Chronic alcoholism and evolution of pain and prognosis in chronic pancreatitis.

abstract：:The possibility of obtaining oral desensitization in patients with food allergy is still a matter of debate. We decided to evaluate the safety and efficacy of standardized protocols for oral desensitization with the most common food allergens. Forty-two children (ages up to 16 years) diagnosed as affected by food alle...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Patriarca G,Nucera E,Pollastrini E,Roncallo C,De Pasquale T,Lombardo C,Pedone C,Gasbarrini G,Buonomo A,Schiavino D

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using northern blot analysis and immunohistochemistry, we assessed the expression and distribution of human epidermal growth factor receptor-1 (HER-1), HER-2, and HER-3 in pancreatic tissues obtained from patients with acute pancreatitis (AP). Overall, HER-1, HER-2, and HER-3 mRNA levels were similar in the normal pan...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ebert M,Friess H,Büchler MW,Korc M

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old man with Crohn's disease died of acute myeloblastic leukemia after treatment for 11.8 years with 6-mercaptopurine, 1.5 mg/kg/day (100 mg/day). On cytogenetic analysis, most of the malignant bone marrow cells had deletion of chromosome 7, the most frequently reported cytogenetic abnormality in chemotherap...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Heizer WD,Peterson JL

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some endoscopic trainees find it difficult to manipulate an endoscope's controls, possibly due to small hand size. To assess this, a survey was mailed to all gastroenterology fellows in the US. Two hundred twenty-seven of 1,295 (17.5%) fellows responded. Median surgical glove size was 7.5. Ninety-three respondents (41...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Cohen DL,Naik JR,Tamariz LJ,Madanick RD

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) is characterized by disturbance of mental state and neuromuscular function. To assess the clinical efficacy of acetyl-L: -carnitine (ALC) in the treatment of MHE, we performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study administering ALC in cirrhotic patients with this dis...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Malaguarnera M,Gargante MP,Cristaldi E,Vacante M,Risino C,Cammalleri L,Pennisi G,Rampello L

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to characterize the diagnostic process, frequency of associated disorders, family history, and impact of a gluten-free diet in individuals with celiac disease. All members of the Canadian Celiac Association (n=5240) were surveyed with a questionnaire. Respondents included 2681 adults with...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Cranney A,Zarkadas M,Graham ID,Butzner JD,Rashid M,Warren R,Molloy M,Case S,Burrows V,Switzer C

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We hypothesized that the severity of dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis could differ between DSS preparations of the same molecular weight, and that this difference may be affected by the sulfur content. To test this, we used three DSS preparations of similar molecular weights but with different su...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Bamba S,Andoh A,Ban H,Imaeda H,Aomatsu T,Kobori A,Mochizuki Y,Shioya M,Nishimura T,Inatomi O,Sasaki M,Saitoh Y,Tsujikawa T,Araki Y,Fujiyama Y

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the Rosemont criteria, which are graded features chosen by experts in 2007, versus the conventional criteria, which require ≥ 3-5 of the 9 features that are "counted as equal," for the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis by EUS. METHODS:This is a retrospective cohort study. EUS examinations were sco...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： D'Souza SL,Anderson MA,Korsnes SJ,Elmunzer BJ,Piraka C,Menees S,Wamsteker EJ,Kwon RS,Scheiman JM,Elta GH

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major host defense mechanisms against bacterial overgrowth in the small bowel are the normal propulsive activity of the bowel itself and gastric acid secretion. Microbial interactions are a major factor in regulating the indigenous bacterial flora. Studies of the bacterial enzymes of the gut suggest that changes i...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Simon GL,Gorbach SL

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrients in the lumen of the small intestine may cause the release of enteric hormones which directly or indirectly stimulate intestinal mucosal growth. Male Sprague-Dawley rats with either an intact small bowel or following jejunal resection were maintained on total parenteral nutrition (TPN). C-terminal octapeptide...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Weser E,Bell D,Tawil T

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic vomiting syndrome is a disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of nausea and vomiting with complete resolution of symptoms between attacks. Nitric oxide plays a critical role in regulating several components of gastrointestinal mucosal defense and injury. Interleukin-6 has a wide variety of actions in the ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Zicari A,Corrado G,Pacchiarotti C,Lucarelli S,Frediani T,Cavaliere M,Porcelli M,Cardi E

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared changes in gastric mucosal blood flow (GMBF) and left gastric artery blood flow (LGABF) in response to pharmacological, physiological, and pathological stimuli. GMBF and LGABF were measured by the hydrogen gas clearance and perivascular ultrasonic transit time techniques, respectively, under baseline condi...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Méndez A,Casadevall M,Wachter CH,Elizalde JI,Del Rivero M,Heinemann A,Holzer P,Quintero E,Piqué JM

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Biosimilar approval, such as Inflectra™ (CT-P13) for treating ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), has reduced direct drug costs. Though clinicians are comfortable with biosimilar use in treatment-naïve patients, there are concerns in some jurisdictions that there are insufficient data ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Bernard EJ,Fedorak RN,Jairath V

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) arises from a number of cirrhosis-related and non-cirrhosis-related exposures and is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Achieving a durable cure currently relies on either resection or transplantation, but since most patients will be diagnosed with inoperable d...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Saffo S,Taddei TH

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a randomized trial, 75 patients with an endoscopically confirmed and symptomatic duodenal (N = 50) or prepyloric (N = 25) ulcer were allocated to cimetidine treatment (1 g/day) either regularly for four weeks (standard treatment group) or regularly for a minimum of one week and thereafter only until the symptoms we...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Gustavsson S,Adami HO,Lööf L,Nyberg A,Nyrén O

