A survey of abnormalities in the colon and rectum in patients with haemorrhoids.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is a disorder that is common by seen in childhood and may lead to severe complications. In this study, we ascertained the incidence of GER among the children who had typical and atypical complaints of GER and whether there was a difference between two groups comparing the findin...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Uzun H,Alagoz D,Okur M,Dikici B,Kocabay K,Senses DA,Ozkan A,Kaya M

更新日期：2012-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kawasaki disease (KD) or mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome is a vasculitis that mostly occurs in young children. Adult-onset KD (AKD) is rare and often misdiagnosed. Here we report a rare case of KD with cholestasis as principal symptom. CASE PRESENTATION:A 43-year-old caucasian man was admitted to our hosp...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Gallerani M,Pala M,Fabbian F,De Giorgi A

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Partial External Biliary Diversion (PEBD) is a surgical intervention to treat children with Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC) and Alagille syndrome (AGS). PEBD can reduce disease progression, and examining the alterations in biliary lipid composition may be a prognostic factor for outcome....

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Emerick KM,Elias MS,Melin-Aldana H,Strautnieks S,Thompson RJ,Bull LN,Knisely As,Whitington PF,Green RM

更新日期：2008-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 2.7 million Americans are chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV patients with cirrhosis form the largest group of persons at high risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Increased oxidative stress is regarded as a major mechanism of HCV-related liver disease progression. Defic...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Kataria Y,Deaton RJ,Enk E,Jin M,Petrauskaite M,Dong L,Goldenberg JR,Cotler SJ,Jensen DM,van Breemen RB,Gann PH

更新日期：2016-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) and sorafenib are the therapeutic standard for intermediate and advanced stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients respectively. High costs with adverse events (AE) of sorafenib might limit sorafenib dosage, further affecting therapeutic response. To attain greatest...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Hsiao WD,Peng CY,Chuang PH,Lai HC,Cheng KS,Chou JW,Chen YY,Yu CJ,Feng CL,Su WP,Chen SH,Kao JT

更新日期：2016-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) is a complex and heterogeneous genetic disease that has well-established clinical diagnostic criteria. These criteria do not include gastrointestinal tumors. CASE PRESENTATION:We report a 45-year-old patient with a clinical and molecular diagnosis of TSC and a family history...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Reis LB,Konzen D,Netto CBO,Braghini PMB,Prolla G,Ashton-Prolla P

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microscopic colitis presents with similar symptoms to classic inflammatory bowel diseases. Osteoporosis is a common complication of Crohn's disease but there are no data concerning bone metabolism in microscopic colitis. AIMS:The aim of the present study was to evaluate bone density and metabolism in patien...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Lorinczy K,Lakatos G,Müllner K,Hritz I,Lakatos PL,Tulassay Z,Miheller P

更新日期：2011-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli (E. coli), particularly E. coli sequence type ST131, is becoming a global concern. Commensal bacteria, an important reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes, facilitate the spread of such genes to pathogenic bacterial strains. The objective of the s...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Huang IF,Lee WY,Wang JL,Hung CH,Hu HH,Hung WY,Hung YJ,Chen WC,Shen YT,Cheng MF

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endoscopic treatments, such as endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and laparoscopic gastrectomy, are increasingly used to treat a subset of patients with early gastric cancer (EGC). To achieve successful outcomes, it is very important to accurately determine the lateral extent of the tumor. Therefore, we ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Lee BE,Kim GH,Park DY,Kim DH,Jeon TY,Park SB,You HS,Ryu DY,Kim DU,Song GA

更新日期：2010-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) symptoms often overlap. In some IBS cases there are subtle inflammatory changes similar to the immune-mediated pathophysiology of IBD, and the risk of both increases after infectious gastroenteritis (IGE). METHODS:To evaluate the effect of ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Porter CK,Cash BD,Pimentel M,Akinseye A,Riddle MS

更新日期：2012-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Idiopathic portal hypertension (IPH) is a disorder of unknown etiology and is characterized clinically by portal hypertension, splenomegaly, and hypersplenism accompanied by pancytopenia. This study evaluates the pathogenic concept of the disease by a systematic review of the literature and illustrates novel...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Däbritz J,Worch J,Materna U,Koch B,Koehler G,Duck C,Frühwald MC,Foell D

更新日期：2010-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Real-world comparisons of biologic treatment outcomes for ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD) patients are limited. We sought to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of vedolizumab (VDZ) and anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNFα) in UC and CD patients in Germany. METHODS:A retrospective c...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Helwig U,Mross M,Schubert S,Hartmann H,Brandes A,Stein D,Kempf C,Knop J,Campbell-Hill S,Ehehalt R

更新日期：2020-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Real-time tissue sonoelastography (EG) is a new non-invasive technique that visualizes differences in tissue strain. We evaluated the usefulness of EG in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) by investigating the association between EG and colonoscopic findings and disease activity. METHODS:Thirty-seven UC ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Ishikawa D,Ando T,Watanabe O,Ishiguro K,Maeda O,Miyake N,Nakamura M,Miyahara R,Ohmiya N,Hirooka Y,El-Omar EM,Goto H

更新日期：2011-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High dose intravenous proton pump inhibitor after endoscopic therapy for peptic ulcer bleeding has been recommended as adjuvant therapy. Whether oral proton pump inhibitor can replace intravenous proton pump inhibitor in this setting is unknown. This study aims to compare the clinical efficacy of oral and in...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Yen HH,Yang CW,Su WW,Soon MS,Wu SS,Lin HJ

