Change in serum hepatitis B surface antigen level and its clinical significance in treatment-naïve, hepatitis B e antigen-positive patients receiving entecavir.

abstract：:A 53-year-old white woman developed diabetes mellitus, migratory erythema, and anemia, clinical features suggesting the presence of a "glucagonoma." Ten years earlier, after laparotomy and pancreatic biopsy, she had been told that she had an inoperable pancreatic carcinoma. Review of that biopsy together with current ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Pitchumoni CS,Thelmo W,Ahmed KS,Kumar A,Davidian M,Einhorn R,Adler J,McCarthy J

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food sensitivities are constantly increasing in "westernized" countries and may pose serious health risks to sensitized individuals. Severe allergy episodes have also been reported after the intake of probiotic products containing milk protein residues, especially in children. The need for safe and effective probiotic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Mogna G,Strozzi GP,Mogna L

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "diverticulitis" indicates the inflammation of a diverticulum or diverticula, which is accompanied by detectable or microscopical perforation. Diverticulitis is a common condition with an estimated incidence of 25%. At present, elective sigmoid resection is recommended after 2 episodes of uncomplicated divert...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Comparato G,Di Mario F,NDSG.

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Associations between diverticular disease of the colon and the colorectal cancer has been studied for >60 years. Observational, cross-sectional, and case-control studies as well as large population-based studies gave conflicting results and association was not fully proven. Obtaining the proof was difficult because bo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Regula J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:We evaluated the efficacy of initial and follow-up hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG), models of end-stage liver disease (MELD), and MELD-Na for predicting the survival of patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis (LC). BACKGROUND:MELD with/without Na score and HVPG have been important predictors of morta...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Suk KT,Kim CH,Park SH,Sung HT,Choi JY,Han KH,Hong SH,Kim DY,Yoon JH,Kim YS,Baik GH,Kim JB,Kim DJ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective 11-year survey to evaluate the post-treatment course in 285 patients with esophagogastric varices following administration of endoscopic injection sclerotherapy as an emergency, elective, or prophylactic procedure using freshly prepared 2% sodium tetradecyl sulfate not containing benzyl al...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Iwase H,Suga S,Shimada M,Yamada H,Horiuchi Y,Oohashi M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 41-year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (CD4 count, 446/mm3) developed a protracted course of abdominal pain, weight loss, and increasing liver function tests after undergoing a metronidazole treatment regimen for Giardia enteritis. Three months later, endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERCP) sho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Aronson NE,Cheney C,Rholl V,Burris D,Hadro N

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dieulafoy's lesion (DL) is a persistently wide caliber artery that is observed more frequently at the fifth decade of life in the male population with multiple comorbidities. There are a variety of endoscopic therapies that have been used to treat DL; however, there are no clear guidelines on the best treatment modali...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Nguyen DC,Jackson CS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation therapy directed at the abdomen may damage the digestive tract, the type and extent of injury depending on the dose of the radiation and the radiation sensitivity of the gut. Characteristic early changes are manifest in the mucosa of the gut: for later ulceration, changes in the collagen tissues and particul...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Novak JM,Collins JT,Donowitz M,Farman J,Sheahan DG,Spiro HM

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lansoprazole is the first proton pump inhibitor developed in Japan. We studied the clinical efficacy of lansoprazole 30 mg q.d. on peptic ulcers and the subsequent relapse rates. The endoscopic healing rate of gastric ulcers (n = 86) after 8 weeks of treatment and duodenal ulcers (n = 52) after 6 weeks of treatment we...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Ohashi T,Sakata J,Haraguchi Y,Eto T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the morphologic aspects of the duodenal bulb in relation to Helicobacter pylori infection in a large group of patients with endoscopically assessed duodenitis to learn more about the pathogenesis of nonspecific duodenitis (bulbitis) and to clarify the specific role of H. pylori. Eight duodenal biopsy s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Caselli M,Gaudio M,Chiamenti CM,Trevisani L,Sartori S,Saragoni L,Boldrini P,Dentale A,Ruina M,Alvisi V

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Technetium-99m-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid-galactosyl-human serum albumin (Tc-GSA) is a receptor binding agent, specific for asialoglycoprotein receptor, that resides exclusively on the plasma membrane of mammalian hepatocytes. The usefulness of Tc-GSA for estimating the hepatic functional reserve was retrospec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Fujioka H,Kawashita Y,Kamohara Y,Yamashita A,Mizoe A,Yamaguchi J,Azuma T,Furui J,Kanematsu T

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective series of 284 upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopies, outcome was evaluated by a cost-benefit analysis. Two-thirds of the endoscopies had a negative result, or a diagnosis was found which was not worth the costs of the endoscopy. The overall diagnostic gain of 284 endoscopies, however, outweighed the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Sonnenberg A,Blum AL

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical recognition of Helicobacter pylori gastritis in children with recurrent abdominal pain is difficult. We assessed the value of a simplified 13C urea breath test (13C-UBT) in a selected group of children with nocturnal waking and disruptive recurrent abdominal pain who fulfilled criteria for endoscopy. Gast...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Eltumi M,Brueton MJ,Francis N