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate interdigestive cycling and postprandial release of pancreatic polypeptide (PP) in relation to exocrine pancreatic function in chronic pancreatitis (CP). We investigated nine patients with mild-moderate CP (MCP), eight patients with severe CP and steathorrea (SCP), and 17 he...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Pieramico O,Nelson DK,Glasbrenner B,Malfertheiner P

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The practice of following benign-appearing gastric ulcers until healing was critically evaluated in a retrospective manner by reviewing all gastric ulcers that were followed with serial endoscopy and all gastric cancers diagnosed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The stated purpose of following ulcers to hea...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Pruitt RE,Truss CD

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rectally administered suspensions of 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) are topically effective in treating left-sided ulcerative colitis. The extent to which the contents of these enemas are distributed to inflamed mucosal linings has not previously been determined. This study was undertaken to validate a technique for la...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Vitti RA,Meyers F,Knight LC,Siegel JA,Malmud LS,Fisher RS

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the gene encoding the CYP2C-19 enzyme for PPI metabolism have been shown to enhance the chance for a cure in a H. pylori-positive patients using a two-week dual-therapy regimen involving omeprazole and amoxicillin. However, the impact of CYP2C-19 genetic polymorphism on eradication rates of a one-week tri...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Miwa H,Misawa H,Yamada T,Nagahara A,Ohtaka K,Sato N

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of gastritis glandularis et cystica profunda are presented, two associated with severe chronic gastritis and the other with invasive gastric carcinoma and chronic gastritis. This poorly known entity consists of benign downgrowths of deep gastric glands through the muscularis mucosae into the submucosa. The...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Honoré LH,Lewis AS,O'Hara KE

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycystic liver disease (PCLD) without polycystic kidney is infrequent in clinical setting. Family clustering is found in patients with PCLD, and it is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion. Through positional cloning in North America and Europe (mostly in Dutch and Finnish descents), mutations in PRKCSH gene on...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Yang AM,Shih SC,Chu CH,Wang TE,Yang WS

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients treated with the herbal medicine syo-saiko-to (xiao-chai-hu-tang) exhibited acute drug-induced liver injury. The latent period was one and a half to three months. All of the patients showed a rise in aminotransferases after readministration or challenge test. The liver histology revealed centrilobular co...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Itoh S,Marutani K,Nishijima T,Matsuo S,Itabashi M

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the characteristics of muscarinic neural transmission in the vagal inhibitory pathway to the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) of anesthetized opossums. LES relaxation was induced by electrical stimulation of the cervical vagus. Measurements were made of LES relaxation before and after intravenous administr...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Gilbert RJ,Dodds WJ

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:SEL1L gene product is implicated in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated protein degradation and Unfolded Protein Response pathways. This gene and associated miRNAs have been indicated as predictive and prognostic markers of pancreatic cancer. AIM:Explore the role of SEL1L in colorectal cancer (CRC) pr...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ashktorab H,Green W,Finzi G,Sessa F,Nouraie M,Lee EL,Morgano A,Moschetta A,Cattaneo M,Mariani-Costantini R,Brim H,Biunno I

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) in exosomes represent disease-specific profiles and are applied as biomarkers in oncology. However, in functional dyspepsia (FD), the role of exosomal miRNAs has not been fully elucidated. AIMS:To investigate exosomal miRNAs as potential biomarkers of FD using liquid biopsy. METHODS:This...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Tanaka F,Takashima S,Nadatani Y,Otani K,Hosomi S,Kamata N,Taira K,Nagami Y,Tanigawa T,Fukumoto S,Watanabe T,Murakami Y,Kawada N,Fujiwara Y

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients were prospectively studied using 99mTc-PIPIDA imaging to evaluate the effects of fasting and parenteral alimentation on gallbladder function. Three of ten patients had initial nonvisualization of the gallbladder for up to 2 hr, yet had normal visualization on repeat imaging performed after resumption of o...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Potter T,McClain CJ,Shafer RB

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dieulafoy's lesion or cirsoid aneurysm is a rare cause of massive upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Historically cirsoid aneurysm most often occurs in the stomach, but has been reported to occur in the jejunum. In this paper, four cases are presented that are felt to represent the first documented cases of cirsoid an...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： McClave SA,Goldschmid S,Cunningham JT,Boyd WP Jr

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of chemical deafferentation, vagotomy (VGX), and gangliosympathectomy (GSX) on the density of fibers containing calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and substance P (Sub.P) in the rat gastric wall was studied. Chemical deafferentation by capsaicin abolished the density of CGRP-immunoreactive (IR) fibers, ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Suzuki T,Kagoshima M,Shibata M,Inaba N,Onodera S,Yamaura T,Shimada H

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The indications for surgery on cavernous hemangiomas, the most common benign tumors of the liver, remain unclear. This study reviewed 43 patients with cavernous hemangioma of the liver who underwent hepatic resection from 1984 to 2000. Patients were divided into three groups based on the reasons for surgery. Group I c...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Tsai HP,Jeng LB,Lee WC,Chen MF

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysmotility and delayed emptying of the stomach have been reported in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF). The aim of this study was to investigate whether gastric myoelectrical activity was impaired in patients with CRF using electrogastrography. The electrogastrogram (EGG) was recorded in 24 symptomatic patien...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Lin X,Mellow MH,Southmayd L 3rd,Pan J,Chen JD

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00