Tracking the foreign body, a rare cause of hepatic abscess.

abstract：BACKGROUND:As anorexia and hypermetabolism are common in cirrhosis, leptin levels may be increased in this disease. In this study, we investigated the relation between the severity of disease and serum leptin levels in post-hepatitis cirrhosis and the role of body composition, gender and viral aetiology of cirrhosis in...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Bolukbas FF,Bolukbas C,Horoz M,Gumus M,Erdogan M,Zeyrek F,Yayla A,Ovunc O

更新日期：2004-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Brazil, it is estimated that between 2.5 and 4.9% of the general population present anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies, which corresponds to as many as 3.9 to 7.6 million chronic carriers. Chronic liver disease is associated with HCV infection in 20% to 58% of the Brazilian patients. The objective of...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Brandão AB,Fuchs SC

更新日期：2002-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Capillary patterns (CP) observed by magnifying Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) are useful for differentiating non-adenomatous from adenomatous colorectal polyps. However, there are few studies concerning the effectiveness of magnifying NBI for determining the depth of invasion in early colorectal neoplasms. We aim...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Ikematsu H,Matsuda T,Emura F,Saito Y,Uraoka T,Fu KI,Kaneko K,Ochiai A,Fujimori T,Sano Y

更新日期：2010-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver fibrosis is the result of continuous liver injury stemming from different etiological factors. Bile duct injury induces an altered expression of TGF-beta, which has an important role in liver fibrosis because this cytokine induces the expression of target genes such as collagens, PAI-1, TIMPs, and othe...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： del Pilar Alatorre-Carranza M,Miranda-Díaz A,Yañez-Sánchez I,Pizano-Martínez O,Hermosillo-Sandoval JM,Vázquez-Del Mercado M,Hernández-Hoyos S,Martínez-Abundis R,Fafutis-Morris M,Segura-Ortega J,Delgado-Rizo V

更新日期：2009-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Efficacy of maintenance therapy in ulcerative colitis (UC) in the remission stage has been reported to depend on release profile or dosing regimen of oral 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) products used. Aim of this study is to investigate real life results in using oral 5-ASA products for maintaining mild to mo...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Nagahori M,Kochi S,Hanai H,Yamamoto T,Nakamura S,Omuro S,Watanabe M,Hibi T,OPTIMUM Study Group.

更新日期：2017-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gallstone disease (GSD) is a common gastrointestinal disorder throughout the world. The authors explored the incidence of GSD in Taiwan and its condition-associated predictive factors. METHODS:The initial study cohort comprised 2386 healthy adult participants, who were voluntarily admitted to a teaching hos...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Chen JY,Hsu CT,Liu JH,Tung TH

更新日期：2014-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) have a high degree of maternal inheritance of functional gastrointestinal and neurological disorders. CVS in children is also associated with an increased prevalence of mitochondrial DNA single-nucleotide polymorphisms (mtDNA SNPs) 16519 T and 3010A. Preliminary d...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Venkatesan T,Zaki EA,Kumar N,Sengupta J,Ali M,Malik B,Szabo A,van Tilburg MA,Boles RG

更新日期：2014-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies suggest that in chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection regulate T (Treg) cells and interlukin-17-producing T help cells (Th17) are mutually antagonistic in the immune response. This study is aimed to reveal the cell differentiation environment and the significance of Treg and Th17 balance in ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Xue-Song L,Cheng-Zhong L,Ying Z,Mo-Bin W

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Symptoms suggestive of functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) frequently overlap with those of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Despite the high prevalence of symptomatic overlap, the underlying etiology remains poorly defined. We assessed the correlation of symptomatic relief and healt...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Mönnikes H,Schwan T,van Rensburg C,Straszak A,Theek C,Lühmann R,Sander P,Tholen A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stress is a common contributing factor for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). This study was to evaluate the efficacy of the centralized health education program in improving the quality of life (QOL) of middle school students with IBS who experienced the Wenchuan earthquake on May 12, 2008. METHODS:A multi-ce...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Zheng SC,Gong H,Wang YP,Zhang Q,Wang LL,Liao XF,He DW,Wu J

