A randomized controlled study of low-dose and high-dose terlipressin in the control of acute oesophageal variceal haemorrhage.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to determine the potential role of three-dimensional (3-D) conformal radiotherapy (RT) in treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS:Thirteen patients were included in this study, which was conducted between 1993 and 1996. Nine patients (group A) were tre...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Cheng SH,Lin YM,Chuang VP,Yang PS,Cheng JC,Huang AT,Sung JL

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) occurring within 100 days post-transplant is one of critical factors influencing prognosis in transplant recipients. Among cases of GVHD of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, GVHD rarely affects the upper GI. In this study, we retrospectively examined the frequen...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nomura K,Iizuka T,Kaji D,Yamamoto H,Kuribayashi Y,Kimura R,Yamada A,Furuhata T,Yamashita S,Kikuchi D,Matsui A,Mitani T,Ogawa O,Hoteya S,Ota Y,Taniguchi S,Kaise M

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disorder in Western industrialized countries, affecting 20-40% of the general population. Large population-based surveys in China, Japan, and Korea indicate that the prevalence of NAFLD is now 12% to 24% in population subgroups, depending on age, gende...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chitturi S,Farrell GC,Hashimoto E,Saibara T,Lau GK,Sollano JD,Asia-Pacific Working Party on NAFLD.

更新日期：2007-06-01 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:Whether an early use of azathioprine (AZA) can alter the natural history of Crohn's disease (CD) remains debated. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of AZA on disease progression in a cohort of patients with early CD. METHODS:This longitudinal cohort study examined patients with early C...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Qiu Y,Chen BL,Feng R,Zhang SH,He Y,Zeng ZR,Ben-Horin S,Peyrin-Biroulet L,Mao R,Chen MH

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wilson's disease is an autosomal recessive, inborn error of copper metabolism. The basic defect is unknown but decreased biliary excretion of copper is associated with copper accumulation and damage to the liver, brain and other organs with variable clinical expression. The gene for the disease has been mapped to band...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Frydman M

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) rapidly clear hepatitis C virus (HCV), but the lipid dynamics after DAA treatment remain unknown. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterolemia is the predicting factor for the onset and death of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. Thus, in this study, we examined the fre...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Morihara D,Ko YL,Shibata K,Yamauchi R,Fukuda H,Tsuchiya N,Fukunaga A,Kunimoto H,Iwashita H,Takata K,Tanaka T,Sakurai K,Inomata S,Yokoyama K,Nishizawa S,Takeyama Y,Irie M,Shakado S,Sohda T,Sakisaka S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioactive food chemicals are substances present in food that are capable of interacting with living cells causing changes in physiological functions. Salicylic acid (SA), a plant hormone involved in plant immune response, is one such bioactive food chemical. Aspirin, a commercially available SA, might play beneficial ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Malakar S

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Although gastric hypermotility is one of the mechanisms proposed to explain the ulcerogenic action of indomethacin, the drug has shown relaxatory effects on isolated longitudinal and transverse rat gastric fundus. To explain the above discrepancy, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Keshavarz M,Afshin S,Djahanguiri B

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33 year old woman with mental deficiency, retinitis pigmentosa, obesity, and parental consanguinity (heredity) was diagnosed as having Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome. She also had diabetes mellitus, slight hepatic dysfunction, and hepatomegaly. Liver biopsy showed perilobular fibrosis and bile duct proliferation with ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Nakamura F,Sasaki H,Kajihara H,Yamanoue M

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 1981-86, 76 children were diagnosed as having acute viral hepatitis at the Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, which is a major referral centre for hepatitis in children in northern Taiwan. The majority (64%) of children had acute hepatitis B which had occurred mainly during infancy. ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Huang LM,Chang MH,Hong JY,Lee CY,Chen DS

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:The role of octamer-binding transcription factor 4 (Oct4) has been implicated in the clinical prognosis of various kinds of digestive system cancers, but the results remain controversial. The purpose of this meta-analysis is to assess the potential role of Oct4 as a prognostic marker in digestive sys...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Chen Z,Zhang L,Zhu Q,Wang X,Wu J,Wang X

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Multidrug resistance associated gene product 2 (Mdr2) is believed to have a significant role in biliary cholesterol and phospholipid secretions. Both pravastatin and bezafibrate resulted in Mdr2 induction, but increased cholesterol secretion was observed only in pravastatin treatment. To explore the ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Kamisako T,Ogawa H

更新日期：2004-08-01 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 AND AIM:The present study aims to explore if and when acid (pH) refluxes can predict refluxes detected by multichannel intraluminal impedance (MII) studies. This correlation may indicate whether pH probe-only and MII-pH studies are interchangeable. METHODS:Prospective observational cross sectional study of ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Misra S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Pancreatic pseudocyst is a common complication of chronic pancreatitis. The identification of risk factors and development of a nomogram for pancreatic pseudocysts in chronic pancreatitis patients may contribute to the early diagnosis and intervention of pancreatic pseudocysts. METHODS:Patients with...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Hao L,Pan J,Wang D,Bi YW,Ji JT,Xin L,Liao Z,Du TT,Lin JH,Zhang D,Zeng XP,Ye B,Zou WB,Chen H,Xie T,Li BR,Zheng ZH,Hu LH,Li ZS

