Oesophageal motility and gastro-oesophageal reflux: effect of variceal eradication by endoscopic sclerotherapy.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Repeated water avoidance stress (WAS) induces visceral hypersensitivity. Additionally, it is also known to activate corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), mast cells, and pro-inflammatory cytokines systems, but their precise roles on visceral sensation have not been determined definitely. The aim of t...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nozu T,Miyagishi S,Nozu R,Takakusaki K,Okumura T

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The treatment of patients with functional dyspepsia (FD) remains unsatisfactory. We assessed the efficacy of Zhizhu Kuanzhong (ZZKZ) capsule, a traditional Chinese medicine formula, in patients with postprandial distress syndrome (PDS) of FD. METHODS:The study was designed as a multicenter, randomiz...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Xiao Y,Li Y,Shu J,Li Y,Xu J,Ren J,Liu D,Wang J,Zhou L,Li Y,Tang G,Tian D,Zhang S,Hou X,Wang H,Li Z,Lv N,Chen M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Monotherapy has been proven insufficient in achieving sustained control of chronic hepatitis B. We aimed to assess the efficacy of combined sequential administration of lamivudine and pegylated interferon alfa-2b in patients with hepatitis Be antigen (HBeAg)-negative chronic hepatitis B. METHODS:Eig...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Vassiliadis T,Tziomalos K,Patsiaoura K,Zagris T,Giouleme O,Soufleris K,Grammatikos N,Theodoropoulos K,Mpoumponaris A,Dona K,Zezos P,Nikolaidis N,Orfanou-Koumerkeridou E,Balaska A,Eugenidis N

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lauren's intestinal type of gastric cancer was proposed to be dependent on long-term environmental factors and is always preceded by chronic premalignant change. A cohort study was performed and demonstrated an increased cancer risk of gastric remnant after gastric surgery for benign disease. It is generally believed ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lo SS,Tsay SH,Wu CW,Hsieh MC,Li AF,Lui WY

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized controlled trial was designed to investigate whether a high dose of terlipressin could control acute variceal haemorrhage more effectively than a low dose of terlipressin. Forty cirrhotic patients with bleeding oesophageal varices were included, with low-dose terlipressin in 21 patients and high-dose terl...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chang TT,Lee FY,Tsai YT,Lai KH,Chao Y,Hsia HC,Lin HC,Wang SS,Lee SD,Lo KJ

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the clinical usefulness of a protein induced by vitamin K absence, antagonist-prothrombin (PIVKA-II), in detecting hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) specifically in patients with liver cirrhosis, and the possible correlation between levels of PIVKA-II and pathological features of HCC. Plasma levels of PIVKA-...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Takikawa Y,Suzuki K,Yamazaki K,Goto T,Madarame T,Miura Y,Yoshida T,Kashiwabara T,Sato S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Currently, endoscopic drainage (ED) and percutaneous drainage (PD) are both widely used effective interventions in the management of patients with symptomatic pancreatic fluid collections (PFCs). This study aimed to compare the clinical effectiveness and safety of ED to those of PD in the treatment o...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wan J,Wu D,He W,Zhu Y,Zhu Y,Zeng H,Liu P,Xia L,Lu N

更新日期：2020-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Renal abnormalities can occur at any time point during the course of Wilson disease (WD). We aimed to fill a literature gap in this respect by studying urinary abnormalities in children and adolescents with WD. METHODS:This study included 60 children with WD presenting to the Pediatric Hepatology Un...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Helmy H,Fahmy M,Abdel Aziz H,Ghobrial C,Abdel Hameed N,El-Karaksy H

