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Association between polymorphisms of TAS2R16 and susceptibility to colorectal cancer

Jonathan Barontini, Marco Antinucci, Sergio Tofanelli, Maurizio Cammalleri, Massimo Dal Monte, Federica Gemignani, Pavel Vodicka, Roberto Marangoni, Ludmila Vodickova, Juozas Kupcinskas, Veronika Vymetalkova, Asta Forsti, Federico Canzian, Angelika Stein, Victor Moreno, Nicola Mastrodonato…

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Estimation of utility weights for major liver diseases according to disease severity in Korea

Minsu Ock, So Yun Lim, Hyeon-Jeong Lee, Seon-Ha Kim and Min-Woo Jo

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Addition of nucleoside analogues to peg-IFNα-2a enhances virological response in chronic hepatitis B patients without early response to peg-IFNα-2a: a randomized controlled trial

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Diminished accuracy of biomarkers of fibrosis in low replicative chronic hepatitis B

Faisal M. Sanai, Taha Farah, Khalid Albeladi, Faisal Batwa, Yaser Dahlan, Mohammed A. Babatin, Hamad Al-Ashgar, Hadeel AlMana, Khaled S. Alsaad, Khalid AlSwat, Abdulrahman Aljumah, Ibrahim H. AlTraif, Bahaa E. Kailani and Khalid I. Bzeizi

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Protective effects of heme oxygenase-1 against severe acute pancreatitis via inhibition of tumor necrosis factor-α and augmentation of interleukin-10

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Effects of coffee, smoking, and alcohol on liver function tests: a comprehensive cross-sectional study

Eun Sun Jang, Sook-Hyang Jeong, Sung Ho Hwang, Hyun Young Kim, So Yeon Ahn, Jaebong Lee, Sang Hyub Lee, Young Soo Park, Jin Hyeok Hwang, Jin-Wook Kim, Nayoung Kim and Dong Ho Lee

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Intestinal permeability – a new target for disease prevention and therapy

Stephan C Bischoff, Giovanni Barbara, Wim Buurman, Theo Ockhuizen, Jörg-Dieter Schulzke, Matteo Serino, Herbert Tilg, Alastair Watson and Jerry M Wells

Published on: 18 November 2014
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Management of patients with biliary sphincter of Oddi disorder without sphincter of Oddi manometry

Evangelos Kalaitzakis, Tim Ambrose, Jane Phillips-Hughes, Jane Collier and Roger W Chapman

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Value of fecal calprotectin in the evaluation of patients with abdominal discomfort: an observational study

Michael Manz, Emanuel Burri, Claude Rothen, Nuschin Tchanguizi, Christian Niederberger, Livio Rossi, Christoph Beglinger and Frank Serge Lehmann

Published on: 10 January 2012
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Mouse model of carbon tetrachloride induced liver fibrosis: Histopathological changes and expression of CD133 and epidermal growth factor

Tsutomu Fujii, Bryan C Fuchs, Suguru Yamada, Gregory Y Lauwers, Yakup Kulu, Jonathan M Goodwin, Michael Lanuti and Kenneth K Tanabe

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BMC Gastroenterology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.

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Cecilia Devoto, BioMed Central

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Peter Lakatos, McGill University
Yeong Yeh Lee, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Rakesh Tandon, Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute
Emmanuel A Tsochatzis, Royal Free Hospital, UK
Arndt Vogel, Medical School Hannover

Peter Laszlo Lakatos, Section Editor

Peter Laszlo Lakatos is associate professor and director of IBD Centre at McGill University, MUHC. He is one of the founders and leader of the Hungarian IBD Study Group, council member of the Hungarian Society for Gastroenterology and president elect of the Colon Section. His primary research interest is the epidemiology, outcome and biomarkers in prediction of disease progression and response to medical therapy in IBD.

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