Elastography and serum markers of fibrosis versus liver biopsy in 1270 Egyptian patients with hepatitis C.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Growing evidence suggests that multiple factors, such as insulin resistance, nutritional factors, gut microbiota, and hormones released from the adipose tissue, act together on genetically predisposed individuals. We aimed to investigate whether various single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) play a role in...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Uygun A,Ozturk K,Demirci H,Oztuna A,Eren F,Kozan S,Yilmaz Y,Kurt O,Turker T,Vatansever S,Alper E,Unsal B

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 68-year-old Caucasian man with gastric hepatoid adenocarcinoma without increased levels of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in the serum. The patient had a strong history of gastric cancer in his family, affecting seven members, including a brother and a sister. The patient underwent subtotal gastrecto...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Trompetas V,Varsamidakis N,Frangia K,Polimeropoulos V,Kalokairinos E

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Antibiotic-associated diarrhoea may develop during or following Helicobacter pylori eradication. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Saccharomyces boulardii in preventing antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in patients receiving antibiotics for H. pylori eradication. METHODS:In a multicentre...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Duman DG,Bor S,Ozütemiz O,Sahin T,Oğuz D,Iştan F,Vural T,Sandkci M,Işksal F,Simşek I,Soytürk M,Arslan S,Sivri B,Soykan I,Temizkan A,Beşşk F,Kaymakoğlu S,Kalayc C

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pregnant women often suffer from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). GERD symptoms are known to influence the quality of life; however, there is a lack of data in pregnant women. The aim of this study was to establish the impact of GERD symptoms on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) during pregnancy. ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Fill Malfertheiner S,Seelbach-Göbel B,Costa SD,Ernst W,Reuschel E,Zeman F,Malfertheiner P,Malfertheiner MV

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known on gallbladder emptying and gallstone composition in the elderly. AIMS AND SUBJECTS: Cross-sectional survey on the prevalence of gallstone disease and associated factors, gallstone characteristics and gallbladder emptying in a population aged > or = 60 years. METHODS:Gallstone number and siz...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Lirussi F,Nassuato G,Passera D,Toso S,Zalunardo B,Monica F,Virgilio C,Frasson F,Okolicsanyi L

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sorafenib is the standard of care for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but data on its use in the elderly are inconclusive. METHODS:All consecutive HCC patients who were treated in our institution with sorafenib since its licensing were included in the analysis. Patients were divided in...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Ziogas DC,Papadatos-Pastos D,Thillai K,Korantzis I,Chowdhury R,Suddle A,O'Grady J,Al-Khadimi G,Allen N,Heaton N,Ross PJ,Sarker D

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Severe viral hepatitis B is a disease associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Clinical controlled trials show that the efficacy of treatment of severe viral hepatitis B with glucocorticoids remains debatable. Therefore, we carried out this meta-analysis to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and side...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： He B,Zhang Y,Lü MH,Cao YL,Fan YH,Deng JQ,Yang SM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Under-recognition of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is well documented in AATD-lung disease but is rarely reported in patients with liver cirrhosis requiring liver transplantation. This report examines the frequency of newly diagnosed AATD based on pathologic examination of explanted livers following l...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Shah RS,Alsuleiman B,Bena J,Stoller JK,Wakim-Fleming J

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The influence of sex on hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related outcomes is often neglected. The effects of sex on liver fibrosis progression and the effect of socioeconomic status on management are unclear. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Data were evaluated from patients followed at The Ottawa Hospital and Regional Viral He...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Corsi DJ,Karges W,Thavorn K,Crawley AM,Cooper CL

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a useful technique for early gastric neoplasms without lymph node metastasis. However, a critical complication is unpredictable post-ESD bleeding. Some risk factors for post-ESD bleeding have been reported previously, although those risk factors have not directly cont...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Ebi M,Shimura T,Nishiwaki H,Tanaka M,Tsukamoto H,Ozeki K,Sawada T,Mizoshita T,Mori Y,Kubota E,Tanida S,Kataoka H,Joh T

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) need long-term treatment with acid-suppressive therapy. Data on long-term follow-up are very rare. For this reason, a study was performed to detect complaints many years after diagnosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:All patients diagnosed with reflux oesophagit...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Loffeld SM,Dackus GM,Loffeld RJ

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effect of eradication of Helicobacter pylori using combination therapy with low-dose omeprazole and clarithromycin on the healing and recurrence of peptide ulcers. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We studied 60 patients with active duodenal ulcers and 60 with gastric ulcers who were H. pylori-positive by th...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Uemura N,Okamoto S,Mukai T,Yamaguchi S,Kaji M,Hrruma K,Sumii K,Kajiyama G

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The early identification of factors contributing to the successful treatment of hepatitis C infection is important for researchers and clinicians. Studies carried out on the role of an ultrarapid viral response (URVR) for the prediction of a sustained viral response (SVR) have shown its high positive predict...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Karchava M,Sharvadze L,Chkhartishvili N,Nelson K,Gochitashivli N,Gatserelia L,Dvali N,Dolmazashvili E,Dzigua L,Badridze N,Zhamutashvili M,Tsertsvadze T

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine what percentage of inoperable oesophageal and oesophagogastric malignancies could be successfully intubated for palliation, and to compare Atkinson and Celestin tubes. DESIGN:A consecutive series of 210 patients who had been referred for palliation underwent endoscopy and intubation with the Not...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Wilton A,Smith PM

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studying factors associated with positive gastroscopies in dyspeptic patients can help limit and rationalize waiting lists for endoscopies. Dyspepsia guidelines have a controversial role because their main purpose is to provide specifications on efficient global management of primary care patients. AIM:To a...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Cardin F,Zorzi M,Terranova O

