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  1. Second-generation intravenous blood-pool ultrasound contrast agents are increasingly used in endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) for characterization of microvascularization, differential diagnosis of benign and malig...

    Authors: Dan Ionuţ Gheonea, Costin Teodor Streba, Tudorel Ciurea and Adrian Săftoiu
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2013 13:2
  2. Aberrant methylation patterns in CpG island are known to be influential in gene silencing. Histamine plays important physiological roles in the upper gastrointestinal tract and acts via the H2 receptor. We rep...

    Authors: Tomoe Nomura, Tomomitsu Tahara, Hisakazu Shiroeda, Takahiro Minato, Yasuhiro Matsue, Ranji Hayashi, Kazuhiro Matsunaga, Toshimi Otsuka, Masakatsu Nakamura, Nobuyuki Toshikuni, Tomoyuki Shibata and Tomiyasu Arisawa
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2013 13:1
  3. The best sites for biopsy-based tests to evaluate H. pylori infection in gastritis with atrophy are not well known. This study aimed to evaluate the site and sensitivity of biopsy-based tests in terms of degree o...

    Authors: Hung-Chieh Lan, Tseng-Shing Chen, Anna Fen-Yau Li, Full-Young Chang and Han-Chieh Lin
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:182
  4. Recent advances in the management of Barrett’s Esophagus (BE) have placed greater emphasis on accurate diagnosis of BE as well as better prediction of risk for progression to esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). H...

    Authors: Eric Ellsworth, Sara A Jackson, Shyam J Thakkar, Dennis M Smith Jr and Sydney Finkelstein
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:181
  5. There is lack of data on prevalence of celiac disease (CD) in children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in Arabs in the Middle East. The present investigation aims to study the prevalence rate and clinical character...

    Authors: Abdulrahman Al-Hussaini, Nimer Sulaiman, Musa Al-Zahrani, Ahmed Alenizi and Imad El Haj
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:180
  6. Septic acute liver and intestinal failure is associated with a high mortality. We therefore investigated the influence of volume resuscitation with different crystalloid or colloid solutions on liver and intes...

    Authors: Martin Alexander Schick, Jobst Tobias Isbary, Tanja Stueber, Juergen Brugger, Jan Stumpner, Nicolas Schlegel, Norbert Roewer, Otto Eichelbroenner and Christian Wunder
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:179
  7. The aims of this study were to compare results from a Taiwanese sub-study of the GLOBE 2303 telbivudine study and evaluate the HBV DNA kinetics.

    Authors: Chao Wei Hsu, You Chen Chao, Chuan Mo Lee, Ting Tsung Chang and Yi Cheng Chen
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:178
  8. Gastrointestinal dysmotility may be involved in the development of bacterial translocation and infection in patients with liver cirrhosis. The aim of the present study was to describe gastric, small intestinal...

    Authors: Stine Karlsen, Lotte Fynne, Henning Grønbæk and Klaus Krogh
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:176
  9. Patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) have been shown to present dyspeptic symptoms more frequently than the general population. Some of these symptoms could be related to motility disorders to some degree. Then,...

    Authors: Ana Carolina Mello Nóbrega, Bruno Roberto Silva Ferreira, Graciela Josué Oliveira, Kamila Maria Oliveira Sales, Armênio Aguiar Santos, Miguel Ângelo Nobre e Souza, Lúcia Libanês Bessa Campelo Braga, Luizde Almeida Ernesto de Almeida Troncon and Marcellus Henrique Loiola Ponte Souza
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:175
  10. Although patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) may experience various gastrointestinal disorders, SLE and Crohn’s disease (CD) rarely coexist. The diseases may have gastrointestinal (GI) manifestati...

    Authors: Hiroyuki Yamashita, Yo Ueda, Hoshimi Kawaguchi, Akitake Suzuki, Yuko Takahashi, Hiroshi Kaneko, Toshikazu Kano and Akio Mimori
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:174
  11. Ultrasonographically guided punctures of the liver represent a decisive tool in the diagnosis of many diseases of the liver. Objective of the study was to determine the extent to which the complication rate fo...

    Authors: Michael Mueller, Wolfgang Kratzer, Suemeyra Oeztuerk, Manfred Wilhelm, Richard Andrew Mason, Ren Mao and Mark Martin Haenle
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:173
  12. Induced regulatory T (iTreg) lymphocytes show promise for application in the treatment of allergic, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. iTreg cells demonstrate advantages over natural Treg (nTreg) cells in ...

    Authors: Anna Majowicz, Sander van der Marel, Anje A te Velde, Sybren L Meijer, Harald Petry, Sander J van Deventer and Valerie Ferreira
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:172
  13. Pre-marketing clinical studies of tegaserod suggested an increased risk of abdominal surgery, particularly cholecystectomy. We sought to quantify the association between tegaserod use and the occurrence of abd...

    Authors: John D Seeger, Sherry Quinn, David L Earnest, Anthony Lembo, Braden Kuo, Elena Rivero and Alexander M Walker
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:171
  14. Hepatocellular cancer is notorious for recurrence even after curative therapy. High recurrence determines the long term prognosis of the patients. Vitamin K2 has been tested in trials for its effect on prevent...

