Impact of functional dyspepsia on quality of life.

abstract：:Dientamoeba fragilis is an intestinal protozoan parasite associated with gastrointestinal symptoms. This study was undertaken in a semicommunal group reported to have a high prevalence of this parasite. Stools were collected from 81 adult group members. Intestinal parasites were observed in stool specimens of 45 (56%)...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Millet V,Spencer MJ,Chapin M,Stewart M,Yatabe JA,Brewer T,Garcia LS

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detecting plasma protein loss from the stomach is quite difficult by measuring fecal alpha1-AT clearance because alpha1-AT is rapidly destroyed in the gastric juice at values below pH 3. We examined protein loss from the stomach using fecal alpha1-AT clearance with lansoprazole, a proton pump inhibitor. A 38-year-old ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Takeda H,Nishise S,Furukawa M,Nagashima R,Shinzawa H,Takahashi T

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pyoderma gangrenosum is a serious cutaneous complication seen in approximately 1 % of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Oral corticosteroids are the mainstay treatment, although the evidence supporting their use is weak. AIMS:The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Argüelles-Arias F,Castro-Laria L,Lobatón T,Aguas-Peris M,Rojas-Feria M,Barreiro-de Acosta M,Soto-Escribano P,Calvo-Moya M,Ginard-Vicens D,Chaparro-Sánchez M,Hernández-Durán M,Castro-Senosiain B,Fernández-Villaverde A,García-Sán

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LBP) is involved in the modulation of acute liver injury and failure caused by acetaminophen (APAP). Although the biological activity of LBP is concentration dependent, little is known about its levels in acute liver failure. METHODS:Serum and hepatic LBP were me...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Su GL,Fontana RJ,Jinjuvadia K,Bayliss J,Wang SC

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study showed that supine gastroesophageal reflux occurs mainly in the early nighttime period and is greater if the patient retires within 2 hr of a meal. We analyzed 306 consecutive esophageal pH studies between January and July 2003. Ninety-two patients had abnormal supine reflux. The recumbent period was ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： King AL,Baburajan B,Wong T,Anggiansah R,Anggiansah A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, autoimmune thyroid disease, Addison's disease, and alopecia areata are at increased risk of celiac disease. We investigated whether patients with more than one autoimmune endocrinologic disorder are even more susceptible to celiac disease or have celiac-type mucosal i...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Kaukinen K,Collin P,Mykkänen AH,Partanen J,Mäki M,Salmi J

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to cholecystokinin, other hormones have been suggested to be involved in regulation of postprandial gallbladder contraction. We aimed to evaluate effects of growth hormone (GH) on gallbladder contractility and cholecystokinin release. Gallbladder and gastric emptying (by ultrasound) and cholecystokinin rel...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Moschetta A,Twickler TB,Rehfeld JF,van Ooteghem NA,Cabezas MC,Portincasa P,van Berge-Henegouwen GP,van Erpecum KJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that duodenal motility patterns differ in preterm and term infants, but antral motor activities were not compared. Using a validated, low-compliance, continuous-perfusion, neonatal manometric system, antral and duodenal motility was studied in 19 preterm and nine term infants. Antral motili...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ittmann PI,Amarnath R,Berseth CL

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Relative adrenal insufficiency (RAI) is frequently observed in patients with cirrhosis. We sought to identify evidence in the literature regarding the impact of RAI on clinical outcomes in cirrhotic patients. METHODS:We conducted a systematic review (SR) and meta-analysis (MA) using the Ovid-MEDLINE, EMBASE...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Kim G,Huh JH,Lee KJ,Kim MY,Shim KY,Baik SK

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clonality of gastric glands remains a controversial topic. Chimeric mouse studies suggested that all gastric glands were monoclonal. However, using the X-linked transgenic mouse model, we have suggested that most glands are polyclonal during development and that the fraction of monoclonal glands increases after bi...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Nomura S,Kaminishi M,Takagi N,Esumi H

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isoamylase distribution in the urine of normal individuals and patients admitted to the hospital with hyperamylasemia was determined by a wheat inhibitor mmethod and compared to results obtained by cellulose-acetate electrophoresis. We report two cases where the inhibitor ethod failed to give accurate results in urine...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Gersten M,Bank S,Lendvai S

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are many studies on submucosal injection materials, but their clinical use is restricted for various reasons. The objective of this study was to compare the feasibility and safety of injected EndoClot®SIS polysaccharide as a submucosal injection material (SFC) in ESD in the pig stomach to that of injec...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Dai MS,Hu KW,Wu W,Yin GJ,Hu DM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-one (98%) of 42 patients with achalasia of the esophagus had pneumatic dilatation performed successfully using the Brown-McHardy dilator. One to four dilatations (mean, 1.9) were done on each patient with inflation pressures of 8-15 psi (mean, 11.1 psi). Immediately after the procedure, all patients were examine...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Ott DJ,Richter JE,Wu WC,Chen YM,Castell DO,Gelfand DW