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Controversy exists regarding the role of PD1 and its ligand PD-L1 in chronic hepatitis B infection. In some studies, persistent HBV infection has been attributed to high levels of PD-1 and PD-L1 expression on HBV-specific T-cells and antigen-presenting cells (APCs) respectively. Other studies revealed that t...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Wenjin Z,Chuanhui P,Yunle W,Lateef SA,Shusen Z

更新日期：2012-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Denmark has one of the highest alcohol consumption rates in Northern Europe. The overall per capita alcohol consumption has been stable in recent decades, but surveys have indicated that consumption has decreased in the young and increased in the old. However, there is no recent information on the epidemiolo...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Jepsen P,Vilstrup H,Sørensen HT

更新日期：2008-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We assessed how the diagnosis of Celiac Disease (CD) is made and how the new ESPGHAN guidelines can be applied in children from countries with different resources. METHODS:A real life prospective study was performed in 14 centres of 13 different Mediterranean countries. Participants were asked to apply the ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Smarrazzo A,Misak Z,Costa S,Mičetić-Turk D,Abu-Zekry M,Kansu A,Abkari A,Bouziane-Nedjadi K,Ben Hariz M,Roma E,Velmishi V,Legarda Tamara M,Attard T,Djurisic V,Greco L,Magazzù G

更新日期：2017-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ulcerative colitis (UC) patients failing medical management require colectomy. This study compares risk estimates for predictors of postoperative complication derived from administrative data against that of chart review and evaluates the accuracy of administrative coding for this population. METHODS:Hospit...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Ma C,Crespin M,Proulx MC,DeSilva S,Hubbard J,Prusinkiewicz M,Nguyen GC,Panaccione R,Ghosh S,Myers RP,Quan H,Kaplan GG

更新日期：2012-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to provide empirical evidence of how spectrum effects can affect the sensitivity of histological assessment of Helicobacter pylori infection, which may contribute to explain the heterogeneity in prevalence estimates across populations with expectedly similar prevalence. METHODS:Cross-sectional eval...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Lunet N,Peleteiro B,Carrilho C,Figueiredo C,Azevedo A

更新日期：2009-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current clinical practice on chronic hepatitis B (CHB) requires better on-treatment monitoring of viral persistence. Quantified assays for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and core-related antigen (HBcrAg) hold promise for further optimization of therapy. Here, we aimed to characterize HBcrAg during t...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Zhang ZQ,Zhang XN,Lu W,Wang YB,Weng QC,Feng YL

更新日期：2017-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatic expression of Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) is associated with Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and development of Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Hepatic SHH detection increases with the diagnosis of NASH. This pilot study was designed to confirm that staining for SHH is useful in NASH diagnos...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Estep M,Mehta R,Bratthauer G,Alaparthi L,Monge F,Ali S,Abdelatif D,Younoszai Z,Stepanova M,Goodman ZD,Younossi ZM

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 60% of patients presenting to dentists with erosive tooth wear have significant gastroesophageal reflux (GERD), despite minor reflux symptoms. No longitudinal studies of reflux-associated erosive tooth wear and of reflux characteristics have been reported to date. The aim of this study was to c...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Wilder-Smith CH,Materna A,Martig L,Lussi A

更新日期：2017-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is common, with surgery as the main curative treatment. The prevalence of chronic liver disease has increased, but knowledge is limited on postoperative mortality in patients with liver disease who undergo CRC surgery. Hence, we examined 30-day mortality after CRC surgery in patients ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Montomoli J,Erichsen R,Christiansen CF,Ulrichsen SP,Pedersen L,Nilsson T,Sørensen HT

更新日期：2013-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection (CAEBV) is defined as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive T/NK cell-related neoplasia, and its major clinical symptom is systemic inflammation presenting as infectious mononucleocytosis, whereas enteritis and diarrhea are minor clinical symptoms. The complex mixture ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Aihara Y,Moriya K,Shimozato N,Nagamatsu S,Kobayashi S,Uejima M,Matsuo H,Ishida E,Yagi H,Nakatani T,Yoshiji H,Kikuchi E