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silybum marianum (milk thistle) and its derivatives have been used for centuries for the treatment of liver disease. This review focuses exclusively on published literature pertaining to the potential use of Silybum marianum or its derivatives for the treatment of alcoholic liver disease. Clinical studies have varied ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Ball KR,Kowdley KV

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:Our objective was to determine whether high serologic IgA tissue transglutaminase antibodies (TTGA) are exclusively associated with celiac disease (CD). BACKGROUND:IgA TTGA are found in the serum of most individuals with CD. This serologic marker is used to screen individuals with suspected CD for duodenal biops...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Donaldson MR,Book LS,Leiferman KM,Zone JJ,Neuhausen SL

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:To determine whether the presence of dupA Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) influences the cure rate of primary eradication therapy. BACKGROUND:Several virulence factors of H. pylori have been reported to affect the efficacy of the eradication rate. However, no study has investigated whether the presence of dupA a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Shiota S,Nguyen LT,Murakami K,Kuroda A,Mizukami K,Okimoto T,Kodama M,Fujioka T,Yamaoka Y

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16-year-old boy was hospitalized because of abdominal pain, diarrhea, and weight loss. Serum immunoelectrophoresis showed an absence of IgA and diminished levels of IgM and IgG. Radiological examination of the upper gut was suggestive of lymphoid nodular hyperplasia, a diagnosis confirmed by endoscopy and intestinal...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Saffouri B,Mishriki Y,Bartolomeo RS,Fuchs B

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the clinical usefulness of titers of antibody to Helicobacter pylori (Hp) in a urine-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (URINELISA; Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Tokushima, Japan) by comparing values of serum antibody to Hp in an already commercialized kit in a population of 250 asymptomatic individ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Yamamoto T,Tamura M,Ishii T,Anjiki H,Hattori K,Saitoh M,Sanaka M,Kuyama Y

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the diagnostic accuracy of a new immunological marker of celiac sprue (CS), the antijejunum antibody (JAB), with that of antigliadin (AGA) and antiendomysium (EmA) antibodies. One hundred untreated adults with biopsy-proven CS, 52 healthy controls, and 57 patients with inflammatory bowel disease, lymphoma ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Sategna-Guidetti C,Grosso S,Bruno M,Grosso SB

更新日期：1995-01-01 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

abstract：:Thromboangiitis obliterans characteristically affects small- and medium-sized vessels of the limbs in young smokers. There is some controversy about the existence of visceral localizations of the disease. The case of a patient with a well-established diagnosis of thromboangiitis obliterans who presented with mesenteri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Hassoun Z,Lacrosse M,De Ronde T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori antibody testing is accurate for diagnosing untreated patients. Rapid serum testing is as accurate as formal enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) testing. As whole blood fingerstick tests may become the diagnostic method of choice if they are of similar accuracy, 51 patients were studied who h...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Harrison JR,Bevan J,Furth EE,Metz DC

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An association between Helicobacter pylori infection and colorectal neoplasia has been reported in cross-sectional studies. GOALS:We examined the association between H. pylori infection and the development of advanced colorectal neoplasia (AN) in a screening cohort. STUDY:We identified 3753 adults, who und...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Ryoo SK,Kim TJ,Kim ER,Hong SN,Kim YH,Chang DK

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/GOALS:The endoscopic treatment of ampullary adenomas is established; however, the false-negative rate of endoscopic biopsy for carcinoma is 20% to 30%, and it remains uncertain whether identifiable features predict malignancy. Our aim in this study was to evaluate the predictable factors of malignancy in amp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Kim HN,Kim KM,Shin JU,Lee JK,Lee KT,Lee KH,Kim KM,Lim JH

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steatocrit is a semiquantitative method for determination of fat content in fecal samples. Previous studies, mostly performed in children, reported controversial results. The aim of our study was to compare the determination of fat content in 148 fecal samples by two methods: the conventional van de Kamer and the stea...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Sugai E,Srur G,Vazquez H,Benito F,Mauriño E,Boerr LA,Bai JC

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection due to mother-to-child transmission during the perinatal period remains an important global health problem. Despite standard passive-active immunoprophylaxis with hepatitis B immunoglobulin and hepatitis B vaccine in neonates, up to 8.5% of newborns still acquire HBV infection...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Li J,Chang MS,Tran TT,Nguyen MH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is a malignancy-associated polyposis syndrome. We describe a histopathologic phenomenon easily encountered when examining the nature of Peutz-Jeghers polyps but that is underreported in the literature. This phenomenon of "pseudo-invasion" may mimic invasive carcinoma due to epithelial displaceme...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Westerman AM,van Velthuysen ML,Bac DJ,Schouten WR,Wilson JH

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with recently healed duodenal ulcers were enrolled at 14 participating centers in a 12-month study comparing the effectiveness of ranitidine and cimetidine, two H2-receptor blockers, for maintenance therapy. Patients were randomly assigned to take bedtime doses of 150 mg of ranitidine (n = 60) or 400 mg of ci...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Silvis SE

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00