Disparities in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma based on geographical region are decreasing.

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：:The identification of activated hepatic stellate cells and related cell types as key fibrogenic effectors during liver injury has led to intense evaluation of transcriptional events underlying their behavior. While initial studies focused on characterizing interactions between transcription factors and regulatory regi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Friedman SL

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biliary tract complications are frequent after orthotopic liver transplantation. Late biliary tract complications occurring after T-tube removal mostly include stones and strictures which may be associated with sepsis and worsening of the liver function. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Mosca S,Militerno G,Guardascione MA,Amitrano L,Picciotto FP,Cuomo O

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:We have previously found high incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Australia. A population-based registry was established to assess disease severity, frequency of complications, and prognostic factors. METHODS:Incident cases were prospectively identified over 4 years. Early disease sever...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Niewiadomski O,Studd C,Hair C,Wilson J,Ding NS,Heerasing N,Ting A,McNeill J,Knight R,Santamaria J,Prewett E,Dabkowski P,Dowling D,Alexander S,Allen B,Popp B,Connell W,Desmond P,Bell S

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt (TIPS) technique consists of a transhepatic puncture of the portal vein and stenting of the parenchymal tract between the hepatic and portal veins. Complications of both puncture and stenting are observed in approximately 5% of procedures. Most of the complicatio...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Rössle M,Haag K,Blum HE

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural analysis, replicative efficiency and immunogenicity of hepatitis B virus (HBV) full-length genomes isolated from different patients or asymptomatic carriers are presented in the present review. Data indicate the importance of viral genome-based studies in elucidating the pathogenesis of HBV infections. ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wen YM

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cystinosis is a metabolic disease characterized by accumulation of cystine in different organs and tissues, leading to potentially life-threatening organ dysfunction. Infantile cystinosis typically leads to end-stage renal disease, necessitating renal replacement therapy. Liver disease in cystinosis is rare ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Cornelis T,Claes K,Gillard P,Nijs E,Roskams T,Lombaerts R,Nevens F,Cassiman D

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the efficacy of standard and low dosage of omeprazole in the healing of duodenal ulcer, 270 patients with endoscopically active duodenal ulcer were randomized to receive omeprazole, 10 mg or 20 mg every morning, or ranitidine, 150 mg twice daily, using the double-dummy technique. Forty-six potential pro...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Hui WM,Lam SK,Lau WY,Branicki FJ,Lok AS,Ng MM,Lai CL,Poon GP

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is endemic in several developing countries. Clinical manifestations of this infection vary widely from asymptomatic infection to uncomplicated acute viral hepatitis and fulminant hepatic failure. The pathogenesis of this disease and the reason of varying disease seve...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Srivastava R,Aggarwal R,Sachdeva S,Alam MI,Jameel S,Naik S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Glypican-3 (GPC3) expression is correlated with poor prognosis and progression in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HCC progression can be associated with the differentiation status of tumor cell before malignant transformation. Our aim was to investigate the dynamic expression of GPC3 during tumor cel...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Xue R,Feng J,Meng Q,Lv F,Zhu Y,Yu H,Zhang S,Song C,Sun L,Yue Z,Feng S,Che R,Xiang Q,Jing X

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:We aimed to investigate the ability of fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) to detect synchronous neoplasms, specifically obstructive colorectal cancer (CRC) and CRC in the proximal colon and to suggest a management strategy based on FDG PET/CT fi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kim WS,Lee HS,Lee JM,Kwak MS,Hwang SW,Park SH,Yang DH,Kim KJ,Myung SJ,Yang SK,Byeon JS

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations of leukemia occur in up to 25% of patients at autopsy, generally during relapse. Its presence varies with the type of leukemia and has been decreasing over time due to improved chemotherapy. Gross leukemic lesions are most common in the stomach, ileum, and proximal colon. Leukemia ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ebert EC,Hagspiel KD

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a common disorder in East and Southeast Asia where subjects experience post prandial fullness/bloating, early satiety, belching, epigastric pain, and/or burning. A subset of patients with FD experience triggers exclusively related to meals, defined as the post prandial distress syndrome in...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tan VP

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shunt surgery is considered to be the treatment of choice in patients with non-cirrhotic portal hypertension. There is little data on the effect of side-to-side lieno-renal (SSLR) shunt on oesophageal variceal size, splenic size and splenic pulp pressure (SPP) in patents with non-cirrhotic portal hypertension. We eval...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sharma BC,Singh RP,Chawla YK,Narasimhan KL,Rao KL,Mitra SK,Dilawari JB

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Hepatic steatosis is a metabolic liver disease with the potential to progress to steatohepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein homologous protein (CHOP) deficiency in the development of steatosis-...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Toriguchi K,Hatano E,Tanabe K,Takemoto K,Nakamura K,Koyama Y,Seo S,Taura K,Uemoto S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Better understanding of hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication and the natural history and immunopathogenesis of chronic hepatitis B, together with the introduction of effective agents with different mechanisms of action, is the basis for better therapeutic strategies against chronic hepatitis B. Substantial experience h...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Liaw YF