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Endoscopic papillary balloon dilation (EPBD) has been advocated as an alternative therapy to endoscopic sphincterotomy for bile duct stones. However, studies have shown that EPBD may increase the risk for pancreatitis. Pancreatitis after EPBD is believed to be related to papillary damage after balloo...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tsujino T,Kawabe T,Isayama H,Sasaki T,Kogure H,Togawa O,Arizumi T,Ito Y,Matsubara S,Yamamoto N,Nakai Y,Sasahira N,Hirano K,Toda N,Komatsu Y,Tada M,Yoshida H,Omata M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence and potential value of the detection of signs of portal hypertension by duplex Doppler ultrasound (DDU) of the ligamentum teres and portal vein in patients with known or suspected chronic liver disease and/or portal hypertension was studied in 136 consecutive patients undergoing clinical assessment incl...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Gibson PR,Gibson RN,Donlan JD,Ditchfield MR,Bhathal PS

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common functional disorder of the biliary tract and pancreas relates to the activity of the Sphincter of Oddi. The Sphincter of Oddi is a small smooth muscle sphincter strategically placed at the junction of the bile duct, pancreatic duct, and duodenum. The sphincter controls flow of bile and pancreatic juice...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Toouli J

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with end-stage liver disease have significant mortality often associated with intercurrent episodes of bleeding or sepsis. Intact adrenal function is essential in such situations. In order to test the hypothesis that adrenal insufficiency might be present in severe liver disease, hypothalamic-pituitary adrena...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： McDonald JA,Handelsman DJ,Dilworth P,Conway AJ,McCaughan GW

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Mongolian gerbils are frequently used to study Helicobacter pylori-induced gastritis and its consequences. The presence of some gastric flora with a suppressive effect on H. pylori suggests inhibitory microflora against H. pylori infection. The aim of the present study was to analyze the microflora ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Zaman C,Osaki T,Hanawa T,Yonezawa H,Kurata S,Kamiya S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection by verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) is prevalent in many parts of the world but relatively uncommon in Asia, except Japan. A territory wide screening for VTEC (April to August 1996) in diarrhoeal stool samples sent to six hospital microbiology laboratories in Hong Kong revealed only four isola...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wong S,Yam WC,Leung P,Woo P,Yuen KY

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of infection of mice with Leishmania major on liver microsomal protein and cytochrome P-450 were examined. The levels of hepatic microsomal protein and cytochrome P-450 were monitored at 6, 7, 9 and 12 weeks post-infection. The results indicated that the amount of hepatic microsomal protein and cytochrome ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： al-Mofleh IA,al-Khuwaitir SA,Mahmoud AA,Kyegombe DB,al-Tuwaijri AS

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), a chronic inflammatory process affecting the extrahepatic and/or medium to large bile ducts, is not rare in children. It has features suggesting an autoimmune pathogenesis, although the mechanism of tissue damage remains unknown. The clinical presentation of childhood primary scle...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Roberts EA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is unclear. Recent studies suggested that oxidative stress plays an important role in the mechanism of NASH. Excessive accumulation of iron in the liver causes oxidative stress. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the grade of hepatic iron acc...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yamamoto M,Iwasa M,Iwata K,Kaito M,Sugimoto R,Urawa N,Mifuji R,Konishi M,Kobayashi Y,Adachi Y

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:To study the histological changes caused by transfection of the hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) gene using electroporation (EP) in a non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) cirrhotic liver model. METHODS:NASH cirrhotic livers were prepared by administering a choline-deficient diet to 5-week-old male Wis...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kiyama S,Yamada T,Iwata H,Sekino T,Matsuo H,Yoshida N,Miyahara T,Umeda Y,Matsuno Y,Kimura M,Matsumoto K,Nakamura T,Takemura H

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Endoscopic resection is feasible for superficial tumors in patients with ulcerative colitis; however, endoscopic resection options have not been evaluated comprehensively. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of endoscopic submucosal dissection and endoscopic mucosal resection, and decision making re...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nishio M,Hirasawa K,Ozeki Y,Sawada A,Ikeda R,Fukuchi T,Kobayashi R,Makazu M,Sato C,Kunisaki R,Maeda S