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical trials of probiotic treatment for Crohn's disease (CD) have yielded conflicting results. This study assessed the clinical usefulness of combined probiotic and prebiotic therapy in the treatment of active CD. METHOD:Ten active CD outpatients without history of operation for CD were enrolled. Their m...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Fujimori S,Tatsuguchi A,Gudis K,Kishida T,Mitsui K,Ehara A,Kobayashi T,Sekita Y,Seo T,Sakamoto C

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article highlights the importance of hepatotropic viruses as pathogens in patients undergoing transplantation, their contribution to morbidity and mortality after transplantation and the approach to treatment of these pathogens when they cause disease. Although many advances have been made in the management of vi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Bzowej NH,Wright TL

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:We identified patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to determine the predictive value of serum markers to diagnose histological steatohepatitis (NASH). METHODS:Demographic, serological, radiological and histological variables on 95 consecutive patients with NAFLD were recorded. The...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Malik R,Chang M,Bhaskar K,Nasser I,Curry M,Schuppan D,Byrnes V,Afdhal N

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two intertwined compartments coexisting in nonpolypoid conventional (i.e. tubular or villous) adenomas are highlighted in this review: one built of dysplastic tissue on top and the other portraying crypts with irregular, corrupted shapes, albeit lined with normal epithelium, below. The latter compartment has remained ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Rubio CA

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Distinguishing Crohn's disease (CD) from intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) is a clinical challenge. This meta-analysis assessed the clinical usefulness of Interferon-gamma releasing assay (IGRA) and anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody (ASCA) in the diagnosis of ITB and CD, respectively. METHODS:Syst...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ng SC,Hirai HW,Tsoi KK,Wong SH,Chan FK,Sung JJ,Wu JC

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antipyrine metabolism is widely used as an index of the drug-metabolizing reserve of the liver. It is well known that metabolism of this drug is impaired in subjects with acute hepatitis or cirrhosis, but conflicting data have been reported regarding patients with chronic postinfectious hepatitis or liver cancer. We s...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Grieco A,Castellano R,Matera A,Marcoccia S,Di Rocco P,Ragazzoni E,Vecchio FM,Gasbarrini G

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Arterial vasodilatation, which is a major factor in the pathogenesis of the hyperkinetic circulatory state and portal hypertension in cirrhosis, is due to arterial nitric oxide (NO) overproduction secondary to endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) and inducible NOS (iNOS) upregulation. However, in cirrhosis, the re...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Malyshev E,Tazi KA,Moreau R,Lebrec D

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Helicobacter pylori infection in gastric mucosa is a form of chronic active gastritis that leads to expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in host macrophages and polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Nitric oxide produced by these cells infiltrating the gastric mucosa could damage DNA. We correlated ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tari A,Kodama K,Kitadai Y,Ohta M,Sumii K,Kajiyama G

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A frequent association of biliary tract carcinoma and anomalous pancreaticobiliary ductal union (APBD) is well recognized, especially gall-bladder carcinoma in undilated type APBD. However, little is known about the presence and incidence of adenomyomatosis (AMT) of the gall-bladder, a presumed premalignant lesion, in...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Tanno S,Obara T,Maguchi H,Fujii T,Mizukami Y,Shudo R,Takahashi K,Nishino N,Arisato S,Ura H,Kohgo Y

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disorders of the motor function of the upper gastrointestinal tract have been implicated in the pathogenesis of non-ulcer dyspepsia. Approximately 50% of patients with abdominal symptoms (without ulcer) have normal gastric emptying. Apart from gastric emptying, other mechanisms are very important in the etio...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Mizushima T,Sawa K,Ochi K,Tanioka H,Wakuta A,Matsushita K,Shirahige A,Kiura K,Tanimoto M,Koide N,Harada H

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) occurs in patients with advanced liver cirrhosis and has a poor outcome. The aim of the present study was to investigate which patients with HRS are likely to benefit from hemodialysis. METHODS:Data were collected prospectively from 30 patients with Child-Pugh C liver cirr...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Witzke O,Baumann M,Patschan D,Patschan S,Mitchell A,Treichel U,Gerken G,Philipp T,Kribben A

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：BACKGROUND AND AIM:To investigate the effectiveness of peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) surgery in achalasia patients with failure of prior pneumatic dilation (PD). METHODS:Twenty-one patients with a history of failed PD were prospectively recruited as the case group, and 30 patients with no history of prior treatmen...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

authors： Ling T,Guo H,Zou X

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00