Liver disease in Viet Nam: screening, surveillance, management and education: a 5-year plan and call to action.

abstract：:In order to detect both pancreatic excretion of dimethadione (DMO), a weak organic acid, and the effect of pancreatic DMO on secretin-stimulated pancreatic secretion, DMO was given intravenously to dogs with pancreatic fistulae at a dose of 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg. DMO was promptly excreted into pancreatic juice; the co...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Noda A,Takeuchi K,Murayama H,Ibuki E,Okumura I,Okuyama M,Okayama T,Kobayashi T

更新日期：1994-09-01 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:Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is a tryptophan catabolic enzyme. Recent studies have focused on the immunoregulatory role of IDO in mononuclear cells. The role of IDO in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines and HCC patients was examined. METHODS:The expression of IDO mRNA in peripheral blood mononuc...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ishio T,Goto S,Tahara K,Tone S,Kawano K,Kitano S

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation between gastric adenomas and type IIa early gastric cancer by macroscopic and histologic examinations is often difficult. This study has shown that there are differences in the distribution of S-phase cells in these two types of tumour, and these differences can be exploited to differentiate between th...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Miwa H,Wada R,Abe H,Ohkura R,Yang SW,Watanabe H,Ogihara T,Hamada T,Sato N

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Because of its long duration, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) causes high use of health services and high lifetime costs for medical care. The aim of the present study was to measure the costs of outpatient care in patients with IBD in a German University Hospital and to identify potentially relevan...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ebinger M,Leidl R,Thomas S,Von Tirpitz C,Reinshagen M,Adler G,Konig HH

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:2 L polyethylene glycol plus an ascorbic acid (PEGA) is known to be as effective. However, 2 L polyethylene glycol-based regimens are often still difficult for patients to tolerate. Therefore, we conducted this study to evaluate the potential of 1 L PEGA with prepackaged low-residue diet (PLD) as an ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Lee JW,Choi JY,Yoon H,Shin CM,Park YS,Kim N,Lee DH

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The present study was aimed to evaluate the hepatic zonation of multidrug resistance-associated protein 2 (mrp2), an important drug transporter, and its potential changes during the induction of its expression by known inducer, dexamethasone (DEX). METHODS:The hepatic expression of mrp2 was studied ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Micuda S,Fuksa L,Brcakova E,Osterreicher J,Cermanova J,Cibicek N,Mokry J,Staud F,Martinkova J

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral hepatitis is defined as a hepatitis virus infection in which hepatic inflammation and necrosis lead to a characteristic feature. It is caused by at least five viral agents with specific epidemiological attributes and distinctive immunoserologic findings. The well-characterized forms are hepatitis A, B, C, D and ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nishioka M,Morshed SA

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 22-year-old man visited our hospital (National Cancer Center Hospital East) complaining of fatigue and anorexia. A laboratory investigation demonstrated a biochemical 'picture' of obstructive jaundice. An abdominal CT showed a low density mass in the retropancreatic area with multiple enlarged periportal lymph nodes...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Miyamoto S,Furuse J,Maru Y,Tajiri H,Muto M,Yoshino M

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：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：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) and the recovery of ALC after treatment have been identified as a prognostic biomarker for several malignancies. In this study, we aimed to investigate the prognostic role of peritransplant ALC and ALC recovery after liver transplantation (LT) in hepatocellular carcin...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Zheng Z,Lin B,Zhang J,Yang Z,Xie H,Zhou L,Zhang M,Zheng S

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae. At present HCV is classified into a discrete hepacivirus genus and is represented by six clades according to genome sequencing. Each clade is further divisible into subtypes, which may prove important for the study of clinical differences and epidem...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Howard CR

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:KRAS mutation analysis may provide ancillary diagnostic yield in an endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided histopathological evaluation. We evaluated the clinical impact of KRAS mutation analysis with cytological and histological evaluations in EUS-guided tissue sampling, using a core biopsy needle for s...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Choi HJ,Moon JH,Kim HK,Lee YN,Lee TH,Cha SW,Cho YD,Park SH

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The vaccination against hepatitis B virus (HBV) is recommended in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, the response to this vaccine seems to be lower in IBD patients than in the general population. This study aims to evaluate the immunogenicity of the HBV vaccine in a cohort of pa...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Cossio-Gil Y,Martínez-Gómez X,Campins-Martí M,Rodrigo-Pendás JÁ,Borruel-Sainz N,Rodríguez-Frías F,Casellas-Jordà F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:By array-comparative genomic hybridization, we demonstrated cyclin E as one of seven genes associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development in Ku70 DNA repair-deficient mice. We therefore explored the hypothesis that during hepatocarcinogenesis, cyclin E kinase can overcome the inhibitory e...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Pok S,Wen V,Shackel N,Alsop A,Pyakurel P,Fahrer A,Farrell GC,Teoh NC

