Cannabis Abuse Is Increasing and Associated with Increased Emergency Department Utilization in Gastroenterology Patients.

abstract：:Fibronectin (FN) is important for wound healing via cell proliferation, adhesion, differentiation, and matrix formation. Fetal types of FN mRNA, which include the region of EIIIA or EIIIB, are well expressed during embryonic development and wound healing. This study was done to investigate the mRNA expression of full-...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Tominaga K,Higuchi K,Watanabe T,Fujiwara Y,Kim S,Arakawa T,Iwao H,Kuroki T

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc is an essential trace element, exerting important antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antiapoptotic effects. It affects growth and development and participates in processes such as aging and cancer induction. The liver is important for the regulation of zinc homeostasis, while zinc is necessary for proper liver f...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Stamoulis I,Kouraklis G,Theocharis S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP), pain relief is a dilemma. Antioxidants with pregabalin therapy have been reported to be useful. Hence, this study was carried out to determine the efficacy of the combination of antioxidant and pregabalin therapy in reducing pain in patients with CP. METHODS:This ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Sureshkumar S,Omang A,Anandhi A,Rajesh BS,Abdulbasith KM,Vijayakumar C,Palanivel C,Pazhanivel M,Kate V

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive findings on capsule endoscopy (CE) often prompt a follow-up procedure with therapeutic intent. Our purpose was to review the therapeutic yield of subsequent procedural interventions based on positive CE findings. The medical records of all patients who underwent CE between June 2002 and February 2005 for obsc...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Baichi MM,Arifuddin RM,Mantry PS

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) and isolated gluten-sensitive enteropathy (GSE) are gluten-sensitive diseases in which ingestion of dietary gluten results in the development of clinical disease. Patients with DH develop cutaneous IgA deposits and a severe skin disease, but rarely develop gastrointestinal symptoms. Patie...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Hall RP 3rd,Smith AD,Streilein RD

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) requires quantification of esophageal eosinophilia. AIMS:The aims of this study were to assess inter- and intraobserver reliability for measuring esophageal eosinophil counts and to validate a novel method of determining tissue eosinophil density using digitized h...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Dellon ES,Fritchie KJ,Rubinas TC,Woosley JT,Shaheen NJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the use of health care resources and the associated costs of complex perianal Crohn's disease (CD) from the National Health System perspective. METHODS:We conducted a multicenter, retrospective, observational study in which gastroenterologists from 11 hospitals in the Community of Madrid took part. Dat...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Chaparro M,Zanotti C,Burgueño P,Vera I,Bermejo F,Marín-Jiménez I,Yela C,López P,Martín MD,Taxonera C,Botella B,Pajares R,Ponferrada A,Calvo M,Algaba A,Pérez L,Casis B,Maté J,Orofino J,Lara N,García-Losa M,Badia

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We previously reported that preoperative chemolipiodolization of the whole liver is effective for reducing the incidence of postoperative recurrence and prolonging survival in patients with resectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The present randomized controlled trial was performed to evaluate the influe...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Kaibori M,Tanigawa N,Kariya S,Ikeda H,Nakahashi Y,Hirohara J,Koreeda C,Seki T,Sawada S,Okazaki K,Kwon AH

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic photodynamic therapy with hematoporphyrin derivative was used in the primary treatment of 54 patients with inoperable gastrointestinal neoplasms. Patients were divided into three groups including 24 with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, 14 with adenocarcinoma of the stomach or lower third of the esophagu...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Patrice T,Foultier MT,Yactayo S,Adam F,Galmiche JP,Douet MC,Le Bodic L

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basal gastric acid output was analyzed prospectively in 110 patients with endoscopically documented duodenal ulcer disease to determine the frequency of gastric acid hypersecretion in patients with bleeding versus nonbleeding ulcers. Thirty-eight patients with stigmata of an actively or recently bleeding duodenal ulce...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Collen MJ,Kalloo AN,Sheridan MJ

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to compare the effects of subtotal Billroth II gastrectomy on gastric emptying and gastrointestinal motility with previously published results in intact dogs and in dogs with subtotal Roux-Y gastrectomy. Extraluminal strain gauge transducers were used to study gastrointestinal motility after ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ehrlein HJ,Wulschke S,Thoma G,Schumpelick V

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of treatment on progression of fibrosis in autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is unknown. We assessed the changes in liver fibrosis before and after treatment among these patients. Nineteen AIH patients who had paired liver biopsies were studied. Of these, seven had been treated with 6 months of cyclosporine A and ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Mohamadnejad M,Malekzadeh R,Nasseri-Moghaddam S,Hagh-Azali S,Rakhshani N,Tavangar SM,Sedaghat M,Alimohamadi SM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatolithiasis is a major disease in Asia but differences in operative incidence between countries have not been examined. A retrospective study was conducted in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and the results were compared with those in Japan with the aim of defining factors involved in the etiology of the conditi...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Nakayama F,Soloway RD,Nakama T,Miyazaki K,Ichimiya H,Sheen PC,Ker CG,Ong GB,Choi TK,Boey J

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with Helicobacter increases the transcellular passage of macromolecules across the epithelium, and this effect can be prevented by a gastroprotective agent rebamipide. The aim was to gain insight into the mechanisms involved. The HT29-19A intestinal epithelial cells grown on microporous filters as monolayers...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Matysiak-Budnik T,Thomas-Collignon A,Mégraud F,Heyman M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our goal was to determine whether Seirogan, an herbal medicine used as an antidiarrheal agent, modifies colonic function, including motility. Experiments were performed on four female Yucatan mini-pigs with established permanent cecal fistulas providing direct access to the colon. Long-term recordings of proximal colo...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Kuge T,Venkova K,Greenwood-Van Meerveld B

