Computed tomography in the diagnosis of adult midgut rotational anomalies: a report of two cases.

abstract：:In a pilot study of direct dissolution therapy of gallstones with methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), endoscopic transpapillary catheterization in the gallbladder (ETCG) was performed. Complete dissolution was seen in 8 out of 12 (66%) patients and partial dissolution was seen in 2 (16%) patients. In one of the 8 complete...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Uchida N,Nakatsu T,Hirabayashi S,Minami A,Fukuma H,Ezaki T,Morshed SA,Fuke C,Ameno K,Ijiri I

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little real-world cohort data has been reported for Asians who have received interferon-free regimens with sofosbuvir (SOF) for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We evaluated the effectiveness and safety in clinical practice of ledipasvir (LDV) plus SOF for Japanese patients infected with HCV genoty...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ogawa E,Furusyo N,Nomura H,Dohmen K,Higashi N,Takahashi K,Kawano A,Azuma K,Satoh T,Nakamuta M,Koyanagi T,Kato M,Shimoda S,Kajiwara E,Hayashi J,Kyushu University Liver Disease Study (KULDS) Group.

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Japan, nutritional therapy as both a primary and as a secondary treatment is widely used for Crohn's disease (CD). The rationale for its use is based on a variety of reasons. The first is its ability to induce remission and to ameliorate the activity of intestinal lesions in the short term by enteral (EN) or by par...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Matsui T,Sakurai T,Yao T

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to evaluate gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA)-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the detection of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) and dysplastic nodules (DNs) compared with dynamic multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT), and to discriminate ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Inoue T,Kudo M,Komuta M,Hayaishi S,Ueda T,Takita M,Kitai S,Hatanaka K,Yada N,Hagiwara S,Chung H,Sakurai T,Ueshima K,Sakamoto M,Maenishi O,Hyodo T,Okada M,Kumano S,Murakami T

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatolithiasis frequently results in severe complications. We conducted a cohort study to identify prognostic factors and to establish a hepatolithiasis severity classification system. METHODS:The study cohort comprised 396 patients who were identified through a 1998 nationwide survey and followed up for 1...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Suzuki Y,Mori T,Yokoyama M,Kim S,Momose H,Matsuki R,Kogure M,Abe N,Isayama H,Nakazawa T,Notohara K,Tanaka A,Tsuyuguchi T,Tazuma S,Takikawa H,Sugiyama M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of gastric neuroendocrine (NE) carcinoma associated with chronic atrophic gastritis type A (CAG/A) or reversed atrophic type gastritis. A 9 x 6 cm tumor was resected from the stomach to control pain in a 55-year-old Japanese woman with peritoneal dissemination and metastatic tumors of the liver and ov...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kaizaki Y,Fujii T,Kawai T,Saito K,Kurihara K,Fukayama M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of nifedipine administration (10 mg) on esophageal acid exposure time was investigated in 11 non-reflux esophagitis (non-RE) patients and 11 grade C (Los Angeles classification) reflux esophagitis (RE) patients. In each subject, esophageal pH monitoring was performed, with the subject in the supine position...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ishikawa H,Iwakiri K,Sugiura T,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vaniprevir is a potent macrocyclic hepatitis C virus (HCV) nonstructural protein 3/4A protease inhibitor. This phase III study evaluated the safety and efficacy of vaniprevir in combination with peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin (PR) for 24 weeks compared with PR alone for 48 weeks in treatment-naive Japan...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hayashi N,Nakamuta M,Takehara T,Kumada H,Takase A,Howe AY,Ludmerer SW,Mobashery N

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical inactivity is a risk factor for the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). "Hybrid training", a training that involves both voluntary and electrical muscle contractions, causes beneficial alterations in muscles even after short durations of exercise. The aim of this study was to i...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kawaguchi T,Shiba N,Maeda T,Matsugaki T,Takano Y,Itou M,Sakata M,Taniguchi E,Nagata K,Sata M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cold snare polypectomy (CSP) has not undergone sufficient histopathological evaluation. This study aimed to clarify the histopathological features of CSP specimens, including resection depth and layer, as compared with endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR). METHODS:Polyps were recruited retrospectively. Sessil...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ito A,Suga T,Ota H,Tateiwa N,Matsumoto A,Tanaka E

