Current or recent proton pump inhibitor therapy markedly impairs the accuracy of the [14C]urea breath test.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is currently being established as a second-line treatment for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. FMT is further being considered for other infectious and inflammatory conditions. Safe and reproducible methods for donor screening, laboratory processing and clini...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Jørgensen SMD,Hansen MM,Erikstrup C,Dahlerup JF,Hvas CL

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Many hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients have a suboptimal diagnosis. Particularly, the characteristics and risk of fibrosis progression of HCV antibody-positive patients without RNA testing are unknown. METHODS:Patients with a positive HCV antibody performed during 2005-2007 were classified based on R...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Morales-Arraez D,Nieto Bujalance Y,Diaz-Flores F,de Vera A,Jiménez A,Garcia Dopico JA,Quintero E,Hernández-Guerra M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Until now, no data on the routine screening for thrombotic risk factors in Chinese nonmalignant and noncirrhotic patients with portal vein thrombosis (PVT) have been reported. METHODS:A total of 141 nonmalignant and noncirrhotic patients with PVT who underwent screening tests for thrombotic risk factors bet...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Qi X,Wu F,He C,Fan D,Han G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate a possible dose-effect relationship with two dosages of oral slow-release mesalazine in patients with quiescent ulcerative colitis. METHOD:One hundred and sixty-nine patients with ulcerative colitis in remission were treated with either 1.5 or 3.0 g/day mesalazine for 1 year or until relapse i...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Fockens P,Mulder CJ,Tytgat GN,Blok P,Ferwerda J,Meuwissen SG,Tuynman HA,Dekker W,Gasthuis K,van Hees PA

更新日期：1995-11-01 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:Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is a leading cause of liver fibrosis. OBJECTIVE:To compare utility of liver transient elastography, AST-to-platelet ratio index (APRI), fibrosis-4 index (FIB4), Forns Index and Goteborg University cirrhosis index (GUCI) in predicting fibrosis stage assessed by liver biopsy in Egypt...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Abdelsameea E,Alsebaey A,Abdel-Razek W,Ehsan N,Morad W,Salama M,Waked I

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Endoscopic recurrence of Crohn's disease frequently occurs within weeks after 'curative' operation. Treatment with 3 x 1 mg oral pH-modified release budesonide was tried to prevent postoperative recurrence. DESIGN:A multicentre randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of 1 year duration was performed...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Ewe K,Böttger T,Buhr HJ,Ecker KW,Otto HF

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Symptoms of achalasia are often misinterpreted, resulting in delayed diagnosis. The aims of our study were (1) to estimate the evolution of clinical and radiological features of a large population of achalasic patients between two successive periods; and (2) to determine the influence of symptoms on diagnost...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： d'Alteroche L,Oung C,Fourquet F,Picon L,Lagasse JP,Metman EH

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor (TGF)-alpha protect the gastrointestinal mucosa against injury. In response to mucosal injury TGF-alpha, but not EGF, is locally increasingly expressed in the mucosa of the rat colon and stomach 4-8 h after injury. The aim of our present study was ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Hoffmann P,Dignass AU,Zeeh JM,Mazurkiewicz J,Holtmann G,Gerken G

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Many researchers consider portal thrombosis (PT) as a contraindication to transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). The aim of this retrospective study was to compare the feasibility and long-term prognosis of TIPS in cirrhotic patients, with and without, complete PT. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Four hundred ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Perarnau JM,Baju A,D'alteroche L,Viguier J,Ayoub J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Noninvasive tests are primarily used for staging hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease. In clinical practice, serum aminotransferase levels, coagulation parameters, and platelet count have been used to predict whether or not a patient has cirrhosis. In addition, several studies have...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Eminler AT,Ayyildiz T,Irak K,Kiyici M,Gurel S,Dolar E,Gulten M,Nak SG

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Liver transplant recipients are often screened for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis during the immediate preoperative evaluation to determine medical fitness to proceed. However, it is unknown whether subclinical spontaneous bacterial peritonitis impacts on post-transplant outcomes. Our aim was to determine...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： McDonald DP,Leithead JA,Gunson BK,Ferguson JW

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage is a common medical emergency, initially managed with inpatient care. Bleeding stops spontaneously in over 80% of cases, indicating that patients with low-risk upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage may be more optimally managed in the community, without the need for admi...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： McLaughlin C,Vine L,Chapman L,Deering P,Whittaker S,Beckly J,Fortun P,Murray IA,Hussaini SH,Michell NP,Stableforth B,Thatcher P,Hare NC,Palmer J,Dalton HR

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deoxycholic acid and other secondary bile acids have long been considered tumour promoters in the colon. However, their effect on cell migration, known to play an important role in colon carcinogenesis, has not been studied so far. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the possible effects of deoxycholic acid on colon c...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Milovic V,Teller IC,Murphy GM,Caspary WF,Stein J

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The potential diagnostic value of performing Doppler measurements of liver vasculature to assess early stages of liver fibrosis has not been established. Due to the potential clinical impact, this study focused on the correlation between Doppler measurements and histologically proven liver fibrosis. METHODS:...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Bernatik T,Strobel D,Hahn EG,Becker D