    Authors: Irbaz Bin Riaz, Haris Riaz, Talha Riaz, Sophia Rahman, Muhammad Amir, Maaz B Badshah and Abdul Nafey Kazi
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:170
  15. Gastric intestinal metaplasia (IM) usually appears in flat mucosa and shows few morphologic changes, making diagnosis using conventional endoscopy unreliable. Magnifying narrow-band imaging (NBI) endoscopy ena...

    Authors: Jin Kwang An, Geun Am Song, Gwang Ha Kim, Do Youn Park, Na Ri Shin, Bong Eun Lee, Hyun Young Woo, Dong Yup Ryu, Dong Uk Kim and Jeong Heo
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:169
  16. Progressive hepatic fibrosis is the eventual cause of liver cirrhosis. Doppler ultrasound has been used to detect hemodynamic changes that are known to be present during the pre-cirrhotic stages of hepatic fib...

    Authors: Yi-Lin Yang, Li Di, Yun-You Duan, Xi Liu, Jie Liu, Rui-Jing Yang, Sheng Chen and Li-Jun Yuan
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:168
  17. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether polymorphisms in the guanine nucleotide binding (G protein), beta polypeptide 1 (GNB1) gene are associated with a rapid virological response (RVR) among HCV genotype ...

    Authors: Yun-Ping Lim, Fuu-Jen Tsai, Wen-Ling Liao, Ni Tien, Dong-Zong Hung, Cheng-Yuan Peng and Lei Wan
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:167
  18. Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) often relate their symptoms to the intake of food and modify their diet. IgE-mediated food allergy is uncommon in IBS, but the role of IgG-mediated food hypersensit...

    Authors: Solveig C Ligaarden, Stian Lydersen and Per G Farup
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:166
  19. There is increasing interest in balanced propofol sedation (BPS) titrated to moderate sedation (conscious sedation) for endoscopic procedures. However, few controlled studies on BPS targeted to deep sedation f...

    Authors: Wai-Meng Ho, Chia-Ming Yen, Chin-Hung Lan, Chung-Yi Lin, Su-Boon Yong, Kai-Lin Hwang and Ming-Chih Chou
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:164
  20. Rumination syndrome (RS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGD) increasingly recognized in children and adolescents. The epidemiology of this condition in school aged children is poorly understood. Th...

    Authors: Shaman Rajindrajith, Niranga Manjuri Devanarayana and Bonaventure Jayasiri Crispus Perera
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:163
  21. The impact of viral subtype on the rate of sustained virological response (SVR) to antiviral therapy in patients chronically infected with hepatitis C genotype 1 subtype 1a and 1b has not been extensively inve...

    Authors: Adriano M Pellicelli, Mario Romano, Tommaso Stroffolini, Ettore Mazzoni, Fabrizio Mecenate, Roberto Monarca, Antonio Picardi, Maria Elena Bonaventura, Cristina Mastropietro, Pascal Vignally, Arnaldo Andreoli, Massimo Marignani, Cecilia D’Ambrosio, Lucia Miglioresi, Lorenzo Nosotti, Olga Mitidieri…
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:162
  22. Data about prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux diseases (GERD) from Asian populations are still scarce. To provide additional data on prevalence of GERD and investigate its potential risk factors, we perform...

    Authors: Tiantian Chen, Ming Lu, Xiaofeng Wang, Yajun Yang, Juan Zhang, Li Jin and Weimin Ye
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:161
  23. The Breast Cancer Resistance Protein (BCRP/ABCG2) is one member of ABC transporters proteins super family responsible of drug resistance. Since data on ABCG2 expression in liver malignances are scanty, here we...

    Authors: Caecilia HC Sukowati, Natalia Rosso, Devis Pascut, Beatrice Anfuso, Giuliano Torre, Paola Francalanci, Lory S Crocè and Claudio Tiribelli
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:160
  24. IL28B and ITPA genetic variants are associated with the outcome of pegylated-interferon and ribavirin (PEG-IFN/RBV) therapy. However, the significance of these genetic variants in cirrhotic patients following ...

    Authors: Takashi Motomura, Ken Shirabe, Norihiro Furusyo, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Toru Ikegami, Yuji Soejima, Tomohiko Akahoshi, Morimasa Tomikawa, Takasuke Fukuhara, Jun Hayashi and Yoshihiko Maehara
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:158
  25. To compare the characteristics between 22-channel water-perfusion manometry (WPM) and solid-state manometry (SSM) with 36 sensors of the pressure measurements, as well as patients’ discomfort indices in nose a...

    Authors: Kun Wang, Li-ping Duan, Ying Ge, Zhi-wei Xia and Zhi-jie Xu
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:157
  26. Lubiprostone is a synthetic bicyclic fatty acid derivative of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) used for chronic constipation. The best known action of lubiprostone is simulation of Cl- dependent fluid secretion. In a mous...

