Diagnostic value of serum ferritin in primary hepatocellular carcinoma.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGB) is an important precipitating factor for the development of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) in cirrhotic patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of lactulose in a controlled randomized trial for prophylaxis of HE after UGB. PATIENTS AND METHODS...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Wen J,Liu Q,Song J,Tong M,Peng L,Liang H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammatory diarrhoea (ID) resulting from Shigella, Salmonella, Campylobacter and Entamoeba histolytica requires specific diagnosis for therapy. Differentiation between ID and non-inflammatory diarrhoea (NID) is often not clinically possible. A faecal occult blood test (FOBT) correlates with faecal leucocyt...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Ashraf H,Beltinger J,Alam NH,Bardhan PK,Faruque AS,Akter J,Salam MA,Gyr N

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly aggressive malignancy with a median 5-year survival of <8%. At the time of diagnosis, a vast majority of pancreatic cancer patients were found to be with either metastatic spread of the disease or locally advanced tumors. Despite relatively low efficacy, ge...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Ellenrieder V,König A,Seufferlein T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Different food items are made responsible for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms, but the physiopathology of IBS remains unclear. AIMS:During a meeting in Nice, France, experts of the European Working Team of the IBiS Club discussed selected data regarding the relationships between alimentation, food i...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Dapoigny M,Stockbrügger RW,Azpiroz F,Collins S,Coremans G,Müller-Lissner S,Oberndorff A,Pace F,Smout A,Vatn M,Whorwell P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biliopancreatic bypass (BPB), a bariatric surgical procedure, leads to a malnutrition-induced general visceral atrophy except for the pancreas. This work investigates the implication of cholecystokinin (CCK) in the exocrine pancreatic adaptive process using a plasma CCK assay and the CCK receptor antagonist CR 1409. N...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Evrard S,Hoeltzel A,Aprahamian M,Bernard C,Mutter D,Marescaux J,Damgé C

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To carry out a preliminary epidemiological investigation of Yersinia enterocolitica from a clinical perspective in China and to further validate the consistency of real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and culture method. METHODS:700 stool samples were randomly and continuously collected from in- and ...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Zheng H,Wang J,Sun Y,Jiang B

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of adrenergic agents on secretion of amylase from the salivary glands in vivo. Saliva was collected from the distal oesophagus in conscious rats. Adrenaline increased the concentration of amylase in saliva and serum significantly. The result of infusion of alp...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Skov Olsen P,Kirkegaard P,Rasmussen T,Magid E,Poulsen SS,Nexø E

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Acotiamide, a prokinetic drug, is used to treat functional dyspepsia (FD), especially postprandial distress syndrome (PDS). However, a treatment for FD patients with PDS and/or epigastric pain syndrome (EPS) has not been established. We investigated the efficacy of famotidine in combination with acotiam...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Hojo M,Nagahara A,Asaoka D,Takeda T,Izumi K,Matsumoto K,Ueyama H,Shimada Y,Matsumoto K,Nojiri S,Watanabe S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of esophageal cancer is markedly increased in patients with head and neck cancer, and the presence of esophageal cancer is associated with reduced survival rates. AIMS:We investigated whether the results of screening for esophageal cancer in patients with head and neck cancer using chromoendos...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Moschler O,Spahn TW,Middelberg-Bisping C,Grosse-Thie W,Christoph B,Kloeppel G,Mueller MK

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2 cases of pancreatic disease in patients with malabsorption following small bowel radiation injury are reported. It is suggested that the pancreatic disease present in these patients occurred as a result of previous radiotherapy. ...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Mitchell CJ,Simpson FG,Davison AM,Losowsky MS

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrinomas may occur in the pancreas, duodenum or peripancreatic lymph nodes. The gastrin overproduction leads to the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome with multiple gastric and duodenal ulcers and diarrhea. About two thirds of gastrinomas are malignant. Diagnosis is made by clinical history, gastroscopy, and measurement of...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Granberg D,Jacobsson H,Oberg K,Gustavsson J,Lehtihet M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In chronic pancreatitis the exocrine pancreatic tissue is replaced by extracellular matrix deposits from fibroblasts. We have stimulated fibrogenesis in the pancreas by inducing a single episode of cerulein pancreatitis (10 microg/kg/h for 12 h). We have used a spectrophotometrical assay to measure the tissue hydroxyp...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Weidenbach H,Lerch MM,Turi S,Bachem M,Adler G

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elimination of endogenous carboxyamidated and glycine-extended gastrins in liver and gut was studied before and after feeding in 14 anesthetized pigs. Before the meal, liver and gut extractions were nonsignificant. After feeding, the release rate of amidated gastrin increased from 7.5 +/- 2.6 to 21.9 +/- 5.3 pmol/...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Hansen CP,Stadil F,Rehfeld JF

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbit duodenal and jejunal brush-border membrane vesicle integrity, fluidity and passive proton permeability were studied after in vitro exposure to deoxycholate, glycodeoxycholate or taurodeoxycholate. Duodenal and jejunal membrane mean vesicle volume [0.54 (0.05) and 0.54 (0.03) microliters/mg, mean values with SE ...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Zhao DL,Hirst BH

