Characteristics of vacuolating toxin produced by Helicobacter pylori.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nitazoxanide, approved for the treatment of Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia, was found to inhibit hepatitis C virus replication. AIM:The aim of this study was to assess the impact of nitazoxanide as an add-on therapy to pegylated interferon α-2a and ribavirin on sustained virologic response (SVR)...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Kohla MA,El-Said H,El-Fert A,Ehsan N,Ezzat S,Taha H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coeliac disease is one of the most common genetically based diseases. The wide clinical spectrum of the disease and the availability of highly specific antibody testing have led to an increased number of patients undergoing gastroscopy with distal duodenal biopsies. Histological confirmation of the characteristic smal...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Frenz MB,Mee AS

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the safety and efficacy of percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation (RFA) in the treatment of nonsurgical hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in daily practice. METHODS:A total of 63 consecutive patients with HCC (solitary nodule

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Zavaglia C,Corso R,Rampoldi A,Vinci M,Belli LS,Vangeli M,Solcia M,Castoldi C,Prisco C,Vanzulli A,Pinzello G

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An inappropriate mucosal immune response to the commensal bacterial flora may play a role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In this study we determined the percentage of immunoglobulin-coated bacteria in the stools of patients and controls. METHODS:Faecal samples were obtained from 18 ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： van der Waaij LA,Kroese FG,Visser A,Nelis GF,Westerveld BD,Jansen PL,Hunter JO

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Perforated jejunal diverticulitis (PJD) is rare, but it has high mortality rates. The role of nonsurgical management is debated. The aim of this study is to assess the outcomes of medical and surgical management of PJD. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A single-centre study on a series of emergency patients diagnosed w...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Garcia-Granero A,Argüelles BG,Gallardo CM,Carreño O,Giner F,Pellino G,Frasson M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary malignant lymphoma of the bowel is a rare complication of inflammatory bowel disease. The association of gastrointestinal lymphoma, inflammatory bowel disease and prior immunosuppression remains unclear. We report the first case of azathioprine-treated ulcerative colitis developing rectal lymphoma. ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Tan CW,Wilson GE,Howat JM,Shreeve DR

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Anthropometry is a good evaluation tool that establishes the association between body fat distribution and metabolic risk factors precisely. The aim of this study was to test the association of anthropometric measurements with subclinical atherosclerosis and liver fibrosis. METHODS:A total of 78 patients with nona...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Dogan T,Ozturk K,Celikkanat S,Aykan MB,Uygun A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old gentleman presented with a history of abdominal distension and difficulty in walking 10 years after a Polya partial gastrectomy. Clinical history and neurological examination suggested an axonal sensory neuropathy. A computed tomographic scan of the abdomen showed a large afferent jejunal loop, and a hyd...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Lewis HI,Sen A,Cockerell CO,Greaves RR

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Data on heredity, risk factors and comorbidity in microscopic colitis, encompassing collagenous colitis (CC) and lymphocytic colitis (LC), are limited. AIM:The aim was to carry out a case-control study of family history, childhood circumstances, educational level, marital status, smoking and comorbidity in ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Wickbom A,Nyhlin N,Montgomery SM,Bohr J,Tysk C

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS:Although endoscopic papillary balloon dilation (EPBD) has appeared with the expectation of better preserving sphincter of Oddi function than endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST), whether it can more effectively prevent bacterial contamination of the biliary tract than EST is controversial. To addre...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Natsui M,Honma T,Genda T,Nakadaira H

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：:Here we report two cases of inverted hyperplastic polyps of the colon. The first patient showed three inverted hyperplastic polyps in the ascending colon, one of which was associated with adenoma. We immunostained this adenoma-associated polyp using anti-beta-catenin antibody and found accumulation of beta-catenin in ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Kuribayashi K,Ishii T,Ishidate T,Ban N,Hirata Y,Hashida H,Saito K,Iwashiro N,Ohara M,Ishizaka M,Azumad M,Hayashi T,Takayama T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The hepatitis delta virus (HDV) causes the most aggressive form of chronic viral hepatitis. As HDV replication requires hepatitis B virus (HBV), HDV screening is limited to HBsAg+ carriers. To date, individuals with HDV-antibodies and markers of resolved hepatitis B are considered cured. However, a subset sh...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Aguilera A,Rodríguez-Calviño J,de Mendoza C,Soriano V

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced bone mineral density has been reported in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and recent studies indicate that there is also an increase in the relative risk of fracture. Absolute risk of fracture is, however, generally low and thus measurement of bone mineral density as a screening procedure for all pati...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Compston JE

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bile duct adenomas are rare tumours that arise more frequently in the distal extrahepatic biliary tree. We report the case of a papillary adenoma arising at the junction of the common and left hepatic ducts and review the available literature on this rare entity. A 73-year-old lady presented with a history of mild wei...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Morris-Stiff GJ,Senda Y,Verbeke CS,Lodge PA

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Increasing attention is paid to measure patient's experience using specific patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) as tool to assess the overall quality of care provided. The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the United European Gastroenterology have recognized the measure of quality of...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Apadula L,Capurso G,Arcidiacono PG