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hepcidin is an endogenous antimicrobial peptide with a key role in iron homoeostasis. Hepcidin is similar to defensin, the deficiency of which is associated with Crohn's disease. To date there has been no validated method to reliably assay serum hepcidin. We studied iron indices in inflammatory bowel disease ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Arnold J,Sangwaiya A,Bhatkal B,Geoghegan F,Busbridge M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation enteritis can be challenging to diagnose and treat. We report the case of a 44-year-old woman who was diagnosed with a squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix in 1978 and treated with hysterectomy and post-operative radiotherapy. Over the next 20 years she required multiple intestinal operations resulting in s...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Huddy JE,Patel P,Johnson MW,Hamilton-Farrell MR,Ede RJ,Sanderson JD

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diathermy procedures are indispensable in interventional endoscopy. Argon beam coagulation is an innovative no-touch electrocoagulation technique in which high-frequency alternating current is delivered to the tissue through ionized argon gas. METHOD AND PATIENTS:Before clinical application, we conducted in...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Johanns W,Luis W,Janssen J,Kahl S,Greiner L

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A 7 day treatment scheme based on rabeprazole/levofloxacin/amoxycillin or tinidazole achieved an eradication rate over 90%. However, the combination of drugs and duration of treatment for the correct use of levofloxacin in the eradication of are still unclear. OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy and tolerabil...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Di Caro S,Zocco MA,Cremonini F,Candelli M,Nista EC,Bartolozzi F,Armuzzi A,Cammarota G,Santarelli L,Gasbarrini A

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recently, we often encounter hepatocellular carcinoma patients with bone metastases. We therefore examined the changes in the incidence of bone metastases in hepatocellular carcinoma from 1978 to 1997 and tried to identify the characteristic clinical features. We also discuss the reasons for the increased in...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Fukutomi M,Yokota M,Chuman H,Harada H,Zaitsu Y,Funakoshi A,Wakasugi H,Iguchi H

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiphospholipid antibodies are a heterogeneous group of acquired autoantibodies that react with anionic phospholipids, such as cardiolipin. Anticardiolipin antibodies (ACAs) are frequently found in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and other autoimmune disorders and can react with the phospholipid alone or b...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Yuste JR,Prieto J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The immunoreactivity of methionine-enkephalin (Met-enkephalin), one of the endogenous opioid peptides, is expressed in the liver in different types of chronic diseases. This finding suggests that the liver may be a source of endogenous opioids in disease state. In-vitro studies have shown that morphine, whic...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Floreani A,Antoniazzi S,Mescoli C,Bergasa NV

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:This study was performed to evaluate the treatment efficacy of endoscopic variceal obturation (EVO) in patients with gastric variceal bleeding (GVB) according to the type of varices. PATIENTS AND METHODS:All patients who were treated with EVO for bleeding from gastric varices (GVs) were included. P...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Lee HA,Chang JM,Goh HG,Kim TH,Lee YS,Suh SJ,Jung YK,Choi HS,Kim ES,Kim JH,An H,Seo YS,Yim HJ,Jeen YT,Yeon JE,Chun HJ,Byun KS,Um SH,Kim CD,Korean Portal Hypertension Study Group.

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the stomach is extremely rare. To date, only 80 cases have been reported. A 65-year-old man with complaints of epigastric pain and cachexia for the past year is presented. He had a tumour with infiltration of the corpus and antrum of the stomach. The tumour was unresectable, and the ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Dursun M,Yaldiz M,Işikdoğan A,Yilmaz G,Canoruç F,Ormeci N,Yilmaz S

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression may worsen during antiviral treatment for hepatitis C virus, resulting in noncompliance treatment. AIM:The aim was to compare the response and compliance rates between the groups of veteran patients using two different methods of identifying depression, either the Centers for Epidemiology Studies...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Phillips FH,Prebis M,Grumbeck C,Hale T,Cubillas R,Brown GR

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Irisin, as a novel and versatile hormone secreted by skeletal myocytes and fat tissues, is reported to be involved in inflammation-related diseases; one of the main characteristics of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) is inflammatory responses. This study aims to describe the characteristics of irisin in SAP. ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Chen S,Wang L,Gao X,Chen M,Zeng Z,Zhao L

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adalimumab (ADA) is a subcutaneous anti-tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) agent, effective in inducing and maintaining remission in Crohn's disease (CD). Unlike Infliximab (IFX), ADA dosing is not weight adjusted and dose frequency is based on clinical response. AIM:To determine whether obesity is a risk fa...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Bhalme M,Sharma A,Keld R,Willert R,Campbell S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mannose-binding lectin is an immune molecule that can bind to pathogens and initiate the complement cascade. In certain clinical situations, often characterized by immune compromise, mannose-binding lectin deficiency can increase the risk of infectious complications. Helicobacter pylori is one of the most co...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Worthley DL,Mullighan CG,Dean MM,Gordon DL,Phillips P,Heatley S,Young GP,Bardy PG

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The outcome of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is affected by both genetic and environmental factors. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to study the effect of smoking on liver histology and mortality in a genetically homogeneous population having PBC. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Smoking and drinking habits at...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Mantaka A,Koulentaki M,Samonakis D,Sifaki-Pistolla D,Voumvouraki A,Tzardi M,Kouroumalis E

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the differences in mortality between terlipressin and somatostatin treatments in cirrhotic patients with esophageal variceal bleeding (EVB) and renal functional impairment (RFI). METHODS:The National Health Insurance Database, part of the Taiwan National Health Insurance Program, was used to enroll ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Hung TH,Tsai CC,Tseng CW,Tseng KC,Hsieh YH,Tsai CC

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00