Systematic review with meta-analysis: combination treatment of regimens based on pegylated interferon for chronic hepatitis B focusing on hepatitis B surface antigen clearance.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infliximab reduces mucosal inflammation in some, but not all, patients with Crohn's disease. AIM:To monitor clinical data and changes in mucosal cytokine levels after infliximab treatment to identify differences between responders and non-responders. METHODS:Twenty-six patients with fistulating Crohn's dis...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Agnholt J,Dahlerup JF,Buntzen S,Tøttrup A,Nielsen SL,Lundorf E

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HS-10234 is a novel prodrug of tenofovir developed to increase anti-viral potency and to reduce systemic toxicities. AIMS:To evaluate the tolerability, pharmacokinetics and anti-viral efficacy of HS-10234 in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection METHODS: Treatment-naïve subjects with non-cirrhot...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Zhang H,Hu Y,Wu M,Liu J,Zhu X,Li X,Chen H,Li C,Liu C,Niu J,Ding Y

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the role of asbestos in the genesis of mesothelioma and primary bronchopulmonary cancers has been established, results from studies focusing on the relationship between occupational exposure to asbestos and digestive cancer remain contradictory. AIM:To determine whether occupational asbestos exposu...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Clin B,Morlais F,Dubois B,Guizard AV,Desoubeaux N,Marquignon MF,Raffaelli C,Paris C,Galateau-Salle F,Launoy G,Letourneux M

更新日期：2009-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-TNFα biologics induce and maintain remission in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Also, they have been reported to induce or unmask idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (IIDD). AIM:To determine if anti-TNFα biologics increased the risk of IIDD in a large cohort of...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： De Felice KM,Novotna M,Enders FT,Faubion WA,Tremaine WJ,Kantarci OH,Raffals LE

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is general agreement that Helicobacter pylori eradication is indicated in all infected patients with duodenal ulcer disease and is probably indicated in all infected patients with gastric ulcer disease. However, translation of treatment recommendations into practice leads to some difficult clinical decisions. Th...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Walsh JH

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although short-term outcome in severe alcoholic hepatitis (SAH) is well described, its long-term course remains uncharacterised. AIM:To assess determinants of long-term outcome in SAH. METHODS:Data were recorded from a cohort with SAH (admission Discriminant Function (DF) ≥32). Kaplan-Meier (KM) and Cox pr...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Potts JR,Goubet S,Heneghan MA,Verma S

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether 4 days of quadruple therapy using bismuth, tetracycline and metronidazole combined with omeprazole is effective treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection. METHODS:Non-ulcer dyspepsia, as well as chronic peptic ulcer patients with biopsy-proven H. pylori infection received 4 days of quadruple...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： De Boer WA,Driessen WM,Tytgat GN

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease, in common with most chronic diseases, is managed by specialist clinicians during regular clinic follow-up visits. Patients spend approximately 1 h per year with clinicians, with few provisions made for patient participation in their own management for the remainder of the year, resulting in...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Robinson A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Occult biliary stones escape detection on conventional investigations, and clinico-biochemical systems proposed for predicting biliary pancreatitis has low predictive values. AIM:To evaluate the accuracy of clinico-biochemical parameters for prediction of biliary pancreatitis in patients undergoing endoscop...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Liu CL,Fan ST,Lo CM,Tso WK,Wong Y,Poon RT,Lam CM,Wong BC,Wong J

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cross-sectional studies suggest insulin resistance is strongly associated with hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC), which might affect the efficacy of antiviral therapy. Aim To investigate retrospectively the impact of insulin resistance on treatment response in Chinese ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Chu CJ,Lee SD,Hung TH,Lin HC,Hwang SJ,Lee FY,Lu RH,Yu MI,Chang CY,Yang PL,Lee CY,Chang FY

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nearly 45% of all deaths are associated with chronic fibroproliferative diseases, of which the primary characteristic is altered remodelling of the extracellular matrix. A major difficulty in developing anti-fibrotic therapies is the lack of accurate and established techniques to estimate dynamics of fibrosi...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Karsdal MA,Krarup H,Sand JM,Christensen PB,Gerstoft J,Leeming DJ,Weis N,Schaffalitzky de Muckadell OB,Krag A

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To develop general rules on how to pursue a therapeutic goal of interventional endoscopy without getting lost in abundant details. METHODS:The influences of various medical interventions on the survival of a patient with gastrointestinal haemorrhage are modelled by an influence diagram. Survival is the focal point...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Sonnenberg A,Gavin MW

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment with a continuous i.v. proton pump inhibitor is presumed to promote clot formation and stability by sustaining intragastric pH > or = 6. AIM:We postulated that very frequent oral dosing of proton pump inhibitors should simulate i.v. infusion and achieve similar pH control. METHODS:Twenty healthy ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Pais SA,Nathwani RA,Dhar V,Nowain A,Laine L

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute liver failure is a rare and devastating clinical condition resulting from sudden loss of hepatic parenchyma and metabolic function. The Scottish Liver Transplant Unit (SLTU) offers specialist management and emergency liver transplantation to patients with acute liver failure from across Scotland. AIM:...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Donnelly MC,Davidson JS,Martin K,Baird A,Hayes PC,Simpson KJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Furazolidone-based regimens for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori are low cost and effective. Unfortunately, the usual dose of furazolidone is not tolerable in many patients. Lower doses of furazolidone are expected to cause fewer adverse effects. AIM:To investigate the efficacy of low-dose furazolidon...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Fakheri H,Merat S,Hosseini V,Malekzadeh R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efforts of clinical researchers, lay organizations and pharmaceutical companies have increased the public profile of irritable bowel syndrome and made it a respectable diagnosis. Diagnostic symptom criteria encourage a firm clinical diagnosis, which is the foundation of a logical management strategy. This begins w...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Thompson WG

