Glucagonoma, chronic recurrent peptic ulcer disease, and enhanced amylase-creatinine clearance ratio. Report of a case with review of the literature.

abstract：:We report a patient in whom cyproheptadine-induced hepatitis was followed by prolonged cholestasis marked by elevation of serum alkaline phosphatase levels, gammaglutamyltransferase and bile acid levels, and disappearance of small bile ducts. Chlorpromazine and imipramine, which can induce a similar acute hepatitis fo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Larrey D,Geneve J,Pessayre D,Machayekhi JP,Degott C,Benhamou JP

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal function was evaluated in 51 children less than 2 years of age with radiologic evidence of gastroesophageal reflux. Detection of an acid esophageal pH was a sensitive measure of gastroesophageal reflux. Lower esophageal sphincter pressures were greater in reflux patients with respiratory symptoms (18.0 +/- ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Herbst JJ,Book LS,Johnson DG,Jolley S

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year old woman suffered from severe dysphagia, abdominal pain, and weight loss. The dysphagia was accompanied by nasal speech, nasal regurgitation of food, weakness, and wasting of the proximal muscles of the upper and lower girdles. Laboratory data revealed T3 sephadex uptake 65.2%; T4 15.1 mcg%; and T3 250 ng%....

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Branski D,Levy J,Globus M,Aviad I,Keren A,Chowers I

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied the motility of transverse colon used for reconstruction of the pharyngogastric transit after esophagectomy. The study included 10 patients who underwent esophagectomy 15 to 201 months (median, 48.5 months) before motility evaluation. Nine patients underwent operation because of caustic injury and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Dantas RO,Mamede RC

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since endoscopic treatment has been evaluated and become established as treatment for early gastric cancer, metachronous recurrence has become a major problem. In this report, predictive factors for recurrence were studied using the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox's proportional hazards regression model in 76 patients who...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Arima N,Adachi K,Katsube T,Amano K,Ishihara S,Watanabe M,Kinoshita Y

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：GOALS:To compare the healthcare resource consumption of patients who have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with an age-, gender-, and comorbidity-matched cohort of patients without IBS from a managed care perspective. STUDY:Retrospective cohort analysis. Data were obtained electronically through the Henry Ford Health Sy...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Patel RP,Petitta A,Fogel R,Peterson E,Zarowitz BJ

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brunner's gland hamartomas are rare benign duodenal tumors often discovered incidentally during endoscopy or on an upper gastrointestinal series. These tumors arise mainly in the duodenal bulb and can present with gastrointestinal bleeding or symptoms of intestinal obstruction. When symptomatic, surgical or endoscopic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Zangara J,Kushner H,Drachenberg C,Daly B,Flowers J,Fantry G

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The implications of the Rome III recommendations to change the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) subtype criteria for stool pattern are unknown. AIM:(1) Determine the level of agreement between Rome II and Rome III subtypes and (2) compare the behaviors of Rome II and Rome III subtypes over time. METHODS:Fema...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Dorn SD,Morris CB,Hu Y,Toner BB,Diamant N,Whitehead WE,Bangdiwala SI,Drossman DA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the clinical usefulness of titers of antibody to Helicobacter pylori (Hp) in a urine-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (URINELISA; Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Tokushima, Japan) by comparing values of serum antibody to Hp in an already commercialized kit in a population of 250 asymptomatic individ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Yamamoto T,Tamura M,Ishii T,Anjiki H,Hattori K,Saitoh M,Sanaka M,Kuyama Y

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:To investigate the association between treatment nonadherence and patients' knowledge of the prescribed medication among individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and evaluate the impact of nonadherence on relapse. BACKGROUND:The patient's knowledge of the prescribed medication has been identified as an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Tae CH,Jung SA,Moon HS,Seo JA,Song HK,Moon CM,Kim SE,Shim KN,Jung HK

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:To review the published experience with acute pancreatitis in childhood. STUDY:Computerized search of the English medical literature since 1965 using MEDLINE. RESULTS:Details of 589 patients were reviewed. Mean age was 9.2 +/- 2.4 years (range: 1 week to 21 years). Male to female ratio was 1.2. Etiologies inclu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Benifla M,Weizman Z

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although Helicobacter pylori has been established as a major etiologic factor of chronic gastritis and makes an important contribution to peptic ulceration, the reason why H. pylori causes different gastroduodenal diseases in different people is at present not clear. GOALS:The aim of this study is to identi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Chen TS,Lee YC,Li FY,Chang FY

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a lack of consensus as to whether there is a difference in the amount of gastroesophageal reflux when lying with the right versus the left side down. In an attempt to answer this question we conducted a two-part study. The first consisted of a questionnaire distributed to 103 gastroenterologists with a specia...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Katz LC,Just R,Castell DO

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 3-year period, arteriovenous malformations (angiodysplasia) were identified at upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in 41 patients. The lesions were multiple in one-third of patients and were predominantly situated in the proximal stomach. We considered angiodysplasia to be the cause of upper gastrointestinal bleed...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Marwick T,Kerlin P

