS) to relieve these symptoms. AIM:To investigate the ability of black pepper, red pepper and BSS to affect gastric surface hydrophobicity and induce/relieve visceral...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Lichtenberger LM,Romero JJ,Carryl OR,Illich PA,Walters ET

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a renewed interest in use of combination therapies in treatment-naïve chronic hepatitis B (CHB) because of limitations of monotherapies. AIM:To discuss the current status of combination therapies in treatment-naïve CHB. METHODS:PubMed search was done using 'combination', 'sequential' and 'chronic ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Kumar M,Sarin SK

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four-hour intragastric acidity was measured in 10 patients with a past history of duodenal ulcer on the fourth day of dosing with placebo, and either 150 mg ranitidine given twice or four times daily. The order of the treatments was randomized and a double-blind design was employed. Ranitidine (150 mg) b.d. dec...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Howden CW,Tsai HH,Reid JL

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a critical challenge for public health. The effect of COVID-19 on liver injury has not been fully established. AIMS:To evaluate the dynamic changes in liver function and the relationship between liver damage and prognosis in patients with COVID-19. MET...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Huang H,Chen S,Li H,Zhou XL,Dai Y,Wu J,Zhang J,Shao L,Yan R,Wang M,Wang J,Tu Y,Ge M

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Helicobacter pylori infection may persist after both first- and second-line current treatments. AIM:To assess the efficacy of a third-line, culture-guided treatment approach for the eradication of H. pylori. METHODS:Patterns of resistance were analysed in H. pylori isolates from 94 consecutive patients in ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Cammarota G,Martino A,Pirozzi G,Cianci R,Branca G,Nista EC,Cazzato A,Cannizzaro O,Miele L,Grieco A,Gasbarrini A,Gasbarrini G

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the pathophysiology and treatment of neurogenic dysphagia. METHODS:46 patients with brain damage, 46 with neurodegenerative diseases and eight healthy volunteers were studied by videofluoroscopy while swallowing 3-20 mL liquid (20.4 mPa s), nectar (274.4 mPa s) and pudding (3931.2 mPa s) boluses. RESULT...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Clavé P,de Kraa M,Arreola V,Girvent M,Farré R,Palomera E,Serra-Prat M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of a nitroimidazole-containing regimen for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection is decreased by nitroimidazole resistance. Nitroimidazoles are meta- bolized by H. pylori by several nitro-reductases of which an oxygen-insensitive NADPH nitroreductase encoded by the rdxA gene is the most important...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Van Der Wouden EJ,Thijs JC,Van Zwet AA,Kleibeuker JH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastro-oesophageal reflux is thought to cause chronic laryngitis through laryngopharyngeal reflux. Response of laryngitis to treatment with acid-suppressive therapy supports this causal link. AIM:To determine the prevalence of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in patients with chronic laryngitis and respons...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Qua CS,Wong CH,Gopala K,Goh KL

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although lactulose and polyethylene glycol are osmotic laxatives widely used in the treatment of chronic constipation, no study has been conducted to compare their actions on the colonic bacterial ecosystem, which has an important influence on host health. AIM:To assess the effects of lactulose and polyethy...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Bouhnik Y,Neut C,Raskine L,Michel C,Riottot M,Andrieux C,Guillemot F,Dyard F,Flourié B

更新日期：2004-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases, including extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK),c-Jun NH2-terminal kinases (JNK) and p38 MAP kinase (p38 MAPK) are important intermediates of the signal-transduction pathway from the cell surface to the nucleus. Expression of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2, associated ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Tominaga K,Higuchi K,Sasaki E,Suto R,Watanabe T,Fujiwara Y,Oshitani N,Matsumoto T,Kim S,Iwao H,Arakawa T

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Local delivery of therapeutic agents to the stomach may be a useful strategy in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection. We aimed to see whether the intragastric distribution and gastric retention of a therapeutic agent could be improved, either by giving omeprazole or by dosing after a meal. METHODS...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Atherton JC,Washington N,Bracewell MA,Sutton LJ,Greaves JL,Perkins AC,Hawkey CJ,Spiller RC

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:More convenient therapies are needed to treat Helicobacter pylori infection successfully. Clarithromycin and amoxycillin are effective against H. pylori both in vivo and in vitro. Recent success with a high dose amoxycillin-metronidazole combination therapy led us to evaluate clarithromycin-amoxycillin dual ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： al-Assi MT,Genta RM,Karttunen TJ,Graham DY

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 24-hour intragastric pH of 12 patients with an acute duodenal ulcer was recorded with the aim of comparing the effects of two different times of administration of 300 mg ranitidine: post evening meal, or bedtime. This double-blind crossover trial involved 3 centres. Twenty-four-hour gastric pH was measured under s...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Cortot A,Guillemot F,Moreau J,Soule JC,Veyrac M,Alberola B,Pappo M