更新日期：2012-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adult lactase non-persistence (LNP) is due to low lactase expression, resulting in lactose malabsorption (LM). LNP is a genetic trait, but is typically determined by LM markers including breath H2, blood glucose, and urinary galactose after a lactose tolerance test. Known validity of these markers using milk...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Shrestha A,Barnett MPG,Perry JK,Cameron-Smith D,Milan AM

更新日期：2020-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma (FDCS) is a rare neoplasm that originates from follicular dendritic cells in lymphoid tissue while paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) is an autoimmune blistering disease associated with neoplasms. Pancreatic FDCS associated with PNP and myasthenia gravis (MG) is even rarer and h...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Lu T,Song B,Pu H,Li X,Chen Q,Yang C

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Distal diminutive colorectal polyps are common and accurate endoscopic prediction of hyperplastic or adenomatous polyp histology could reduce procedural time, costs and potential risks associated with the resection. Within this study we assessed whether digital chromoendoscopy can accurately predict the hist...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Rath T,Tontini GE,Nägel A,Vieth M,Zopf S,Günther C,Hoffman A,Neurath MF,Neumann H

更新日期：2015-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Symptoms suggestive of functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) frequently overlap with those of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Despite the high prevalence of symptomatic overlap, the underlying etiology remains poorly defined. We assessed the correlation of symptomatic relief and healt...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Mönnikes H,Schwan T,van Rensburg C,Straszak A,Theek C,Lühmann R,Sander P,Tholen A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The search for better non-invasive biomarkers for gastric cancer remains ongoing. We investigated the predictive power of serum trefoil factor (TFF) levels as biomarkers for gastric cancer in comparison with the pepsinogen (PG) test. METHODS:Patients with gastric cancer, chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) or ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Huang Z,Zhang X,Lu H,Wu L,Wang D,Zhang Q,Ding H

更新日期：2014-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral iron supplementation is often associated with rapid onset of gastrointestinal side-effects. The aim of this study was to develop and trial a short, simple questionnaire to capture these early side-effects and to determine which symptoms are more discriminating. METHODS:The study was a double-blind plac...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Pereira DI,Couto Irving SS,Lomer MC,Powell JJ

更新日期：2014-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is a rare, autosomal dominant disease clinically characterized by the early onset of many adenomatous polyps throughout the colon, which turn into colon cancer, if left untreated. In FAP patients, polyps can also occur in the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract, especially ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Purchiaroni F,Nakajima T,Sakamoto T,Abe S,Saito Y

更新日期：2017-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment effectiveness of Helicobacter pylori varies regionally and is decreasing worldwide, principally as a result of antibiotic resistant bacterium. Tetracycline is generally included in second line H. pylori eradication regimens. In Brazil, a high level of tetracycline resistance (TetR) is mainly associ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Suzuki RB,Almeida CM,Sperança MA

更新日期：2012-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The nuclear protein high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a key trigger for the inflammatory reaction during liver ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI). Hydrogen treatment was recently associated with down-regulation of the expression of HMGB1 and pro-inflammatory cytokines during sepsis and myocardial IRI, but ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Liu Y,Yang L,Tao K,Vizcaychipi MP,Lloyd DM,Sun X,Irwin MG,Ma D,Yu W

更新日期：2014-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glycoprotein 2 (GP2) was discovered as the major autoantigen of Crohn's disease (CD)-specific pancreatic autoantibodies (PAB). We investigated anti-GP2 IgA and IgG antibodies as novel serological parameters in CD and assessed their association with distinct disease phenotypes. METHODS:Anti-GP2 and anti-Sacc...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Bogdanos DP,Roggenbuck D,Reinhold D,Wex T,Pavlidis P,von Arnim U,Malfertheiner P,Forbes A,Conrad K,Laass MW

更新日期：2012-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Desmoid tumors are a group of benign, invasive, solid tumors that are relatively rare in the general population, but can occur in up to 21 % of patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP). They can be difficult to treat and have high rates of recurrence even after resection. Our goal with this study w...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Slowik V,Attard T,Dai H,Shah R,Septer S

更新日期：2015-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To perform a meta-analysis evaluating the diagnostic ability of fecal lactoferrin (FL) to distinguish inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). METHODS:The Medline, EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane library and CNKI databases were systematically searched for studies that used FL c...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Zhou XL,Xu W,Tang XX,Luo LS,Tu JF,Zhang CJ,Xu X,Wu QD,Pan WS

更新日期：2014-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An intravascular ultrasound catheter (IVUSc) was developed for intracardiac ultrasound to assess interventions with compelling results. However, intrahepatic vascular exploration was rarely tested and was always associated with X-ray techniques. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility to nav...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Urade T,Verde JM,García Vázquez A,Gunzert K,Pessaux P,Marescaux J,Giménez ME

更新日期：2021-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrointestinal fistula (GIF) in severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) is considered as a sparse episode and studied sporadically in the literature. There is paucity of data on the prediction of the effect on risk of GIF in patient with SAP. This study was aimed to investigate risk factors related to GIF in the d...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Hua Z,Su Y,Huang X,Zhang K,Yin Z,Wang X,Liu P

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Green tea has shown the role of chemoprevention for cancer. Recently, several studies suggested that green tea intake may have effect on esophageal cancer risk, whereas the results were inconsistent. METHODS:We performed a meta-analysis of all English and Chinese language studies of green tea consumption an...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Zheng P,Zheng HM,Deng XM,Zhang YD

更新日期：2012-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Occurrence of metastatic cancer to the stomach is rare, particularly in patients with prostate cancer. Gastric metastasis generally presents as a solitary and submucosal lesion with a central depression. CASE PRESENTATION:We describe a case of gastric metastasis arising from prostate cancer, which is almost...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Inagaki C,Suzuki T,Kitagawa Y,Hara T,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：2017-08-07 00:00:00