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Allergy and immune dysregulation may have a role in the pathophysiology of recurrent abdominal pain of functional origin, but previous studies of allergy-related diseases and abdominal pain have contradictory results. AIM:To examine the association between allergy-related diseases or sensitisation during ch...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Olén O,Neuman Å,Koopmann B,Ludvigsson JF,Ballardini N,Westman M,Melén E,Kull I,Simrén M,Bergström A

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and functional dyspepsia (FD) are common functional disorders without defined pathology. Mast cells and eosinophils interact with T lymphocytes and may alter enteric nerve and smooth muscle function. AIM:To examine mast cell, eosinophil and intraepithelial lymphocyte populatio...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Walker MM,Talley NJ,Prabhakar M,Pennaneac'h CJ,Aro P,Ronkainen J,Storskrubb T,Harmsen WS,Zinsmeister AR,Agreus L

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at increased risk of osteoporosis. A number of studies have emerged in recent years indicating that tumour necrosis factor (TNF) blockade appears to have a beneficial effect on bone mineral density (BMD) in IBD patients. AIMS:To provide a review of the avai...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Veerappan SG,O'Morain CA,Daly JS,Ryan BM

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with thalassaemia major depend on blood transfusions. In Italy, up to 80% of thalassaemia patients bear HCV antibodies due to HCV contaminated transfusions before 1990. Thalassaemia patients with HCV infection have high risk of developing HCC. Treatment based on Pegylated-IFN (Peg-IFN) and Ribavirin...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Mangia A,Sarli R,Gamberini R,Piga A,Cenderello G,Piazzolla V,Santoro R,Caruso V,Quarta A,Ganga R,Copetti M,Forni G

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In developed countries, hepatitis E is a porcine zoonosis caused by hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype 3. In developing countries, hepatitis E is mainly caused by genotype 1, and causes increased mortality in patients with pre-existing chronic liver disease (CLD). AIM:To determine the role of HEV in patients ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Blasco-Perrin H,Madden RG,Stanley A,Crossan C,Hunter JG,Vine L,Lane K,Devooght-Johnson N,Mclaughlin C,Petrik J,Stableforth B,Hussaini H,Phillips M,Mansuy JM,Forrest E,Izopet J,Blatchford O,Scobie L,Peron JM,Dalton H

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is not clear whether the incidence or early mortality related to peptic ulcer perforation has changed. AIM:To evaluate the incidence and mortality related to peptic ulcer perforation while considering the intake of low-dose aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). METHODS:We recorded t...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Taha AS,Angerson WJ,Prasad R,McCloskey C,Gilmour D,Morran CG

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most array analyses of ulcerative colitis have focused on identifying susceptibility genes for ulcerative colitis. AIM:To clarify the changes in gene expression during inflammation in ulcerative colitis colon mucosa using cDNA macroarray. METHODS:From 23 ulcerative colitis patients, 16 each of inflamed and...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Okahara S,Arimura Y,Yabana T,Kobayashi K,Gotoh A,Motoya S,Imamura A,Endo T,Imai K

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cross-sectional imaging techniques, including ultrasonography (US), computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), are increasingly used for evaluation of Crohn's disease (CD). Aim  To perform an assessment of the diagnostic accuracy of cross-sectional imaging techniques for diagnosis of CD, ...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Panés J,Bouzas R,Chaparro M,García-Sánchez V,Gisbert JP,Martínez de Guereñu B,Mendoza JL,Paredes JM,Quiroga S,Ripollés T,Rimola J

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peristomal wound infections are common complications of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), especially in hospitals where methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is endemic. Evidence suggests that antibiotic prophylaxis at PEG insertion may reduce infection rates. AIM:To examine rates of p...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Thomas S,Cantrill S,Waghorn DJ,McIntyre A

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and sugar malabsorption (lactose, fructose, sorbitol) may play a role in irritable bowel syndrome. The lactulose breath test is a reliable and non-invasive test for the diagnosis of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. The lactose, fructose and sorbitol hydrogen breath...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Nucera G,Gabrielli M,Lupascu A,Lauritano EC,Santoliquido A,Cremonini F,Cammarota G,Tondi P,Pola P,Gasbarrini G,Gasbarrini A

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Application of electrical stimulation to the gut, primarily the stomach, has rapidly advanced in the last two decades, from mostly animal studies to the clinical arena. Most studies focused on the use of electrical stimulation for gastroparesis, the only approved indication for such intervention. AIM:To rev...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Soffer E,Abell T,Lin Z,Lorincz A,McCallum R,Parkman H,Policker S,Ordog T

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) comprising ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) is multigenic disorder. Tremendous progress has been achieved in unravelling the genetic background of IBD. It has led to the discovery of mutations in NOD2 associated with ileal CD and numerous other genes have be...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Weersma RK,van Dullemen HM,van der Steege G,Nolte IM,Kleibeuker JH,Dijkstra G

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a need for effective and inexpensive therapy for Helicobacter pylori with good patient compliance. AIM:To evaluate a simplified twice daily schedule for treating H. pylori. METHODS:Patients infected with H. pylori (positive by CLO- and 13C-urea breath tests [UBT]) and not previously treated with a...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Mönkemüller KE,Hirschowitz BI

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Combined treatment using an acid-inhibiting drug with antibiotics can cure Helicobacter pylori infection. However, eradication rates are highly variable, especially if a proton pump inhibitor is used with amoxycillin. Therefore it is important to define factors/predictors of the clinical outcome. METHODS:In...

journal_title：Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

authors： Treiber G,Ammon S,Klotz U

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00