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The performance characteristics of colonic sensation and motility measurements are unclear. AIM:To compare left colon compliance, tone, and sensation in males and females and to evaluate inter and intra-individual coefficients of variation (COV) in these measurements. METHODS:Data were acquired using stand...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Odunsi ST,Camilleri M,Bharucha AE,Papathanasopoulos A,Busciglio I,Burton D,Zinsmeister AR

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the efficacy of standard blood tests of liver function (LFTs) and technetium-99m liver scan followed by laparoscopy in the diagnosis of solid malignant tumors of the liver, 100 consecutive patients were evaluated who had these tests because of clinical suspicion of liver neoplasm. Malignant liver tumors were ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Lightdale CJ,Winawer SJ,Kurtz RC,Knapper WH

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to determine if the presence of duodenal diverticula predisposes to the development of pancreaticobiliary disease. Between May 1999 and February 2001, 381 patients were examined by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography. Of these patients, 51 had periampullary diverticula. In 27 patients the ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Yildirgan MI,Başoğlu M,Yilmaz I,Atamanalp SS,Balik AA,Aydinli B,Oztürk G

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that the muscularis mucosae and mucosa are not pharmacologically homogeneous throughout the rat colon. The aim of this study was to simultaneously characterize all three neurokinin (NK) receptors in the muscularis mucosae and mucosa along the length of the rat colon. Strips of proximal, mid, and distal col...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Appleyard CB,Morales M,Percy WH

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen radicals are important regulators in Helicobacter pylori-induced gastric ulceration and carcinogenesis. IL-8 may be regulated by oxidant-sensitive transcription factors, NF-kappaB, and AP-1. The present study aims to investigate whether H. pylori-induced IL-8 expression is regulated by NF-kappaB and AP-1 in gas...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Chu SH,Kim H,Seo JY,Lim JW,Mukaida N,Kim KH

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known on practice patterns of endoscopists for the management of Barrett's esophagus (BE) over the last decade. AIMS:Our aim was to assess practice patterns of endoscopists for the diagnosis, surveillance and treatment of BE. METHODS:All members of the Italian Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SIED...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Zagari RM,Eusebi LH,Galloro G,Rabitti S,Neri M,Pasquale L,Bazzoli F

更新日期：2020-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The timing of menarche in Crohn's disease (CD) is poorly described. Our objectives were to study age at menarche onset in CD, and factors associated with this. METHODS:We compared the age at menarche of 34 CD patients with that for 545 controls, using data in the National Health and Nutrition Exami...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Gupta N,Lustig RH,Kohn MA,Vittinghoff E

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tyrosine phosphorylation and dephosphorylation by protein tyrosine kinases and phosphatases (PTPs), respectively, play crucial roles in cellular signal transduction. Protein phosphatase non-receptor type 11 (PTPN11) is a positive signaling PTP that activates RAS and ERK signaling. Also, the PTPN11 binds with...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Kim JS,Shin OR,Kim HK,Cho YS,An CH,Lim KW,Kim SS

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperglycemia slows gastric emptying and increases the intensity of perception of gastric distension during fasting and small intestinal nutrient stimulation. In order to examine the possibility that abnormalities of gastric electrical rhythm may be associated with the effects of hyperglycemia, the gastric electrical ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Hebbard GS,Samson M,Andrews JM,Carman D,Tansell B,Sun WM,Dent J,Horowitz M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the histogenesis of experimental tumors in the rat esophagus. Thirty rats received 0.0015% N-methyl-N-amylnitrosamine (MNAN) in the drinking water for 12 weeks. Another 30 rats received tap water. All rats then received tap water until sacrifice. Rats from each group were s...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Kuwayama H,Eastwood GL

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind, randomized crossover study, the hypotheses were tested that more powerful inhibition of gastric acid secretion by adjuvant omeprazole further improves the efficacy of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy compared to adjuvant cimetidine and that excluding the influence of pH-related factors, by virt...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Bruno MJ,Rauws EA,Hoek FJ,Tytgat GN

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is regarded as the major risk factor of bacterial translocation. Few studies have investigated the direct relation between SIBO and translocation in cirrhotic patients. The purpose of this study is to examine the correlation between SIBO and bacterial DNA in the p...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Jun DW,Kim KT,Lee OY,Chae JD,Son BK,Kim SH,Jo YJ,Park YS

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Barrett's esophagus (BE) is intestinal metaplasia of the lower esophagus and a precursor lesion for esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). Both are important health issues as they have rising incidences in the Western world. Improving the management of BE relies on understanding the underlying biology of this disease, but t...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： To H,Clemons NJ,Duong CP,Trainer AH,Phillips WA

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Approximately 10% of children with celiac disease (CD) have ultra-short celiac disease (USCD), where histological abnormalities are limited to the duodenal bulb. The aim of our retrospective study was to identify clinical and serological characteristics at baseline and at follow-up of children with ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Doyev R,Cohen S,Ben-Tov A,Weintraub Y,Amir A,Galai T,Moran-Lev H,Yerushalmy-Feler A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The C-31G polymorphism in the survivin promoter could de-repress the cell-cycle-dependent transcription of the human survivin gene, resulting in overexpression of survivin. This survivin mutation has only been studied on cervical carcinoma. However, no study has ever been conducted to evaluate the effect o...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Yang L,Zhu H,Zhou B,Gu H,Yan H,Tang N,Dong H,Sun Q,Cong R,Chen G,Wang B

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00