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The widespread use of eradication therapy for Helicobacter pylori in Japan has led to an increase in antibiotic-resistant strains and the problem of re-treatment in cases of eradication failure. AIM:To perform drug sensitivity testing for metronidazole in 92 H. pylori-positive patients who had failed eradic...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Murakami K,Sato R,Okimoto T,Nasu M,Fujioka T,Kodama M,Kagawa J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is clear benefit from combination therapy with infliximab and immunosuppressive drugs (IS), but few data are available for adalimumab (ADA). AIM:To assess the efficacy of ADA monotherapy and ADA+IS for induction and maintenance therapy in Crohn's disease. METHODS:Retrospective study of patients with ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Reenaers C,Louis E,Belaiche J,Seidel L,Keshav S,Travis S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two studies were carried out in order to investigate the issue of meal-provoked nocturnal gastrooesophageal reflux. METHODS:In Experiment 1, 20 symptomatic reflux patients underwent both pH and polysomnographic monitoring on two nights. On one night, patients ate a non-provocative meal prior to 19.00 hours,...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Orr WC,Harnish MJ

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a previous study, the use of a citric acid test meal produced a rapid dose-dependent increase in urease activity that was significantly greater than that resulting from a pudding meal, ascorbic acid or sodium citrate. The mechanism was hypothesized to be related to the ability of citric acid to delay gast...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Shiotani A,Saeed A,Yamaoka Y,Osato MS,Klein PD,Graham DY

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Faecal impaction with or without encopresis is a very common problem. We performed a randomized, open-label, prospective study to compare the efficacy and acceptability of the treatment of faecal impaction using either mineral oil or pineapple-flavoured isotonic intestinal lavage solution containing polyethylene glyco...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Tolia V,Lin CH,Elitsur Y

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To systematically review the literature evaluating hypnotherapy in the management of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). METHODS:Electronic databases were searched (Cochrane Library, Medline, CINAHL, AMED, Embase, PsycINFO, CISCOM, TRIP and the Social Science Citation index), bibliographic references scanned and main ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Wilson S,Maddison T,Roberts L,Greenfield S,Singh S,Birmingham IBS Research Group.

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The global burden of hepatitis C (HCV) infection is mostly found in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, where HCV genotypes 4, 5 and 6 are common. The literature on these genotypes is sparse and this synopsis will review characteristics of patients infected with these genotypes. AIM:To review characteristics ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Wantuck JM,Ahmed A,Nguyen MH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although enteral nutrition is a recognized form of treatment for intestinal Crohn's disease, there are persisting problems with feed palatability and only limited data as to its mode of action. AIM:To assess the effects of a specific oral polymeric diet (CT3211; Nestle, Vevey, Switzerland), which is rich in...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Fell JM,Paintin M,Arnaud-Battandier F,Beattie RM,Hollis A,Kitching P,Donnet-Hughes A,MacDonald TT,Walker-Smith JA

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychiatric co-morbidity, in particular major depression and anxiety, is common in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Prior studies examining this may be confounded by the co-existence of functional bowel symptoms. Limited data exist examining an association between depression or...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Ananthakrishnan AN,Gainer VS,Perez RG,Cai T,Cheng SC,Savova G,Chen P,Szolovits P,Xia Z,De Jager PL,Shaw SY,Churchill S,Karlson EW,Kohane I,Perlis RH,Plenge RM,Murphy SN,Liao KP

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Helicobacter pylori eradication has become the standard treatment for duodenal ulcer. However, there is no relevant evidence for antibacterial treatment of the white scar stage of duodenal ulcer (duodenal ulcer scar) in patients with no past history of duodenal ulcer. AIM:To investigate whether H. pylori er...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Kim JS,Kim SG,Choi IJ,Park MJ,Kim BG,Jung HC,Song IS

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trials of thymosin treatment in chronic hepatitis B virus infection have been small and the results have been inconsistent. AIM:To conduct a meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy of thymosin treatment in chronic hepatitis B virus infection. METHODS:Randomized controlled trials comparing thymosin for over ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Chan HL,Tang JL,Tam W,Sung JJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind randomized study, the profile of 24-h intragastric acidity and nocturnal gastric secretion was measured in a group of patients with healed gastric ulcer on placebo and 400 mg cimetidine b.d. and 800 mg nocte. Neither cimetidine regimen significantly decreased daytime intragastric acidity, but the 800...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Derodra JK,Howden CW,Burget DW,Hunt RH

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Proton pump inhibitors (PPI) are widely used to treat acid-related disorders of the upper gastrointestinal tract. However, large observational studies have raised concerns about PPI-associated adverse events. In recent years, data from next-generation sequencing studies suggested that PPIs affect the composi...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Macke L,Schulz C,Koletzko L,Malfertheiner P

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00