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the diagnostic utility of blood biochemical parameters in assessing degree of hepatic fibrosis, serum levels of aminoterminal type III procollagen peptide (P III P), type IV collagen (IV-collagen), 7S domain of type IV collagen (7S-collagen), and hyaluronan (HA) were measured in 54 patients with chronic vi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Takamatsu S,Nakabayashi H,Okamoto Y,Nakano H

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A combination of hepatitis B immunoglobulin and nucleos(t)ide analogues is the current standard of care for controlling hepatitis B recurrence after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). However, frequent immunoglobulin treatment is expensive and inconvenient. This study investigated the efficacy of hepati...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Takaki A,Yagi T,Yasunaka T,Sadamori H,Shinoura S,Umeda Y,Yoshida R,Sato D,Nobuoka D,Utsumi M,Yasuda Y,Nakayama E,Miyake Y,Ikeda F,Shiraha H,Nouso K,Fujiwara T,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is suggested that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), including nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), can be associated with insomnia and gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD). The relationship between GERD and insomnia in subjects with biopsy-proven NAFLD was in...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Taketani H,Sumida Y,Tanaka S,Imajo K,Yoneda M,Hyogo H,Ono M,Fujii H,Eguchi Y,Kanemasa K,Chayama K,Itoh Y,Yoshikawa T,Saibara T,Fujimoto K,Nakajima A,Japan Study Group of NAFLD.

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We estimated the levels of free sialic acid and sialylated oligosaccharides excreted in the urine of normal donors (n = 10) and patients with gastric cancer (n = 6) and colorectal cancer (n = 4). The total sialic acid level in cancer patients was similar to that in normal donors. However, the ratios of glycosidically ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shimada I,Shoji M,Futatsuya R,Katoh T,Kominato Y,Sakamoto T,Fujikura T

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Recent routine testing for liver function and anti-mitochondrial antibodies has increased the number of newly diagnosed patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). This study investigated the prognosis of asymptomatic PBC patients, focusing on age difference, to clarify its effect on the prognosis of PBC pat...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kubota J,Ikeda F,Terada R,Kobashi H,Fujioka S,Okamoto R,Baba S,Morimoto Y,Ando M,Makino Y,Taniguchi H,Yasunaka T,Miyake Y,Iwasaki Y,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anemia of inflammation, commonly observed in patients with chronic diseases, is associated with decreased serum iron. Hepcidin, mainly produced by hepatocytes in a STAT3- and/or SMAD-dependent manner, is involved in iron homeostasis. What remains to be established is whether or not the hepatic IL-6/STAT3 sig...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sakamori R,Takehara T,Tatsumi T,Shigekawa M,Hikita H,Hiramatsu N,Kanto T,Hayashi N

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old woman was admitted to Hokuso Shiroi Hospital because of recurrent pain in the lower right side of the abdomen. Small-intestinal cancer was strongly suspected after fluoroscopy of the small intestine. Laparotomy showed advanced cancer of the ileum, of complete annular constrictive type, 9.5 x 5cm in size....

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Amano M,Imai Y,Hashimoto T,Saito Y,Miyaoka M,Kawaguchi M,Saito T

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most studies evaluating visceral sensation measure visceromotor response (VMR) to colorectal distention (CRD). However, CRD itself induces visceral sensitization, and little is known about the detailed characteristics of this response. The present study tried to clarify this question. METHODS:VMR was determ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nozu T,Kumei S,Miyagishi S,Takakusaki K,Okumura T

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Combination therapy of intravenous hepatitis B immunoglobulin (ivHBIG) and nucleos(t)ide (NA) analogues is the best post-liver transplantation (LT) prophylactic measure for hepatitis B virus (HBV). However, to reduce the long-term drawbacks of ivHBIG, we evaluated the efficacy of sequential entecavir (ETV) m...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yi NJ,Choi JY,Suh KS,Cho JY,Baik M,Hong G,Lee KW,Kim W,Kim YJ,Yoon JH,Lee HS,Kim DG

