Iatrogenic achalasia. A case series.

abstract：:Microbial signals stimulate development and maintenance of the neonatal immune system. The process begins in utero, with limited exposure to microbes in the intrauterine environment, as well as maternal immune signals priming the developing immune system. After birth and initial colonization, the immune system must be...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Houghteling PD,Walker WA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:Assess neoplasia and polypectomy-related adverse event (AE) rates in gastric hyperplastic polyps (GHPs). BACKGROUND:GHPs carry a risk of neoplastic transformation. The rate of neoplastic transformation and the risk of polypectomy-related bleeding are unclear in the West, as data are derived from Asian or small s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Bar N,Kinaani F,Sperber AD,Amir-Barak H,Dekel R

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Split-dose regimens (SpDs) were recommended as a first choice for bowel preparation, whereas same-day regimens (SaDs) were recommended as an alternative; however, randomized trials compared them with mixed results. The meta-analysis was aimed at clarifying efficacy level between the 2 regimens. MATERIALS AN...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Cheng YL,Huang KW,Liao WC,Luo JC,Lan KH,Su CW,Wang YJ,Hou MC

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Maastricht 2-2000 guidelines on the current management of Helicobacter pylori infection were recently adopted by the Israeli Gastroenterological Association. GOAL:To determine the impact of these clinical guidelines on the current knowledge, attitudes, and management of H. pylori among primary care phys...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Shirin H,Birkenfeld S,Shevah O,Levine A,Epstein J,Boaz M,Niv Y,Avni Y

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the therapeutic efficacy of 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) in patients with colonic diverticular disease performing a systematic review of the literature. DATA SOURCES:Cochrane Trial Register (until Issue 4, 2008), Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (1966 to October 1, 2008), Ex...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Gatta L,Vakil N,Vaira D,Pilotto A,Curlo M,Comparato G,Leandro G,Ferro U,Lera M,Milletti S,Di Mario F

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoid metastases in the liver are typically solid, hypervascular lesions. We report 3 cases of cystic carcinoid tumors in the liver with radiographic findings. Two were metastatic from primary carcinoid tumors of the small intestine and one was not associated with any extra hepatic lesion at presentation or during...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Salamone L,McCarthy S,Salem RR

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS AND BACKGROUND:Fibrosing colonopathy causing severe thickening of the colon wall was recently described in cystic fibrosis (CF). Since it has been suspected that subclinical colon-wall thickening is a common feature in CF patients, bowel-wall thickness was measured in a series of patients and compared with contro...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Dialer I,Hundt C,Bertele-Harms RM,Harms HK

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) underwent a cross-sectional study to evaluate intestinal secretory immunity. Peroral jejunal biopsy with histologic and immunohistochemical assessment of the mucosa were carried out in the patients and in 12 healthy volunteers. It was observed that an altered...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Elia C,Souza H,Carvalho AT,Madi K,Mello CA,Oliveira A,Cuckier R,Papi JA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastroesophageal reflux disease, especially when refractory to standard therapy, remains a significant clinical problem. Although symptom pathogenesis in erosive reflux disease is relatively easy to understand, it is less clear how exposure of the macroscopically normal mucosa in nonerosive reflux disease (NERD) is ab...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Woodland P,Sifrim D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with recently healed duodenal ulcers were enrolled at 14 participating centers in a 12-month study comparing the effectiveness of ranitidine and cimetidine, two H2-receptor blockers, for maintenance therapy. Patients were randomly assigned to take bedtime doses of 150 mg of ranitidine (n = 60) or 400 mg of ci...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Silvis SE

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report six cases of pseudolipoma of Glisson's capsule. The patients ranged from 53 to 83 years old (mean 67.7 years), and all were men. Pseudolipoma of Glisson's capsule was detected by imaging studies before operation in two cases, and noted incidentally in the remaining four. Computed tomography demonstrated a su...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Sasaki M,Harada K,Nakanuma Y,Watanabe K

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is a novel imaging technique used for noninvasive work-up of patients with pancreaticobiliary disease. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography is useful in the evaluation of a host of pancreaticobiliary disorders, such as congenital disorders, calculus disease, bi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Prasad SR,Sahani D,Saini S

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper deficiency is an uncommonly reported complication of celiac disease that has not received much attention in recent years. Copper deficiency may result in anemia and thrombocytopenia and also irreversible myeloneuropathy if it is not detected and treated appropriately. The prevalence of copper deficiency in pati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Halfdanarson TR,Kumar N,Hogan WJ,Murray JA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cure for hepatitis B is defined as the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) seroclearance and/or seroconversion. Predictors of spontaneous seroconversion are not well described. The objective of this study is to identify predictors of spontaneous HBsAg seroconversion from community practice. METHODS:We p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Wu CF,Fong TM,Wu SS,Saab S

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rarely reported in Taiwan. GOALS:To determine the prevalence and risk factors of NAFLD in an adult population of Taiwan. STUDY:The cross-sectional community study examined 3245 adults in a rural village of Taiwan. The diagnostic criteria for NAF...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Chen CH,Huang MH,Yang JC,Nien CK,Yang CC,Yeh YH,Yueh SK

