Antiviral efficacy of lamivudine versus entecavir in patients with hepatitis B virus-related advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the characterization of liver hemangiomas and malignant tumors using power Doppler sonography before and after intravenous injection of a sonocontrast agent. METHODS:Forty-five patients with 57 liver tumors (22 hemangiomas, 24 metastases, 10 hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) and one cholangiocellular car...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Karabacakoglu A,Karakose S,Cil AS,Kaya A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol induces Ca(2+)-dependent intracellular trypsinogen activation in the apical granular area via non-oxidative metabolites, such as fatty acid ethyl esters and fatty acids. Intracellular trypsinogen activation is a crucial initiating event in the development of acute pancreatitis, but the specific organelle in wh...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Petersen OH

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The aim of this study was to assess the gastric histopathology and serum gastrin-17 and pepsinogens profiles in patients with duodenal ulcer before and after Helicobacter pylori eradication in a population with a very high prevalence of H. pylori. At the same time we assessed the role of H. pylori de...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Pimanov SI,Makarenko EV,Voropaeva AV,Matveenko ME,Voropaev EV

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) followed by esophagectomy is a well-known treatment modality for patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer (EC). This study developed an algorithm to predict pathological complete response (CR) in these patients using post-CRT endoscopic category with biops...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Cho CJ,Kang HJ,Park SJ,Kim GH,Park SH,Eo SH,Kim MJ,Kim YH,Park SR,Kim JH,Ahn JY,Kim DH,Choi KD,Song HJ,Jung HY,Park YS,Lee GH

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antibody against hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) is used for passive immunotherapy in certain cases of hepatitis B infection. The authors have earlier reported a high-affinity mouse monoclonal (5S) against HBsAg. However, this mouse antibody cannot be used for therapeutic purposes because it may elicit a...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Bose B,Khanna N,Acharya SK,Sinha S

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is the result of an imbalance in hepatic lipid partitioning that favors fatty acid synthesis and storage over fatty acid oxidation and triglyceride secretion. The progressive, inflammatory disorder of steatohepatitis can be prevented or reversed by correcting this li...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Larter CZ,Yeh MM,Cheng J,Williams J,Brown S,dela Pena A,Bell-Anderson KS,Farrell GC

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The aim of this study was to clinicopathologically distinguish the pathogenesis of gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma without a MALT lymphoma component (DLL). METHODS:We investigated clinicopathological features of these gastric lymphomas inc...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Hiyama T,Haruma K,Kitadai Y,Masuda H,Miyamoto M,Ito M,Kamada T,Tanaka S,Uemura N,Yoshihara M,Sumii K,Shimamoto F,Chayama K

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn) is involved in colorectal cancer (CRC) growth and is a biomarker for patient prognosis and management. However, the ecology of Fn in CRC and the distribution of intratumoral Fn are unknown. METHODS:We evaluated Fn and the status of KRAS and BRAF in 200 colorectal neoplas...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yamamoto S,Kinugasa H,Hirai M,Terasawa H,Yasutomi E,Oka S,Ohmori M,Yamasaki Y,Inokuchi T,Harada K,Hiraoka S,Nouso K,Tanaka T,Teraishi F,Fujiwara T,Okada H

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Opioid-induced constipation (OIC) is a frequent adverse event (AE) that impairs patients' quality of life (QOL). Peripherally acting μ-opioid receptor antagonists (PAMORAs) have been recognized as a treatment option for OIC, but the effect consistent across the studies has not been evaluated. METHOD...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nishie K,Yamamoto S,Yamaga T,Horigome N,Hanaoka M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The low Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, and Monosaccharides And Polyols (FODMAP) diet has been described, evaluated, and found efficacious for the treatment of patients with irritable bowel syndrome primarily in Western countries. The aim of this review was to address the applicability of this diet to Sou...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Hewawasam SP,Iacovou M,Muir JG,Gibson PR

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial liver systems are used to bridge between transplantation or to allow a patient's liver to recover. They are used in patients with acute liver failure (ALF) and acute-on-chronic liver failure. There are five artificial systems currently in use: molecular adsorbent recirculating system (MARS), single-pass alb...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tandon R,Froghi S

更新日期：2020-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a wide variation in the prevalence of peptic ulcer in India both before and since the use of endoscopy. We studied the prevalence of peptic ulcer disease in a community in northern India and its relationship with Helicobacter pylori infection. METHODS:A house-to-house survey of residents aged 15 ye...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Singh V,Trikha B,Nain CK,Singh K,Vaiphei K

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of camostat mesilate, a synthetic serine protease inhibitor on gastric microcirculation and active oxygen species generated by leucocytes from the gastric and jugular veins in the early period after thermal injury were assessed. Male Wistar rats were anaesthetized and a 30% full skin-thickness dorsal burn ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yoshida M,Wakabayashi G,Ishikawa H,Otani Y,Shimazu M,Kubota T,Kumal K,Kurose I,Miura S,Ishii H,Kitajima M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:HFE mutations, a common cause of hereditary hemochromatosis (HH), are reportedly associated with hepatic iron overload, severe liver fibrosis, and good response to interferon treatment in European patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). HH shows ethnicity-based differences and little is known about ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ishizu Y,Katano Y,Honda T,Hayashi K,Ishigami M,Itoh A,Hirooka Y,Nakano I,Goto H