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tight junction of pancreatic exocrine cells is thought to regulate paracellular permeability, and is a possible reflux route of pancreatic juice into the blood flow. Morphological changes in the tight junction of canine pancreatic acinar cells following intraductal hypertension and secretin stimulation were morpho...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Akao S,Oya M,Akiyama H,Ishikawa H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) usually has a fatal prognosis without liver transplantation. We describe the case of a woman who developed FHF, and was evaluated as a candidate for liver transplantation, but who was cured without transplantation through intensive medical care that included glucagon-insulin therapy, me...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Masuhara M,Yagawa T,Aoyagi M,Suzuki C,Sakaguchi E,Segawa M,Hironaka K,Kayano K,Tamura F,Seguchi M,Soejima Y,Murakami F,Sakaida I,Tateishi A,Fukumoto Y,Okita K

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies of ulcerative colitis (UC) have been conducted once every year since 1973 in Japan. The number of participating hospitals in 1429 and they are distributed throughout Japan. A total number of 10819 patients diagnosed with UC have been registered, including 197 patients with a positive family his...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kitahora T,Utsunomiya T,Yokota A

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory disease of colonic mucosa in which the pathogenesis of any immunological disorders would likely be related. Various circulating autoantibodies have been reported in patients with ulcerative colitis, although their possible roles in this disease process have not yet been cla...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakamura H,Yoshida K,Ikegame K,Kishima Y,Uyama H,Enomoto H

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hepatic steatosis is frequently observed in subjects with metabolic syndrome (MS). In type 2 diabetics, it is independently associated with cardiovascular diseases. In order to confirm and extend this finding, a large group of patients with risk factors for atherosclerosis was studied. METHODS:Carotid atherosc...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Carallo C,Mancuso G,Mauro G,Laghi F,Madafferi B,Irace C,Gnasso A,Scavelli F,Dell'Aquila F,Bartone M,Gullo F,Ferraro M,Spagnuolo V,Belmonte M,Ferrara A,Silvano Rotondaro A,Brandolino N,Parasporo F,Scopelliti F

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intestinal Behçet's disease (BD) is very rare, and epidemiologic data regarding BD are scarce. Moreover, there have been no population-based studies focusing on intestinal BD. We conducted a nationwide population-based study to examine the incidence and clinical course of Korean patients with intestinal BD. ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Han M,Jung YS,Kim WH,Cheon JH,Park S

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary T/natural killer (NK) cell lymphoma of the colon is extremely rare. Despite the advances in histological and immunophenotypic studies, the diagnosis of primary T/NK cell lymphoma of the colon can be delayed because the early symptoms and colonoscopic findings may be very similar to those of inflammatory bowel ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kim HS,Lee DK,Baik SK,Kwon SO,Cho MY,Ko YH

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Only a few studies have longitudinally evaluated whether fatty pancreas increases the risk of type-2 diabetes (T2D), and their results were inconsistent. Fatty pancreas is closely linked to overweight and obesity, but previous studies did not exclude overweight or obese individuals. Therefore, in this cohort...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yamazaki H,Tauchi S,Wang J,Dohke M,Hanawa N,Kodama Y,Katanuma A,Saisho Y,Kamitani T,Fukuhara S,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The localization and distribution of gamma delta T cell receptor (TCR)-positive cells (gamma delta T cells) in hepatocellular carcinoma capsules was investigated immunohistochemically at both light and electron microscopic levels. Most of the mononuclear cells infiltrating the tumor capsules were CD3-positive. Togethe...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chin K,Morise K,Kanayama K,Nagura H

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) is often selected to treat gastric varices caused by portal hypertension, data comparing BRTO and splenectomy with gastric devascularization (Sp + Dev) are limited. METHODS:From January 2009 to February 2018, 100 patients with gastric vari...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Oshita K,Ohira M,Honmyo N,Kobayashi T,Murakami E,Aikata H,Baba Y,Kawano R,Awai K,Chayama K,Ohdan H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correlation between therapeutic response and liver fibrogenesis was studied in serum and liver specimens taken from 31 patients treated with alpha-interferon (IFN) (14 sustained responders and 17 non-responders) for chronic hepatitis C. Serum samples, collected before therapy, and at further 6-month intervals over...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fabris P,Marranconi F,Bozzola L,Biasin MR,De Lazzari F,Plebani M,Benedetti P,Tositti G,Pellizzer G,Stecca C,de Lalla F

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00