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:To document the clinical outcome and prognosis of acalculous cholecystitis in dengue fever. METHODS:Prospective analysis of 27 cases of dengue fever presenting to the medical emergency of a tertiary care referral hospital in Chandigarh, India. RESULTS:All patients with dengue fever presenting with...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sharma N,Mahi S,Bhalla A,Singh V,Varma S,Ratho RK

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:There is a paucity of literature regarding the clinical profile of chronic pancreatitis (CP) in children. The aims of this retrospective study were to determine the etiology and clinical presentation, and to present our experience in diagnosing CP in children in China. METHODS:Clinical data of chil...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wang W,Liao Z,Li ZS,Shi XG,Wang LW,Liu F,Wu RP,Zheng JM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and fifty-three cases of acute viral hepatitis admitted to Ibn Al-Khateeb Infectious Disease Hospital, Baghdad, were studied prospectively regarding the viral aetiological agent. The most common cause was infection with one of the non-A, non-B viruses (51%). The second most common cause was infection with ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Rassam SW,Goudeau AM,Dubois F,al-Khoury BN,al-Deen JA,Sadik AM

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four types of materials, type I collagen coat (Coat), acid-soluble type I collagen gel (Hardgel), pepsin-treated acid-soluble type I collagen gel (Softgel), and an extract of extracellular matrix of the murine Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm sarcoma (Matrigel), were used as matrices to culture rat hepatic parenchymal cells, and...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Awata R,Sawai H,Imai K,Terada K,Senoo H,Sugiyama T

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Although gastric hypermotility is one of the mechanisms proposed to explain the ulcerogenic action of indomethacin, the drug has shown relaxatory effects on isolated longitudinal and transverse rat gastric fundus. To explain the above discrepancy, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Keshavarz M,Afshin S,Djahanguiri B

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Functional gastrointestinal disorders are the most common disorders in gastroenterology and are currently considered as gut-brain interaction disorders with multiple related factors including motility disturbance. However, high-resolution manometry (HRM) had revealed a new disease concept known as mi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sato H,Takahashi K,Mizuno KI,Hashimoto S,Kawata Y,Mizusawa T,Tominaga K,Yokoyama J,Terai S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Little information is available about the antiviral efficacy of lamivudine (LAM) and entecavir (ETV) in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Thus, we compared the antiviral efficacy of LAM and ETV in these patients. METHODS:The medical records of 134...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Shin HS,Kim SU,Park JY,Kim DY,Han KH,Chon CY,Baatarkhuu O,Ahn SH

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Esophagogastric devascularization is an operation that can be performed for endoscopically uncontrolled variceal bleeding in hospitals having only basic surgical instruments and is therefore an appropriate procedure for small hospitals in developing countries. The aim of this study was to analyze one hospita...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Goyal N,Singhal D,Gupta S,Soin AS,Nundy S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy (EIS) is known to produce oesophageal structural and motility changes; however, alterations in frequency and severity of gastro-oesophageal reflux (GER) following EIS have not been investigated in detail. We studied 22 patients with cirrhosis and oesophageal varices before EIS and 26...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ghoshal UC,Saraswat VA,Aggarwal R,Misra A,Dhiman RK,Naik SR

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The European evidence-based guidelines (EEG) and American College of Gastroenterology Guidelines (ACGG) have been published to guide the management of pancreatic cystic lesions. We aim to evaluate the value of both guidelines in predicting advanced pancreatic cystic lesions (A-PCLs) with preoperative...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sun L,Wang W,Wang Y,Jiang F,Peng L,Jin G,Jin Z

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:On endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided biliary drainage, fistula dilation may be accompanied by leakage of bile juice, potentially along with bacteria or air, so this procedure should be kept as simple and short as possible. To date, various techniques to dilate the fistula have been reported. This pr...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Amano M,Ogura T,Onda S,Takagi W,Sano T,Okuda A,Miyano A,Masuda D,Higuchi K

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Sepsis is an important complication and cause of morbidity and mortality in acute pancreatitis (AP). The source of sepsis may be infected pancreatic and peripancreatic collections and/or necrosis or extrapancreatic including infections in the bloodstream or respiratory and urinary tracts. We studied...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Rao C,Bhasin DK,Rana SS,Gupta R,Gautam V,Singh K

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Cytokines play an important role in the pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis (AP). The aim of the present paper was to study the profile of anti- and proinflammatory cytokines in AP and to determine their predictive value for severity of AP, organ failure and mortality. METHODS:Consecutive patients wi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sathyanarayan G,Garg PK,Prasad H,Tandon RK

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The (13)C-urea breath test ((13)C-UBT) is a reliable non-invasive method of diagnosing Helicobacter pylori infection in adults and children. However, only a few validation studies have been performed on the (13)C-UBT in very young children. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the diagno...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yang HR,Seo JK

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00