Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli infection: The Hong Kong experience.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:To investigate the relationship between human leptin receptor (LEPR) gene G3057A polymorphism and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients complicated with or without non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). METHODS:Two hundred and sixteen cases of newly diagnosed T2DM patients (104 cases complica...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lu H,Sun J,Sun L,Shu X,Xu Y,Xie D

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The objective of this study was to describe the prevalence of pathogenic microorganisms in asymptomatic individuals in a community study in Melbourne, Australia. METHODS:The study population was a subset of 2803 individuals participating in the Water Quality Study; a community based randomized tria...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Hellard ME,Sinclair MI,Hogg GG,Fairley CK

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent autopsy studies have clarified the frequency of lymph node (LN) metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, LN metastases commonly occur in advanced and poorly differentiated HCC and are very rare in small HCC. We encountered a patient with skip LN metastases from a small HCC, 10 mm in diameter. An...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Uehara K,Hasegawa H,Ogiso S,Sakamoto E,Ohira S,Igami T,Mori T

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension is now recognized to be a rare association of liver disease and portal hypertension. This report describes the slow resolution of symptomatic pulmonary hypertension in a 33-year-old woman with cirrhosis who underwent isolated liver transplantation. The patient survived the surgery and perioperat...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Levy MT,Torzillo P,Bookallil M,Sheil AG,McCaughan GW

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flexible sigmoidoscopy has been recommended as a screening method to reduce the incidence of colorectal cancer in asymptomatic, average-risk subjects through the early detection and removal of polyps. However, the association between distal and proximal colonic neoplasia and, hence, the requirement for colonoscopic fo...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Collett JA,Platell C,Fletcher DR,Aquilia S,Olynyk JK

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Dendritic cells (DCs) are observed on the Helicobacter pylori-infected gastric mucosa. DCs generally play an important role in the regulation of inflammation. Although stimulation of gastric epithelial cells with H. pylori vacuolating cytotoxin (VacA) has been reported to induce apoptosis and endopla...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kim JM,Kim JS,Kim N,Ko SH,Jeon JI,Kim YJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between body mass index (BMI) and mortality from gastrointestinal (GI) cancer remains unclear, especially in Asian populations. METHODS:A total of 510 148 Korean adults who participated in routine health examinations during the period 2002-2003 were followed up until 2013. RESULTS:During a ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Jeong SH,Kim P,Yi SW,Kim YJ,Baeg MK,Yi JJ

更新日期：2018-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:We aimed to validate the non-invasive criteria for the characterization of portal vein thrombosis (PVT) in patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In a prospective study, we examined the impact of arterial hypervascularity, as established by the European Association for the Study ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Sorrentino P,Tarantino L,D'Angelo S,Terracciano L,Ferbo U,Bracigliano A,Panico L,De Chiara G,Lepore M,De Stefano N,Fiorentino F,Vecchione R

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:During 1981-86, 76 children were diagnosed as having acute viral hepatitis at the Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, which is a major referral centre for hepatitis in children in northern Taiwan. The majority (64%) of children had acute hepatitis B which had occurred mainly during infancy. ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Huang LM,Chang MH,Hong JY,Lee CY,Chen DS

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to determine the potential role of three-dimensional (3-D) conformal radiotherapy (RT) in treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS:Thirteen patients were included in this study, which was conducted between 1993 and 1996. Nine patients (group A) were tre...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Cheng SH,Lin YM,Chuang VP,Yang PS,Cheng JC,Huang AT,Sung JL

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Although several techniques for improved outcomes in endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided tissue acquisition have been reported, the reported diagnostic yield for pancreatic masses is not satisfactory. The effects of novel technique (torque method) on twisting the scope in the clockwise or counterclock...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Park SW,Lee SS,Song TJ,Koh DH,Hyun B,Chung D,Lee J,Shin E,Hong SM,Park CH

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Poly-adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-ribosylation, catalysed by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), is a post-translational modification of nuclear proteins and is involved in a wide range of biological processes including DNA repair, cell proliferation and malignant transformation. Alteration of this reaction i...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nomura F,Yaguchi M,Togawa A,Miyazaki M,Isobe K,Miyake M,Noda M,Nakai T

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to describe the clinical features, manometric findings, prevalence and incidence of achalasia in Singapore. METHODS:A total of 615 new patients referred for oesophageal manometry between 1989 and 1996 were examined prospectively. Twenty-four men and 25 women fulfilled the manometric and cli...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ho KY,Tay HH,Kang JY

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the value of carbon dioxide-enhanced ultrasonography (CO2-US) in the evaluation of viable hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) which were treated by transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE), percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI), or a combination treatment (TAE and PEI). Forty-o...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chen RC,Wang CK,Chiang LC,Lo HY,Duh SJ,Chen WT,Tu HY,Liao LY,Wang CS,Chen PH