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Small intestinal lesions in coeliac disease (CD) have a variable severity. Early diagnosis of CD is important because treatment allows a normal psycho-physical development, especially in children, and can avoid associated disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Rostami K,Mulder CJ,van Overbeek FM,Kerckhaert J,Meijer JW,von Blomberg MB,Heymans HS

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES/BACKGROUND:The population of people who use drugs (PWUD) has the highest prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in Europe. PWUD are multimorbid patients who are difficult to integrate into existing healthcare systems. In our study, we evaluated the feasibility of providing HCV treatment within opio...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Brunner N,Senn O,Rosemann T,Falcato L,Bruggmann P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There has been a dramatic increase in recent years in the incidence of Barrett's oesophagus and the oesophageal adenocarcinoma associated with it. Alongside surgical treatment for early Barrett's carcinomas, endoscopic treatment procedures such as photodynamic therapy (PDT), which have much lower complication...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Pech O,Nagy CD,Gossner L,May A,Ell C

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify risk factors of carcinoma of the extrahepatic biliary tract in men. METHODS:Newly diagnosed and histologically confirmed patients, 35-70 years old, were interviewed between 1995 and 1997 in Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany and Italy. Population controls were frequency-matched by age and region. ...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Ahrens W,Timmer A,Vyberg M,Fletcher T,Guénel P,Merler E,Merletti F,Morales M,Olsson H,Olsen J,Hardell L,Kaerlev L,Raverdy N,Lynge E

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND:Recently, we demonstrated that freshly elutriated monocytes differentiate into macrophages with a phenotype similar to that of intestinal macrophages in a three-dimensional model of intestinal epithelial cells. Here we describe a more organotypic model to study cell interactions in the intestinal mucosa. ME...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Spottl T,Hausmann M,Gunckel M,Herfarth H,Herlyn M,Schoelmerich J,Rogler G

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) is a severe complication of liver cirrhosis, with poor survival. Rifaximin is a gut-selective broad-spectrum antibiotic. AIM:The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of rifaximin as a primary prevention of HRS. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Eighty patients with liver cirrhosis and a...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Ibrahim ES,Alsebaey A,Zaghla H,Moawad Abdelmageed S,Gameel K,Abdelsameea E

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spontaneous hepatic rupture is a rare clinical event associated with various pathologies of the liver. Most series to date reported the incidence and characteristics of a single etiology. METHODS:Data were collected for all patients admitted with spontaneous hepatic rupture from 1995 to 2007. RESULTS:Ten p...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Maoz D,Sharon E,Chen Y,Grief F

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Causes of small-bowel villous atrophy (VA) include coeliac disease (CD), its complications and other rare non-coeliac enteropathies. However, forms of VA of unknown aetiology may also exist. We defined them as idiopathic VA (IVA). To retrospectively classify the largest cohort of IVA patients and compare thei...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Schiepatti A,Sanders DS,Aziz I,De Silvestri A,Goodwin J,Key T,Quaye L,Giuffrida P,Vanoli A,Paulli M,Cross SS,Vergani P,Betti E,Maiorano G,Ellis R,Snowden JA,Di Sabatino A,Corazza GR,Biagi F

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild liver dysfunction occurs in patients with coeliac disease frequently, but severe liver diseases in combination with coeliac disease are rare. A 19-year-old woman was referred for evaluation for emergency liver transplantation with progressive jaundice and prolongation of prothrombin time. She had a history of non...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Schmidt B,Novacek G,Brichta A,Vogelsang H,Wrba F,Ferenci P

更新日期：2005-09-01 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:Functional dyspepsia (FD) can be described as the presence of symptoms such as bothersome postprandial fullness, early satiation, epigastric pain, and burning without any evidence of structural disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the autonomic nervous system using heart rate variability (HRV) in pa...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Dal K,Deveci OS,Kucukazman M,Ata N,Sen O,Ozkan S,Yeniova AO,Başer S,Beyan E,Nazligul Y,Yavuz B,Ertugrul DT

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Current guidelines for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients are to undergo surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with 6-month ultrasonography. We aimed to compare detection rates of very-early-stage HCC in two groups: group A, undergoing 6-month ultrasonography versus group B, undergoing 6-m...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Kim JH,Kang SH,Lee M,Choi HS,Jun BG,Kim TS,Choi DH,Suk KT,Kim MY,Kim YD,Cheon GJ,Baik SK,Kim DJ

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was conducted to determine which type and dose of sedative drugs should be given to cirrhotic patients with compensation or decompensation during esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) to prevent hepatic encephalopathy (HE) after sedation. METHODS:We reviewed the medical records of cirrhotic patients c...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Jeong J,Jung K,Seo KI,Yun BC,Han BH,Lee SU,Moon W

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of smoking in the pathogenesis of gastrooesophageal reflux disease has been controversial since the early 1970s when Stanciu reported the two to be 92% epidemiologically associated (a study subsequently challenged by inconsistencies in the observational data). Mechanistically, reflux disease is caused by exce...

journal_title：European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology

authors： Pandolfino JE,Kahrilas PJ

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00