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucosal intestinal cells migrate and differentiate simultaneously as they move out of the crypts to their functional site along the villus. Interactions between the enterocyte basal membrane domain and the extracellular intestinal basement membrane (IBM) have been suggested to be essential to both cell migration and d...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Wilson JR,Weiser MM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study some of the molecular events during the hepatic passage of gastrin, we perfused sulfated natural porcine gastrin (G17 II) through isolated pig livers. The disappearance half time of G17 II was about 20-30 min when the starting gastrin concentrations were greater than 100 pM; lower concentrations were...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Feurle GE,Winkler C,Encke A,Helmstaedter V,Doertenbach JG

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In order to perform small bowel manometry studies in man, the probes have to be guided through the upper gastrointestinal tract. This is usually controlled by fluoroscopy, but a method that allows to place the tubes without X-rays is obviously desirable. METHODS:A new method that controls tube placing by so...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： V Schönfeld J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the mechanism behind the augmented postprandial gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) release seen in patients with achlorhydria and hypergastrinemia, 8 healthy subjects were given a liquid test meal on three different days. On 1 day the meal was preceded by ranitidine (H2 receptor antagonist) to b...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Jorde R,Schulz TB,Burhol PG,Waldum HL

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ulcers were produced in the gastric mucosa in rats. After 90 days of healing, one group of animals was given pentagastrin and carbacholine via continuous subcutaneous infusion. After 1 h the animals were killed and the wounds and normal mucosa beside the wounds were prepared for electron microscopy. Stereological anal...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Blom H

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:This study aimed to analyze the endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) with a novel uniquely shaped, double-loop snare (Dualoop, Medico's Hirata Inc., Tokyo, Japan) for colorectal polyps. METHODS:This was a clinical trial conducted in two referral centers, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and Natio...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Yoshida N,Saito Y,Hirose R,Ogiso K,Inada Y,Yagi N,Naito Y,Otake Y,Nakajima T,Matsuda T,Yanagisawa A,Itoh Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of two synthetic prostaglandin E derivatives on mucus glycoproteins in the stomachs of rats were evaluated. Neither derivative caused change in mucus glycoprotein content in the gastric corpus or antrum, but both increased the biosynthetic activity of mucus glycoproteins in these regions (about 15-30%). Fu...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Ishihara K,Kuwata H,Ohara S,Okabe H,Hotta K

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transition-related healthcare intervention has recently been receiving worldwide attention. Given the increasing incidence of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and its lifelong impact, transitional care has become an important issue. In Japan, guidelines to support the autonomy of IBD patients durin...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Kumagai H,Suzuki Y,Shimizu T

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Colonic motility disorders are a frequent clinical problem caused by various drugs and diseases. However, the etiology of colonic dysmotility is often unclear due to the lack of in vivo methods, including rapid dynamic assessment. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to establish a novel quantitative meth...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Kishi K,Kaji N,Tsuru Y,Hori M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Only the depth of submucosal invasion can be estimated prior to determining the indications for endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) as a curative treatment for colorectal carcinoma (CRC). Here we evaluated the outcomes of ESD for clinical T1 CRCs. METHODS:Of 660 patients who underwent ESD for CRC at...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Asayama N,Oka S,Tanaka S,Hayashi N,Arihiro K,Chayama K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An abnormal immune response may play a pathogenetic role in chronic pancreatitis. However, to date characterization of the systemic immunological changes in patients with chronic pancreatitis has not been undertaken. METHODS:Lymphocyte phenotypes and proliferation ((3)H-thymidine) after stimulation with mit...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Ockenga J,Jacobs R,Kemper A,Benschop RJ,Schmidt RE,Manns MP

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:In this report, we aimed to investigate the distribution and characterization of biomarker-immunolabeled ductal epithelium in advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). DESIGN:Eighteen patients with PDAC were medically diagnosed prior to being treated periodically. All clinical records were coll...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Zhou R,Xu X,Liu M,Wu X,Li R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Despite the high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), most individuals are unaware of its diagnosis. We assessed whether an upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy can accurately predict the incidence of OSAS. METHODS:After endoscopic evaluation of laryngo-pharyngeal collapse, a total o...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Ohata K,Sakai E,Nakao T,Kimoto Y,Ishii R,Konishi T,Ueno S,Takita M,Negishi R,Morinushi T,Muramoto T,Matsuhashi N,Nakaya T,Koba I,Nakaji S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of early esophageal cancer (EC) is becoming more widespread. Post-ESD coagulation syndrome (CS) has been proposed as temporary inflammatory signs that occur during the post-ESD period caused by transmural thermal injury by electrocoagulation. This retrospective study ai...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Sakai M,Sohda M,Saito H,Ubukata Y,Nakazawa N,Kuriyama K,Hara K,Sano A,Ogata K,Yokobori T,Kuwano H,Shirabe K,Saeki H

更新日期：2020-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective analysis to evaluate the risk factors associated with the occurrence of acute hepatic failure following transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) for hepatocellular carcinoma. From 1984 to 1993 we performed a total of 623 embolization procedures in 369 patients with both hepatocellular car...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Katsushima S,Inokuma T,Oi H,Okamura J,Higashi T,Takeuchi R,Hidaka A,Shigeno C,Iida Y,Konishi J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the functional coupling between antral somatostatin and gastrin cells in pigs using isolated perfused preparations of the antrum with intact supply of the vagus nerves. Luminal acidification significantly inhibited gastrin secretion to 61 +/- 3% of basal secretion and increased somatostatin output 9-fold. I...

journal_title：Digestion

authors： Holst JJ,Orskov C,Seier-Poulsen S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00