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus infection is a global health problem; however, the interaction between pregnancy and chronic hepatitis C remains controversial. A Taiwanese woman with chronic hepatitis C had an uncomplicated pregnancy and gave birth to a female baby through spontaneous vaginal delivery. The serum levels of alanine a...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chen JD,Chung JL,Kao JH,Chen DS

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Whether an early use of azathioprine (AZA) can alter the natural history of Crohn's disease (CD) remains debated. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of AZA on disease progression in a cohort of patients with early CD. METHODS:This longitudinal cohort study examined patients with early C...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Qiu Y,Chen BL,Feng R,Zhang SH,He Y,Zeng ZR,Ben-Horin S,Peyrin-Biroulet L,Mao R,Chen MH

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Liver fibrosis is an established determinant of prognosis and therapy in chronic hepatitis B (CHB). The role of fibroscan in assessing fibrosis in CHB remains unclear. Present study was designed to correlate fibroscan with liver biopsy and determine whether fibroscan can avoid liver biopsy in patient...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Goyal R,Mallick SR,Mahanta M,Kedia S,Shalimar,Dhingra R,Sharma H,Das P,Datta Gupta S,Panda S,Acharya SK

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three clinicopathological phases of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are identified. First, is immune tolerance of HBV. High levels of viraemia are associated with normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels and minimal histological lesions. More than 30-40% of hepatocytes have the hepatitis B core antigen (...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chu CM,Liaw YF

更新日期：1997-10-01 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：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Helicobacter pylori infection in gastric mucosa is a form of chronic active gastritis that leads to expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in host macrophages and polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Nitric oxide produced by these cells infiltrating the gastric mucosa could damage DNA. We correlated ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tari A,Kodama K,Kitadai Y,Ohta M,Sumii K,Kajiyama G

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:In the condition of high prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a new diagnostic algorithm to efficiently identify NAFLD patients with significant fibrosis is urgently required. We evaluated the predictive ability of the fibrosis-4 index (FIB-4 index) for significant liver fibrosis ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tomeno W,Imajo K,Kuwada Y,Ogawa Y,Kikuchi M,Honda Y,Kato T,Kessoku T,Kirikoshi H,Yoneda M,Kitahora T,Saito S,Ozawa Y,Nakajima A

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Hyperphosphatemia has been implicated in the development and treatment of various cancers. However, whether it can be used as a direct prognostic marker of colorectal cancer (CRC) has remained unexplored. Given new insights into the importance of hyperphosphatemia in CRC, we sought to evaluate the as...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ye Z,Palazzo JP,Lin L,Lai Y,Guiles F,Myers RE,Han J,Xing J,Yang H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Thiopurines (TPs) are effective in reducing clinical and endoscopic recurrence in postoperative patients with Crohn's disease (CD). However, whether TPs could prevent surgical recurrence (SR) remains unknown. We aimed to explore whether TPs could prevent SR and identify risk factors associated with S...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Guo J,Chen BL,Chen ZH,Luo XP,Qiu Y,Zhang SH,Feng R,He Y,Zeng ZR,Song XM,Ben-Horin S,Mao R,Chen MH

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Controversy continues as to whether nutcracker esophagus (NE) is a 'real' manometric disease due to its poor correlation with clinical symptoms such as chest pain or dysphagia. While new NE criteria were proposed in a recent study, that study included NE patients both with and without gastroesophagea...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Jung KW,Jung HY,Yoon IJ,Kim DH,Chung JW,Oh HC,Choi KS,Choi KD,Song HJ,Lee GH,Kim JH

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：:Epidemiological evidence consistently indicates that aspirin or non-aspirin non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use is associated with the occurrence of gastric ulceration, gastric and ulcer bleeding, and ulcer death. Evidence on duodenal ulcer occurrence conflicts, possibly because of differences in study population...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Langman MJ,Brooks P,Hawkey CJ,Silverstein F,Yeomans N

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Recent studies have shown that imbalance between tumor-infiltrating interleukin (IL)-17(+) T cells and regulatory T cells (Tregs) is an important regulator of progression in various cancers, but little is known regarding this imbalance in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study explored the role o...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Huang Y,Wang F,Wang Y,Zhu Z,Gao Y,Ma Z,Xu R,Du Z

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:One of the main concerns related to peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is postoperative gastroesophageal reflux (GER). The two penetrating vessels (TPVs) that are found at the boundary between the circular and oblique muscles in the posterior cardia wall have been suggested to be a good indicator of t...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tanaka S,Toyonaga T,Kawara F,Watanabe D,Hoshi N,Abe H,Ariyoshi R,Ohara Y,Takao T,Morita Y,Umegaki E,Kodama Y

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00