Marked retention of indocyanine green and sulfobromophthalein with chronic persistent hepatitis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a wide variation in the prevalence of peptic ulcer in India both before and since the use of endoscopy. We studied the prevalence of peptic ulcer disease in a community in northern India and its relationship with Helicobacter pylori infection. METHODS:A house-to-house survey of residents aged 15 ye...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Singh V,Trikha B,Nain CK,Singh K,Vaiphei K

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The oral manifestations of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) have been reported in the recent literature. Therefore, there has been growing interest in the characterization of the dento-osseous anomalies because they may precede colorectal cancer and may be used as a diagnostic marker. This system...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Almeida FT,Pachêco-Pereira C,Porporatti AL,Flores-Mir C,Leite AF,De Luca Canto G,Guerra EN

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infection with hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major cause of acute viral hepatitis in several developing countries. Although usually self-limiting and benign, the disease is particularly severe among pregnant women, with mortality rates reaching 15-20%. METHODS:Immune parameters among pregnant women with acut...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Pal R,Aggarwal R,Naik SR,Das V,Das S,Naik S

更新日期：2005-07-01 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:Non-invasive diagnosis of colorectal disease remains problematic, fecal biomarkers presenting the only current option. Colorectal mucus is the diagnostically informative element of stool samples, but its separation from stool is difficult. We aimed to: (i) test a novel method of non-invasive colorect...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Loktionov A,Chhaya V,Bandaletova T,Poullis A

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The high recurrence of hepatolithiasis and high operative trauma of hepatectomy necessitate new therapeutic approaches. Thus, this study was designed to (i) investigate the effectiveness of chemical biliary duct embolization (CBDE) for chemical hepatectomy; and (ii) to determine the mechanism of CBD...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Li FY,Cheng JQ,Li N,He S,Zhang MM,Dong JH,Jiang LS,Cheng NS

更新日期：2006-05-01 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 AIMS:Positron emission tomography with computed tomography (PET/CT) has been used to detect metastasis in the diagnosis of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). However, the utility of PET/CT to assess primary tumor for endoscopic resectability and prognosis in early EAC remains unclear. We conducted a retros...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sun G,Tian J,Gorospe EC,Johnson GB,Hunt CH,Lutzke LS,Leggett CL,Iyer PG,Wang KK

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:This study investigated the usefulness of near-focus narrowband imaging (NF-NBI) for determining gastric tumor margins compared with indigo carmine chromoendoscopy (ICC) before endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). METHODS:This prospective randomized controlled trial was conducted at seven teachin...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kim JW,Jung Y,Jang JY,Kim GH,Bang BW,Park JC,Choi HS,Cho JH,Research Group for Endoscopic Instruments and Stents of Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The stool antigen test, the HpSA test, has been validated mainly in Western countries, but not properly in the Chinese population. Recently, another stool antigen test, the Apollo test, was developed, but its accuracy has rarely been validated. The aim of this study is to compare the accuracy of thes...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wong BC,Xia HH,Cheung HK,Ng FH,Wong SY,Chow KC,Lin SK,Yin Y,Wong WM,Yuen MF,Lam SK

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coffee is one of the most popular beverages in the world. Several studies consistently show that coffee drinkers with chronic liver disease have a reduced risk of cirrhosis and a lower incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma regardless of primary etiology. With the increasing prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver dise...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chen S,Teoh NC,Chitturi S,Farrell GC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) in East has risen over the past decade to become a global disease. The increasing number of studies on the incidence and course of IBD in East has enabled us to explore East versus West differences in the epidemiology of IBD which could enhance our understanding of th...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Mak WY,Zhao M,Ng SC,Burisch J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy and safety of peginterferon alpha-2a (40 KD) (peg-IFNalpha-2a) plus ribavirin has not been reported for Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis C. The aim of this study was to evaluate this combination in treatment-naïve patients and in non-responders or relapsers to interferon monotherapy. ME...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kuboki M,Iino S,Okuno T,Omata M,Kiyosawa K,Kumada H,Hayashi N,Sakai T

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:HFE mutations, a common cause of hereditary hemochromatosis (HH), are reportedly associated with hepatic iron overload, severe liver fibrosis, and good response to interferon treatment in European patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). HH shows ethnicity-based differences and little is known about ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ishizu Y,Katano Y,Honda T,Hayashi K,Ishigami M,Itoh A,Hirooka Y,Nakano I,Goto H

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study was to determine the cumulative rate of flare-up of serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level during a 10-year follow-up period, and characterize the clinical, virologic features in 120 hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA-positive asymptomatic carriers with persistently normal ALT levels for 6 month...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tsuji K,Yamasaki K,Yamanishi M,Kawakami M,Shirahama S

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Tumor thrombi in the bile duct caused by hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and cholangiocarcinoma show polypoid lesions on cholangiographic findings. This study prospectively compared the images of intraductal ultrasonography between HCC and polypoid cholangiocarcinoma. METHODS:In five patients with t...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tamada K,Isoda N,Wada S,Tomiyama T,Ohashi A,Satoh Y,Ido K,Sugano K