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:To evaluate the diagnostic yield of push enteroscopy in relation to indication and compare the yield in patients who had capsule endoscopy followed by push enteroscopy against capsule endoscopy naive patients. BACKGROUND:With the advent of capsule endoscopy the role of push enteroscopy needs to be reevaluated. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Sidhu R,McAlindon ME,Kapur K,Hurlstone DP,Wheeldon MC,Sanders DS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Helicobacter pylori infection has been linked with the development of gastric adenocarcinoma and its precursor lesion, intestinal metaplasia (IM). The presence of gastric IM is not associated with symptoms, which makes identification of individuals with this lesion difficult. It is not clear whether eradicat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Morales TG,Sampliner RE,Camargo E,Marquis S,Garewal HS,Fennerty MB

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to determine whether a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) combined with embolotherapy was superior to TIPS alone. METHODS:Seventy-nine patients were included in the study (43 in the TIPS and embolotherapy group and 36 in the TIPS alone group). Embolotherapy was perfo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Xiao T,Chen L,Chen W,Xu B,Long Q,Li R,Li L,Peng Z,Fang D,Wang R

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an elevated serum amylase level to diagnose acute pancreatitis in an alcoholic patient with abdominal pain may not be appropriate, because hyperamylesemia is common in asymptomatic alcoholics without acute pancreatitis. To determine whether serum lipase also suffers from the same drawback, we undertook a prospec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Gumaste VV,Sereny G,Dave P,Bhardwaj A,Gumaste S

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis is common in western Mediterranean countries. A strong link between visceral leishmaniasis and human immunodeficiency virus (coinfection) has been proved, especially in Spain, which is an endemic area. This suggests that Leishmania may behave opportunistically. We report a case of colon...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Sebastián JJ,García S,Soria MT,Pac J,Vicente J,Uribarrena R

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who presented with chronic inflammation of the colon, and initially also the terminal ileum, accompanied by marked diarrhea, is described. Repeated high-dose steroid therapy was only temporarily successful, and symptoms recurred upon dose reduction. During the further course of the disease, a marked elevatio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Scheurlen M,Mörk H,Weber P

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of antidepressants to treat patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has been extended in recent years because of their possible neuromodulatory and analgesic effects, generally in doses that do not have antidepressant effects. There seems to be sufficient evidence to support the recommendation that psycho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Wald A

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response of plasma cyclic AMP to glucagon was investigated in 18 patients with acute liver injury to determine its value as a marker for the severity of the hepatic damage. We also investigated the interrelationship between plasma cyclic AMP response and the hyperglucagonemia often seen in this disease. Plasma cyc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Miyakoshi H,Noda Y,Uchida S,Tanaka N,Noto Y,Kato Y,Kawai K,Hayakawa H,Kobayashi K,Hattori N

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND GOALS:Neurohormonal factors might play a role in the pathogenesis of functional dyspepsia (FD). However, the role of ghrelin, a gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates gastric motility, in FD is not yet clearly defined. The present study was designed to investigate plasma ghrelin levels and their relati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Takamori K,Mizuta Y,Takeshima F,Akazawa Y,Isomoto H,Ohnita K,Ohba K,Omagari K,Shikuwa S,Kohno S

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the morphologic aspects of the duodenal bulb in relation to Helicobacter pylori infection in a large group of patients with endoscopically assessed duodenitis to learn more about the pathogenesis of nonspecific duodenitis (bulbitis) and to clarify the specific role of H. pylori. Eight duodenal biopsy s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Caselli M,Gaudio M,Chiamenti CM,Trevisani L,Sartori S,Saragoni L,Boldrini P,Dentale A,Ruina M,Alvisi V

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome and cytomegalovirus associated perianal ulcerations. Both complained of chronic, painful, nonhealing ulcers that required surgical intervention for diagnosis and palliation. One patient developed diffuse cytomegalovirus infection and both had poor res...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Kamel PL

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：GOALS:Despite a high success rate, pneumatic dilatation for achalasia is accompanied by a significant risk of esophageal perforation. Injection of botulinum toxin (botox) into the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) can lead to improvement in symptoms with reduced risk of complications. Direct comparisons of the two techn...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Bansal R,Nostrant TT,Scheiman JM,Koshy S,Barnett JL,Elta GH,Chey WD

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic iron deposition is common in patients with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) and may play a role in progression of liver disease. This pilot study examines the relationship between hepatic iron concentration (HIC) and histologic progression over time in patients with HCV. HIC was retrospectively measured in 14 patient...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Larson AM,Taylor SL,Bauermeister D,Rosoff L Jr,Kowdley KV

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ranitidine and cimetidine are competitive antagonists of histamine at H2-receptor sites in the gastric mucosa. Both drugs reduce output of basal and stimulated gastric acid and pepsin secretion in normal healthy subjects and duodenal ulcer patients. Pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic differences exist between the dru...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Richards DA

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C RNA testing has been used extensively to assess the efficacy of antiviral therapy and has increasingly become an integral part of clinical management of patients with chronic hepatitis C. A variety of commercially available hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA tests are used to detect HCV RNA qualitatively or quant...

journal_title：Journal of clinical gastroenterology

authors： Hadziyannis E,Hadziyannis A,Yen-Lieberman B,Kiwi ML,Hodnick S,Spanou F,Starkey C,Younossi ZM

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00