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To perform a meta-analysis evaluating the diagnostic ability of fecal lactoferrin (FL) to distinguish inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). METHODS:The Medline, EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane library and CNKI databases were systematically searched for studies that used FL c...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Zhou XL,Xu W,Tang XX,Luo LS,Tu JF,Zhang CJ,Xu X,Wu QD,Pan WS

更新日期：2014-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Efforts to identify cell sources and approaches for cell therapy of liver diseases are ongoing, taking into consideration the limits recognized for adult liver tissue and for other forms of stem cells. In the present study, we described the first procedure of via hepatic artery transplantation of human fetal...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Cardinale V,Carpino G,Gentile R,Napoletano C,Rahimi H,Franchitto A,Semeraro R,Nuti M,Onori P,Berloco PB,Rossi M,Bosco D,Brunelli R,Fraveto A,Napoli C,Torrice A,Gatto M,Venere R,Bastianelli C,Aliberti C,Salvatori F

更新日期：2014-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carrageenan is a traditional ingredient that has been widely used in the food industry. In the present study, we propose a hypothesis that carrageenan is a conditional inflammatory agent. When the intestinal tract is in an "unhealthy" state such as that during bacterial infection or acute inflammation, carra...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Wu W,Wang F,Gao X,Niu T,Zhu X,Yan X,Chen H

更新日期：2016-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The economic burden of ulcerative colitis (UC), specifically related to indirect costs, is not extensively documented. Understanding and quantifying it is required by health care decision makers. AIM:To assess the impact of indirect costs of UC in observation studies. METHOD:A systematic literature search ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Constantin J,Atanasov P,Wirth D,Borsi A

更新日期：2019-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the effect of albumin infusion on cirrhotic patients admitted for acute gastrointestinal bleeding. METHODS:Medical records of cirrhotic patients who admitted due to acute gastrointestinal bleeding through January 2009 to December 2018 were reviewed. Clinical data and the total amount of album...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Wang Z,Xie YW,Lu Q,Yan HL,Liu XB,Long Y,Zhang X,Yang JL

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric Crohn's disease is characterized by a higher incidence of complicated phenotypes. Murine models help to better understand the dynamic process of intestinal fibrosis and test therapeutic interventions. Pre-pubertal models are lacking. We aimed to adapt a model of chronic colitis to pre-pubertal rats...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Dupont-Lucas C,Marion-Letellier R,Pala M,Guerin C,Amamou A,Jarbeau M,Bôle-Feysot C,Nicol L,David A,Aziz M,Colasse E,Savoye-Collet C,Savoye G

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Korean National Cancer Screening Program has been providing annual fecal immunochemical test for colorectal cancer (CRC) to adults aged 50 years and older since 2004. The Korean Colonoscopy Screening Pilot Study was developed to evaluate the effectiveness of colonoscopy screening for CRC incidence and mo...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Park B,Jun JK,Kim BC,Choi KS,Suh M,Expert Advisory Committee.,Monitoring Committee.,Center for Korean Colonoscopy Screening Pilot Study.,Research Team on the Protocol Development of Pilot study.

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The nuclear protein high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a key trigger for the inflammatory reaction during liver ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI). Hydrogen treatment was recently associated with down-regulation of the expression of HMGB1 and pro-inflammatory cytokines during sepsis and myocardial IRI, but ...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Liu Y,Yang L,Tao K,Vizcaychipi MP,Lloyd DM,Sun X,Irwin MG,Ma D,Yu W

更新日期：2014-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous work has suggested that in the liver, adenosine preconditioning is mediated by nitric oxide. Whether the endothelial isoform of nitric oxide synthase plays a part in this mechanism has however not yet been investigated. METHODS:Wistar rats were used (6 in each group)--Groups: (1) sham, (2) ischemia...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Serracino-Inglott F,Virlos IT,Habib NA,Williamson RC,Mathie RT

更新日期：2002-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral anticoagulants like the coumarin derivatives are characterised by a particularly narrow therapeutic range. Any interfering co-medication can pose a challenge to establishing a stable anticoagulant dosage regimen and thus present a serious risk for the patient. Here we describe two cases of patients on a...

journal_title：BMC gastroenterology

authors： Enderle C,Müller W,Grass U

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00