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The aim of this study is to evaluate the epidemiology and impact of bacterial infections at admission in patients with acute decompensation (AD) of cirrhosis. METHODS:A cohort with AD of cirrhosis (European Association for the Study of the Liver criteria) admitted at a tertiary center was evaluated ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Gupta T,Lochan D,Verma N,Rathi S,Agrawal S,Duseja A,Taneja S,Chawla YK,Dhiman RK

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The stool antigen test, the HpSA test, has been validated mainly in Western countries, but not properly in the Chinese population. Recently, another stool antigen test, the Apollo test, was developed, but its accuracy has rarely been validated. The aim of this study is to compare the accuracy of thes...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Wong BC,Xia HH,Cheung HK,Ng FH,Wong SY,Chow KC,Lin SK,Yin Y,Wong WM,Yuen MF,Lam SK

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori is present in infected patients not only on the gastric epithelial cell surface but also in gastric mucus. We developed a competitive polymerase chain reaction (cPCR) method for quantitative measurement of H. pylori in gastric mucus. The aim of this study was to determine the number of H. pylori in...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Furuta T,Takashima M,Futami H,Arai H,Hanai H,Kaneko E

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research from this laboratory using a continuous enteral ethanol (EtOH) administration model demonstrated that Kupffer cells are pivotal in the development of EtOH-induced liver injury. When Kupffer cells were destroyed using gadolinium chloride (GdCl3 ) or the gut was sterilized with polymyxin B and neomycin...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Thurman RG,Bradford BU,Iimuro Y,Knecht KT,Arteel GE,Yin M,Connor HD,Wall C,Raleigh JA,Frankenberg MV,Adachi Y,Forman DT,Brenner D,Kadiiska M,Mason RP

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunogenicity and adverse reaction of an inactivated hepatitis A (HA) vaccine were investigated. Sixty healthy adult volunteers who lacked antibody to HA virus (anti-HAV) received three doses of vaccine containing 720 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) units (EL.U) according to a 0, 1 and 6 month schedule....

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Horng YC,Chang MH,Lee CY,Safary A,Andre FE,Chen DS

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:A subcirrhotic range of liver stiffness (sc-LS), assessed by transient elastography, is associated with better outcomes in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). We investigated whether the achievement of sc-LS by antiviral therapy (AVT) reduced the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kim BS,Seo YS,Kim YS,Lee CH,Lee HA,Um SH,Yoo JJ,Kim SG,Suh SJ,Jung YK,Ahn SH,Han KH,Yim HJ,Kim SU,Korean Transient Elastography Study Group.

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Both clinical outcomes and factors predictive for poor response after an initial course of corticosteroids have not yet been well established in the treatment of moderate to severe ulcerative colitis (UC). We therefore evaluated the short- and long-term effects of corticosteroids and prognostic fact...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Yoon JY,Cheon JH,Park JJ,Hong SP,Kim TI,Kim WH

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Troglitazone is a newly developed antidiabetic drug and is indicated to be useful for the treatment of patients with type II diabetes mellitus. Recently, however, it became clear that troglitazone could cause liver dysfunction in some patients. In addition, a relationship between the activation of t...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Jia DM,Tabaru A,Akiyama T,Abe S,Otsuki M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Esophageal cancer is the second most common cancer among Indian males and is mostly associated with tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a member of Type I tyrosine kinases. Its activation causes the docking of various proteins in its cytosolic tail. In ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Parthasarathy S,Dhayaparan D,Jayanthi V,Devaraj SN,Devaraj H

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biliary tract complications are frequent after orthotopic liver transplantation. Late biliary tract complications occurring after T-tube removal mostly include stones and strictures which may be associated with sepsis and worsening of the liver function. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Mosca S,Militerno G,Guardascione MA,Amitrano L,Picciotto FP,Cuomo O

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In order to evaluate some possible risk factors for the spread of hepatitis C infection a case-control study was undertaken. METHODS:The study population consisted of first time blood donors referred to the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and recombinant immunoblot ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Alavian SM,Gholami B,Masarrat S

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of ethanol and its metabolites on collagen synthesis in cultured rat Ito cells and hepatocytes were studied. In cultured Ito cells, collagen synthetic ability reached peak values after incubation for 24 h and after 8 h in cultured hepatocytes. The distribution patterns of 14C-activity in each collagen frac...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tsutsumi M,Takada A,Takase S,Shimanaka K,Enyama K

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hepatitis B virus (HBV) carrier with marked retention of indocyanine green (ICG) and sulfobromophthalein (BSP) was admitted to our hospital for assessment of liver function. On admission, he was asymptomatic and blood chemistry tests showed normal values for transaminases and bilirubin. Serum hepatitis B surface ant...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ikejima K,Ichikawa S,Kitamura T,Watanabe S,Hirose M,Yokoi Y,Uchida S,Oide H,Suzuki H,Kitami N

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:To present the experience in management of inflammatory liver pseudotumors from a specialist surgical unit and to review the medical literature on this rare manifestation. METHODS:Between 1995 and 2008, four patients were identified with this type of tumor from a total of 108 resected benign liver l...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Milias K,Madhavan KK,Bellamy C,Garden OJ,Parks RW

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00