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New-onset diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the first symptoms of pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC). The frequency of endocrine disorders is estimated between 40% and 80% in patients with pancreatic cancer. DM is a risk factor for cancer development but it may also be a consequence of the tumor growth. Data confirming t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Wlodarczyk B,Gasiorowska A,Malecka-Panas E

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crohn's disease can be accompanied by extraintestinal manifestations. The authors report on a 39-year-old patient who presented with cheilitis granulomatosa as the first manifestation of Crohn's disease. Four years later, intestinal Crohn's disease was diagnosed. One year afterward, acute loss of visual acuity from op...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： van de Scheur MR,van der Waal RI,van Bodegraven AA,Völker-Dieben HJ,Starink TM,van der Waal I

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The methods used to discern the structure (anatomy) and function (physiology) of the indigenous microbiota can be divided according to which aspect of the microbiota they can interrogate and are positioned accordingly. At the most basic level, methods can simply describe the community structure of the microbiota, that...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Koch M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are >1.5 billion people with chronic liver disease worldwide, causing liver diseases to be a significant global health issue. Diffuse parenchymal liver diseases, including hepatic steatosis, fibrosis, metabolic diseases, and hepatitis cause chronic liver injury and may progress to fibrosis and eventually hepatoc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Ghadimi M,Habibabadi RR,Hazhirkarzar B,Shaghaghi M,Ameli S,Khoshpouri P,Ghasabeh MA,Gurakar A,Pawlik TM,Kamel IR

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-Lactic acidosis is an unique complication of jejunoileal bypass occurring because of alteration of colonic bacterial flora with selective proliferation of D-lactate-producing bacteria. The D-lactate accumulation in the serum is associated with encephalopathy, which responds to oral antibiotic drugs in most patients....

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Kadakia SC

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:To assess the impact of interferon treatment on celiac disease onset in hepatitis C patients and to clarify its clinical relevance and outcome. BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C is associated with autoimmunity, which can be exacerbated by interferon treatment. Cases of celiac disease activation during interferon treatment ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Durante-Mangoni E,Iardino P,Resse M,Cesaro G,Sica A,Farzati B,Ruggiero G,Adinolfi LE

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of psychosocial factors in peptic ulcer remains controversial. We have investigated the relationship between socioeconomic status, concrete stressors, and ulcers in a longitudinally followed, population-based cohort, taking confounding risk factors into account. A total of 6,928 adults completed the Alameda C...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Levenstein S,Kaplan GA,Smith M

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Celiac disease (CeD) is a systemic disease with manifestations not limited to small intestine. The data on association between CeD and infertility is contradictory. There are no recommendations for the screening of female patients with infertility for CeD. AIM:We conducted a meta-analysis to find out whethe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Singh P,Arora S,Lal S,Strand TA,Makharia GK

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Athletes and bodybuilders often misuse androgenic/anabolic steroids. When used in therapeutic doses, these drugs produce clinical jaundice in just a small number of recipients. We present a 26-year-old male bodybuilder who self-administered high doses of androgenic/anabolic steroids that induced liver damage. One mont...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Stimac D,Milić S,Dintinjana RD,Kovac D,Ristić S

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND GOAL:Peribiliary cysts, which are known to be associated with various hepatobiliary diseases including alcoholic liver disease, have been reported to originate in the peribiliary glands along the biliary tree. The causal relationship between the peribiliary cysts and alcohol-related hepatic and pancreati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Matsubara T,Sato Y,Igarashi S,Matsui O,Gabata T,Nakanuma Y

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review discusses gastrointestinal manifestations of parathyroid diseases. Parathyroid hormone is the primary regulator of calcium physiology. Hypoparathyroidism can be idiopathic, hereditary, or secondary to surgery in the neck. Hyperparathyroidism is usually from adenomas or hyperplasia. Hypoparathyroidism is as...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Ebert EC

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Portal or bridging fibrosis is an indication for antiviral treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). An early marker predictive of liver fibrosis in hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-negative CHB patients can alert clinicians to plan for treatment before disease progression. GOALS:To predict early a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Lee IC,Chan CC,Huang YH,Huo TI,Chu CJ,Lai CR,Lee PC,Su CW,Hung HH,Wu JC,Lin HC,Lee SD

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease (SUDD) is a common gastrointestinal disease, because it affects about one fourth of the patient harboring colonic diverticula. GOAL:To assess the effectiveness of mesalazine in improving symptoms (namely abdominal pain) and in preventing diverticulitis occurren...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Picchio M,Elisei W,Brandimarte G,Di Mario F,Malfertheiner P,Scarpignato C,Tursi A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique case of granulomatous gastritis of unknown etiology is reported. The patient, a 43-year-old Haitian woman, suffered a gastric perforation from a disease process limited to the stomach. The stomach was markedly enlarged and edematous with transmural, serpiginous granulomatous tracks throughout the gastric wall...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Compton CC,Von Lichtenberg F

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old man developed diffuse gastrointestinal polyposis, protein-losing enteropathy, skin pigmentation, hair loss, and unique nail changes. He also exhibited pulmonary tuberculosis and impaired immunity with skin anergy, poor lymphocyte mitogens stimulation test, and low serum immunoglobulin. We discuss the rel...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Lin HJ,Tsai YT,Lee SD,Lai KH,Ng WW,Tam TN,Lin HC,Liou LB,Tsay SH

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00