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission by needlestick accidents involving hospital employees has become an important problem. The present report is of a case of acute hepatitis C that developed after a needlestick injury, despite short duration interferon treatment performed just after the accident in a trial effort to ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nakano Y,Kiyosawa K,Sodeyama T,Tanaka E,Matsumoto A,Ichijo T,Mizokami M,Furuta S

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 51 patients with achalasia of the oesophagus treated by pneumatic dilatation between 1980 and 1988 is reported. Treatment was assessed as effective (no or minimal dysphagia) in 78% of patients, followed for a mean of 30 months. Thirty-four patients required only one dilatation and only two patients had mor...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Prewett EJ,Desmond PV,Breen KJ

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Asia recently conducted a survey of primary-care physicians in Asia, which revealed that many physicians administer boosters in their clinical practice and that there is considerable variation and uncertainty among physicians regarding thi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： John TJ,Cooksley G,Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Asia.

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:White opaque substance (WOS) is a novel endoscopic finding in gastric neoplasms, indicating the intracellular accumulation of lipid droplets (LDs). However, gastric lipid metabolism has not been extensively investigated, even in normal mucosa. We investigated the expression profiles of lipid-metaboli...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Enjoji M,Kohjima M,Ohtsu K,Matsunaga K,Murata Y,Nakamuta M,Imamura K,Tanabe H,Iwashita A,Nagahama T,Yao K

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular adenoma (HCA) is a benign liver neoplasm with a risk of spontaneous bleeding and malignant transformation. The aim of this review article is to review all the case reports and case series of patients with HCA from 1998 to 2008 in China and other parts of the world in order to compare clinical presentati...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lin H,van den Esschert J,Liu C,van Gulik TM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Sepsis is an important complication and cause of morbidity and mortality in acute pancreatitis (AP). The source of sepsis may be infected pancreatic and peripancreatic collections and/or necrosis or extrapancreatic including infections in the bloodstream or respiratory and urinary tracts. We studied...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Rao C,Bhasin DK,Rana SS,Gupta R,Gautam V,Singh K

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:6-Mercaptopurine (6-MP) and azathioprine (AZA) are widely used as maintenance therapy in children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, proper 6-thioguanine nucleotide (6-TGN) concentrations in Japanese children with IBD have not been reported. METHODS:This retrospective review examines 32...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ohtsuka Y,Arai K,Aoyagi Y,Fujii T,Yamakawa Y,Ohtani K,Ikuse T,Baba Y,Inage E,Kudo T,Suzuki R,Nagata S,Shimizu T

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The major transporter responsible for bile acid uptake from the intestinal lumen is the apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter (ASBT, SLC10A2). Analysis of the SLC10A2 gene has identified a variety of sequence variants including coding region single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that may inf...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ho RH,Leake BF,Urquhart BL,Gregor JC,Dawson PA,Kim RB

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the short- and long-term outcomes of acute hepatitis C, three groups of patients were enrolled. Of 26 patients with acute hepatitis C, 18 (69%) maintained HCV viraemia and 8 had cleared virus naturally at 12 months after the onset. Normalization of ALT was seen in all 8 patients with acute resolving hepatitis...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tanaka E,Kiyosawa K

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:This study was designed to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of esomeprazole combined with flupentixol/melitracen for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) patients with emotional disorders. METHODS Two hundred eighty-nine GERD patients with emotional disorders were divided random...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yu YY,Fang DC,Fan LL,Chang H,Wu ZL,Cao Y,Lan CH

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:To investigate a possible association between HLA genes with serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels and evaluate whether the HLA-DQA1, DQB1, and DRB1 genes could influence the development of liver damage in chronic hepatitis C. METHODS:A total of 145 patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yu RB,Hong X,Ding WL,Tan YF,Zhang YX,Sun NX,Wu GL,Zhan SW,Ge DF

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Barrett's esophagus (BE) is a premalignant condition to esophageal adenocarcinoma. It is currently not clear whether cigarette smoking increases the risk of developing BE, and no meta-analysis has been performed on the topic. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis, providing a quantitativ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Andrici J,Cox MR,Eslick GD

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) encompasses a spectrum ranging from simple steatosis to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, which causes an increased risk of cirrhosis, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular complications. With the worldwide growing incidence of obesity, sedentary lifestyle, and unhealthy dietary pa...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Fan JG,Cao HX

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) can now provide a cytopathological diagnosis of underlying pancreatic malignancy with higher success rates than endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (ERP). To determine the significance of EUS-FNA for the diagnosis of pancreatic mass without...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wakatsuki T,Irisawa A,Bhutani MS,Hikichi T,Shibukawa G,Takagi T,Yamamoto G,Takahashi Y,Yamada Y,Watanabe K,Obara K,Suzuki T,Sato Y

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant bile leak is an uncommon but serious complication of biliary tract surgery. Of twenty-five patients presenting with postoperative bile leak, 11 had complete tie-off of common bile duct and required surgery, while the remaining 14 had injury without complete obstruction and could be managed by endoscopic me...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Saraswat VA,Choudhuri G,Sharma BC,Agarwal DK,Gupta R,Baijal SS,Sikora SS,Saxena R,Kapoor VK

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00