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Lipopolysaccharides of Helicobacter pylori have an antigenic structure that mimics Lewis X occurring in gastric mucosa. The pathogenic role of antigenic mimicry in H. pylori-induced gastritis has been of recent interest. The aim of this study was to examine the relevance of anti-Lewis X antibody in the devel...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Shimoyama T,Fukuda S,Tanaka M,Sugawara N,Kurimoto F,Munakata A

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Mitochondrial diseases affect about 1/5000-1/10000 in the population. Twenty percent of patients with mitochondrial disease show liver involvement. In contrast to current belief among most internists, these diseases do not only present in childhood. METHODS:We present four cases of adults (three with Alpers-Hutten...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Cloots K,Verbeek J,Orlent H,Meersseman W,Cassiman D

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on four cases displaying the wide range of aetiological risk factors (presence or absence of family history of dyslipidaemia and cryptogenic cirrhosis, from subnormal body mass index through morbid obesity, from absent through hepatotoxic alcohol consumption), laboratory test results (from subnormal through ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Lonardo A,Bagni A,Tarugi P,Loria P

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal pain is a common symptom in individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF). As prognosis has improved, CF has changed from a pediatric disease to the current situation wherein most people with CF are adults. With improved survival, the spectrum of pathologies causing abdominal pain in CF has shifted. Despite this, th...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Nash EF,Ohri CM,Stephenson AL,Durie PR

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents an overview of the essential nature of hypnosis as it is studied and practised today. Some theoretical controversies are mentioned and historical antecedents are briefly summarized. An overview is then presented of the ways in which hypnosis is applied therapeutically. It is concluded that although...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Heap M

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID) represents a spectrum of clinicopathological entities including alpha-chain disease and other types of lymphoplasmacytic proliferations of the lamina propria of the small intestine, presenting with severe malabsorption. IPSID has been described mainly in t...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Economidou I,Manousos ON,Triantafillidis JK,Vaslamatzis MM,Zafiropoulou R,Papadakis T

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The detection of bacterial DNA in serum and ascitic fluid from patients with cirrhosis and ascites is interpreted as molecular evidence of intestinal bacterial translocation and considered sufficient to activate the cellular immune response. In vitro studies on ascitic fluid culture have shown a close relati...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Francés R,Rodríguez E,Muñoz C,Zapater P,De la ML,Ndongo M,Pérez-Mateo M,Such J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) is the accepted method for accurately measuring the 13CO2:12CO2 ratio in the non-invasive and non-radioactive [13C]urea breath test (13C-UBT) for Helicobactor pylori. The IRMS instrument, an expensive and highly specialized analyser, is rarely available. The objective of...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Lee HS,Gwee KA,Teng LY,Kang JY,Yeoh KG,Wee A,Chua BC

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question of when and how to drain a malignant biliary obstruction (MBO), both intrinsic or extrinsic, remains a controversial point among endoscopists. An important factor that influences the decision to drain an MBO or not is if the patient is a surgical candidate or not and, in the former case, if the patients m...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Mangiavillano B,Papanikolaou IS,Arvanitakis M,Auriemma F,Bianchetti M,Tarantino I,Traina M,Deviere J,Repici A

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the clinical presentation, biochemical (ascites and serum) and laparoscopic findings, and to assess the efficacy of triple antituberculous therapy without rifampicin for 6 months in patients with tuberculous peritonitis. METHODS:Twenty-six tuberculous peritonitis patients (11 male, 15 female) wit...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Demir K,Okten A,Kaymakoglu S,Dincer D,Besisik F,Cevikbas U,Ozdil S,Bostas G,Mungan Z,Cakaloglu Y

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Survival of Helicobacter pylori is dependent upon urease in the cytoplasm and at the bacterial surface. We have sought to clarify how alkaline ammonium salts, released from urea by this enzyme, might alter mucus pH and so affect growth and motility of the bacterium in the gastric mucus environment. METHODS:...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Sidebotham RL,Worku ML,Karim QN,Dhir NK,Baron JH

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To audit whether our patients with Barrett's oesophagus (BO) enter into our endoscopic surveillance programme and whether they continue with it after entry. We have determined the incidence of oesophageal adenocarcinoma among our surveyed patients. DESIGN:We retrospectively audited prospectively collected da...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Gladman L,Chapman W,Iqbal TH,Gearty JC,Cooper BT

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:An inadequate disinfection of endoscopes and associated accessories can result in the transmission of infections to patients. The aim of this study was to access reprocessing practice in the endoscopy units of Portuguese district general hospitals. METHODS:An anonymous questionnaire on cleaning and ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Soares JB,Gonçalves R,Banhudo A,Pedrosa J

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy and side-effect profile of two currently advocated treatment regimens for eradicating Helicobacter pylori. DESIGN:A randomized, controlled, open, single-centre study. SETTING:A community hospital in The Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS:Seventy-six consecutive patients with (chronic) ulcer d...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： de Boer WA,Driessen WM,Jansz AR,Tytgat GN

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00