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57 year old Japanese male was incidentally found to have a 7.5 cm diameter hepatic haemangioma. Eleven years later he was operated on because the haemangioma had grown into a 17 cm mass causing upper abdominal fullness. Volumetry on computerized tomograms disclosed that the haemangioma had grown from 123 cm3 to 1343...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yoshida J,Yamasaki S,Yamamoto J,Kosuge T,Takayama T,Hasegawa H,Takayasu K,Muramatsu Y,Moriyama N,Hirohashi S

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effect of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) superinfection on the long-term outcome of Japanese subjects with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, we examined the presence of antibodies to hepatitis delta antigen (anti-HD) in serial serum samples collected from 1127 subjects with chronic HBV infecti...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tamura I,Kurimura O,Koda T,Ichimura H,Katayama S,Kurimura T,Inaba Y

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33 year old woman with mental deficiency, retinitis pigmentosa, obesity, and parental consanguinity (heredity) was diagnosed as having Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome. She also had diabetes mellitus, slight hepatic dysfunction, and hepatomegaly. Liver biopsy showed perilobular fibrosis and bile duct proliferation with ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nakamura F,Sasaki H,Kajihara H,Yamanoue M

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The conventional method of anatomical right hemihepatectomy (ARHH) requires hilus dissection. We report a method without hilus dissection to minimize intraoperative bleeding. METHODS:We retrospectively evaluated data of 107 patients who received ARHH involving ligation of corresponding inflow and ou...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chen XP,Zhang ZW,Huang ZY,Chen YF,Zhang WG,Qiu FZ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Collagenous sprue (CS) is a rare form of enteropathy that had been reported to be associated with celiac disease (CD) and collagenous colitis (CC). The aim of our study was to compare the clinical features, treatments, and outcomes of CS, CD, and CC. METHODS:All patients with histologic diagnosis of CS, CD,...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lan N,Shen B,Yuan L,Liu X

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the long-term efficacy and the timing of booster injection of a lyophilized, inactivated hepatitis A vaccine (HAV), we studied the acquired anti-hepatitis A virus titres in 45 subjects who received either two or three doses of the vaccine. With three doses > or = 0.5 microgram administered at 0, 1 and 6 mo...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Fujiyama S,Odoh K,Tanaka M,Kuramoto I,Tomita K

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:By analyzing a tumor growth of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) detected in sustained responders (SR) to interferon (IFN) therapy for chronic hepatitis C, we sought to determine the duration of follow up in SR that would be sufficient to detect HCC. In addition, we sought to elucidate the presence of HCC, whic...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Toyoda H,Kumada T,Honda T,Hayashi K,Katano Y,Nakano I,Hayakawa T,Fukuda Y

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The present study was designed to investigate the expression of and humoral response against NY-ESO-1 in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and to analyze the relationship between expression of NY-ESO-1 mRNA and clinicopathological features. METHODS:NY-ESO-1 mRNA and protein expression in surgic...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nakamura S,Nouso K,Noguchi Y,Higashi T,Ono T,Jungbluth A,Chen YT,Old LJ,Nakayama E,Shiratori Y

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The presence of perianal disease in Crohn's disease patients is one of the factors of postoperative recurrence. The aim of this study is to evaluate long-term prognosis of perianal Crohn's disease patients in Asian. METHODS:Patients with Crohn's disease who had undergone surgical bowel resection wer...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Han YM,Kim JW,Koh SJ,Kim BG,Lee KL,Im JP,Kim JS,Jung HC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data on anorectal physiology in patients with disordered thyroid metabolism are lacking. This prospective study was performed to evaluate anorectal physiology in patients with either hyperthyroidism and diarrhoea, or hypothyroidism and constipation in order to assess slow transit in hypothyroid patients. ME...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Deen KI,Seneviratne SL,de Silva HJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with cirrhosis exhibit splanchnic, peripheral and pulmonary vasodilation, which are thought to play a role in increasing portal pressure, promoting sodium retention and determining arterial hypoxaemia. The present study investigated whether these abnormalities are influenced by portal hypertension o...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Luca A,García-Pagán JC,de Lacy AM,Escorsell A,Feu F,Visa J,Bosch J,Rodés J

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00