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two intertwined compartments coexisting in nonpolypoid conventional (i.e. tubular or villous) adenomas are highlighted in this review: one built of dysplastic tissue on top and the other portraying crypts with irregular, corrupted shapes, albeit lined with normal epithelium, below. The latter compartment has remained ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Rubio CA

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:It is unclear how adding an anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha agent to immunomodulator (IM) treatment, as a step-up strategy, affects long-term outcomes in ulcerative colitis. This retrospective study investigated persistence associated with biologic anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha agents combined wi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kobayashi T,Udagawa E,Uda A,Hibi T,Hisamatsu T

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:White opaque substance (WOS) is a novel endoscopic finding in gastric neoplasms, indicating the intracellular accumulation of lipid droplets (LDs). However, gastric lipid metabolism has not been extensively investigated, even in normal mucosa. We investigated the expression profiles of lipid-metaboli...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Enjoji M,Kohjima M,Ohtsu K,Matsunaga K,Murata Y,Nakamuta M,Imamura K,Tanabe H,Iwashita A,Nagahama T,Yao K

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of persistent ileitis following the refashioning of a Kock ileal pouch into a Brooke ileostomy for severe pouchitis is reported. Preserving the terminal ileum by a salvage procedure may not be a safe alternative to pouch excision with the formation of a new end ileostomy in the surgical management of pouchitis ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： de Silva HJ,Mortensen NJ

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The reasons for the viral persistence of hepatitis B virus infection (HBV) are unknown, but are probably related to host immune factors. Cytokines play a significant role in immune defense. The present study was undertaken to investigate the association between HBV infection and polymorphisms of tumor necros...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Cheong JY,Cho SW,Hwang IL,Yoon SK,Lee JH,Park CS,Lee JE,Hahm KB,Kim JH

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer (CRC) ranks third of all cancer mortalities in Hong Kong. CRC screening can reduce mortality. However, participation in the CRC screening program depends on the knowledge and attitude of the population. The aim of this study is to investigate the knowledge and attitude towards CRC screening...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wong BC,Chan AO,Wong WM,Hui WM,Kung HF,Lam SK

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The presence of spur-cell anemia (SCA) is due to lipid disturbances of the erythrocyte membrane and may develop in patients with advanced liver cirrhosis. The accurate predicting value of SC for survival has not been clarified. The aim of this study was to evaluate SCA as a prognostic indicator in pa...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Alexopoulou A,Vasilieva L,Kanellopoulou T,Pouriki S,Soultati A,Dourakis SP

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:A prospective, non-randomized cohort study on long-term lamivudine treatment, comparing efficacy, drug resistance, and prognosis for various stages of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related liver disease was performed to elucidate the significance and indication of lamivudine for individual patient...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nishida T,Kobashi H,Fujioka S,Fujio K,Takaguchi K,Ikeda H,Kawaguchi M,Ando M,Araki Y,Higashi T,Shoji B,Takaki A,Iwasaki Y,Sakaguchi K,Shiratori Y,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been reported to be detectable in about 10% of gastric carcinomas. We performed a comparative study of endosonographic findings of EBV-positive and -negative early gastric carcinomas. Epstein-Barr virus was detected in 11.8% (four of 34) of endosonographically observed early gastric ca...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nishikawa J,Yanai H,Mizugaki Y,Takada K,Tada M,Okita K

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Haemosuccus pancreaticus is a rare complication of pancreatitis. It is a diagnostic problem for even the most astute clinician and a challenge for the expert endoscopist. We report a 25-year-old male patient who had all the features usually seen in haemosuccus pancreaticus patients: recurrent obscure upper g...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yattoo GN,Khuroo MS,Wani NA,Wani KA,Bhat FA

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute cholangitis is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Endoscopic drainage procedures have been shown to be a safe and effective mode of treatment in acute cholangitis. As there is paucity of large series on endoscopic management of acute cholangitis, a study was performed to evaluate safety and eff...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sharma BC,Agarwal DK,Baijal SS,Saraswat VA,Choudhuri G,Naik SR

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reproducibility of echo-Doppler measurements of portal vein and superior mesenteric artery blood flow has not been extensively studied. In the present study, two groups of subjects were examined to test inter- and intra-observer reproducibility. Each study population consisted of 15 nonportal hypertensive and 15 p...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Iwao T,Toyonaga A,Shigemori H,Oho K,Sumino M,Sato M,Tanikawa K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) leads to chronic liver disease in at least 50-60% of infected people and approximately 40-50% of these patients will go on to develop cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C (HCV-C). The pathogenic mechanisms that result in HCV-C are unknown. Sixty Japanese patients with HCV-C were examined for HL...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Higashi Y,Kamikawaji N,Suko H,Ando M

更新日期：1996-03-01 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