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies showed that bile salts had a promoting effect on colon cancer development and this effect was inhibited by ursodeoxycholate (UDC). We recently found that both human colorectal adenomas and carcinomas were associated with a specific decrease in alkaline sphingomyelinase activity. In this work, we compa...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Duan RD,Cheng Y,Tauschel HD,Nilsson A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The purpose of this retrospective study was to assess clinical outcomes of endoscopic bougie dilation of esophageal strictures after radiation therapy for head and neck cancer, and to assess the risk factors which affect the treatment success. METHODS:Thirty-one patients with esophageal stricture due to radiation...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Tuna Y,Koçak E,Dinçer D,Köklü S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated case reports in which symptomatic hearing loss develops suddenly during the course of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have been reported, but the presence of subclinical sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) associated with IBD has been investigated in only two preliminary studies. In order to research this furt...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Akbayir N,Caliş AB,Alkim C,Sökmen HM,Erdem L,Ozbal A,Bölükbaş F,Akbayir N

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Forkhead box P3 (FOXP3)+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) are critical for controlling inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract. There is a paradoxical increase of mucosal FOXP3+ T cells in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). These FOXP3+ cells were recently shown to include interleukin (IL)-17A-prod...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Lord JD,Valliant-Saunders K,Hahn H,Thirlby RC,Ziegler SF

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied intraesophageal pressure changes in patients with symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux and an abnormal 24-hr pH monitoring record (N = 52). Our method was simultaneous esophageal manometry and pH monitoring. We observed a three-component esophageal manometric sequence (EMS). When this sequence recurred over ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Shay SS,Eggli D,Oliver G,Peura DA,Johnson LF

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) is an effective tool for diagnosing and treating obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. The aim is to describe how outcomes differ with patient setting (with DBE diagnosis and intervention, with DBE diagnosis but without intervention, and without DBE diagnosis), and thus demonstrate the va...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Lin WP,Chiu CT,Su MY,Hsu CM,Sung CM,Chen PC

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnifying videoendoscopic observation of a minute lesion with a single IIIL type cryptal orifice was reported. This minute lesion was a single-gland adenoma accompanied histopathologically by a bud of adenomatous gland and was located in the upper part of the mucosa. This finding regarding a pit pattern should make p...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Tamura S,Nakajo K,Kitamura M,Kamiji I,Onishi S

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of 88 consecutive small-bowel enemas were compared retrospectively with the results of 52 routine small-bowel series and 50 barium enemas done in the same patients. Ninety-six percent of the diagnoses made by small-bowel enema were correct, as compared to only 65% made by routine small-bowel series. The in...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Gurian L,Jendrzejewski J,Katon R,Bilbao M,Cope R,Melnyk C

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Squamous cell carcinoma represents the most common primary malignant lesion of the esophagus (1). The initial manifestation of lymphosarcoma infrequently occurs in the gastrointestinal tract, and in one large series, there were no lymphosarcomas presenting in the esophagus (2). In the case described below, a primary h...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Berman MD,Falchuk KR,Trey C,Gramm HF

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibronectin (FN) is important for wound healing via cell proliferation, adhesion, differentiation, and matrix formation. Fetal types of FN mRNA, which include the region of EIIIA or EIIIB, are well expressed during embryonic development and wound healing. This study was done to investigate the mRNA expression of full-...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Tominaga K,Higuchi K,Watanabe T,Fujiwara Y,Kim S,Arakawa T,Iwao H,Kuroki T

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pancreatitis associated with inflammatory bowel disease is now considered as extraintestinal manifestation of that disease. The clinical and radiological features of the new entity are markedly different from those of chronic calcifying pancreatitis. We report the case of a 68-year-old man presenting with a ps...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Grandval P,Barthet M,Desjeux A,Garcia S,Boustiere C,Poilroux B,Grimaud JC

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Up to 60% of patients with IBS have lowered perception thresholds in the rectum to balloon distension. The current study sought to test the hypothesis that IBS patients with normal perception thresholds in the rectum show hypersensitivity of afferent pathways in the sigmoid colon. Eleven healthy normal subjects and ei...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Lembo T,Munakata J,Naliboff B,Fullerton S,Mayer EA

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Aberrant methylation of specific genes is frequent event in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Our present study aims to explore the methylation levels of acid phosphatase locus 1 (ACP1), bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4), and testis-specific protein, Y-encoded-like 5 (TSPYL5) and their potential clin...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Qiu X,Hu B,Huang Y,Deng Y,Wang X,Zheng F

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) frequently develop hepatic encephalopathy. Metabolic etiology of encephalopathy is less often considered in these patients. Although paraneoplastic hypercalcemia may be associated with several malignant tumors, it has also been described in HCC [1-4], and may caus...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Tudela P,Soldevila B,Mòdol JM,Domènech E

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic condition and the most common form of inflammatory bowel disease. The goal of standard treatment is mainly to induce and maintain remission with anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive agents, and/or colectomy. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has been used successfull...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Tian Z,Liu J,Liao M,Li W,Zou J,Han X,Kuang M,Shen W,Li H

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both intracellular calcium ions and neural input are important in esophageal smooth muscle contraction. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of well-tolerated doses of the calcium-channel blocker, nifedipine (20 mg sublingually/buccally) with the anticholinergic, propantheline bromide (15 mg orally) and th...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Hongo M,Traube M,McCallum RW

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcineurin inhibitor (CI)-associated renal dysfunction has emerged as a major cause of morbidity and mortality after liver transplantation. In this retrospective study, we compared the efficacy, safety, and renal protective effect of sirolimus monotherapy (Group A; n = 26) with sirolimus in combination (Group B; n = ...

journal_title：Digestive diseases and sciences

authors： Maheshwari A,Torbenson MS,Thuluvath PJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00