    Authors: Robert C De Lisle
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:156
  27. Oral lichen planus (OLP) is seen frequently in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of oral candidiasis, other mucosal lesions, and xerostomia d...

    Authors: Yumiko Nagao, Kouji Hashimoto and Michio Sata
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:155
  28. Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP) is a protein naturally produced mainly in the pancreas and the gut. There is evidence from experimental and clinical trials that blood PSP levels rise in the presence of inflamma...

    Authors: Christoph Tschuor, Dimitri Aristotle Raptis, Përparim Limani, Thomas Bächler, Christian Eugen Oberkofler, Stefan Breitenstein and Rolf Graf
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:154
  29. Haemorrhoids (piles) are a very common condition seen in surgical clinics. After exclusion of more sinister causes of haemorrhoidal symptoms (rectal bleeding, perianal irritation and prolapse), the best option...

    Authors: Jim Tiernan, Daniel Hind, Angus Watson, Allan J Wailoo, Michael Bradburn, Neil Shephard, Katie Biggs and Steven Brown
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:153
  30. In a recent study we showed that in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) being positive or negative for anti-M2 antibodies reacting with the 2-oxoacid-dehydrogenase complex (ODC) also antibodies to th...

    Authors: Dominik Nann, Christoph P Berg, Beate E Preuß and Reinhild Klein
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:152
  31. The variable-stiffness colonoscope (VSC) appears to have advantages over the standard adult colonoscope (SAC), although data are conflicting. To provide a comprehensive up-to-date review, we conducted a meta-a...

    Authors: Qin Xie, Bin Chen, Liu Liu and Huatian Gan
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:151
  32. Acupuncture is used by patients as a treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) but the evidence on effectiveness is limited. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture for irr...

    Authors: Hugh MacPherson, Helen Tilbrook, J Martin Bland, Karen Bloor, Sally Brabyn, Helen Cox, Arthur Ricky Kang’ombe, Mei-See Man, Tracy Stuardi, David Torgerson, Ian Watt and Peter Whorwell
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:150
  33. There is insufficient evidence to determine whether acupuncture is a cost-effective treatment for irritable bowel syndrome. The objective of this study is to assess the cost-effectiveness of acupuncture as an ...

    Authors: Eugena Stamuli, Karen Bloor, Hugh MacPherson, Helen Tilbrook, Tracy Stuardi, Sally Brabyn and David Torgerson
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:149
  34. We previously reported that immune activation in the spinal dorsal horn contributes to pain induced by chronic pancreatitis (CP). Targeting immune response in the CNS may provide effective treatments for CP-in...

    Authors: Feng Quan-Xin, Feng Fan, Feng Xiang-Ying, Li Shu-Jun, Wang Shi-Qi, Liu Zhao-Xu, Zhang Xu-Jie, Zhao Qing-Chuan and Wang Wei
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:148
  35. Keratins 8/18 (K8/K18) are established hepatoprotective proteins and K8/K18 variants predispose to development and adverse outcome of multiple liver disorders. The importance of K8/K18 in alcoholic liver disea...

    Authors: Valentyn Usachov, Pierre Nahon, Mariia Lunova, Marianne Ziol, Pierre Rufat, Angela Sutton, Michel Beaugrand and Pavel Strnad
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:147
  36. High expression of Bmi-1, a key regulatory component of the polycomb repressive complex-1, has been associated with many solid and hematologic malignancies including esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. However...

    Authors: Bonnie Choy, Santhoshi Bandla, Yinglin Xia, Dongfeng Tan, Arjun Pennathur, James D Luketich, Tony E Godfrey, Jeffrey H Peters, Jun Sun and Zhongren Zhou
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:146
  37. Liver function tests (LFTs) can be affected by many factors and the proposed effects of coffee on LFT require a comprehensive evaluation. The aim of this study was to elucidate whether drinking coffee, smoking...

    Authors: 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
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:145
  38. Gastric cancer is one of the most significant diseases, and esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (EGD) is one of screening methods for gastric cancer. This study was conducted to identify the optimal screening interva...

    Authors: Daiki Kobayashi, Osamu Takahashi, Hiroko Arioka and Tsuguya Fukui
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:144
  39. Proton pump is an integral membrane protein that is ubiquitous ATP binding cassette (ABC) involved in many transport processes in all living organisms, among which a specialized form of pump, so called p-type pro...

    Authors: Ho-Jae Lee, Young-Min Han, Eun-Hee Kim, Yoon-Jae Kim and Ki-Baik Hahm
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:143
  40. Sleep disturbances are increasingly recognized as a common problem for children and adolescents with chronic pain conditions, but little is known about the prevalence, type, and impact of sleep problems in ped...

    Authors: Jennifer Verrill Schurman, Craig A Friesen, Hongying Dai, Caroline Elder Danda, Paul E Hyman and Jose T Cocjin
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:142
  41. The most common causes of cholestatic jaundice are biliary atresia and idiopathic neonatal hepatitis (INH). Specific disorders underlying INH, such as various infectious and metabolic causes, including neonata...

    Authors: Suporn Treepongkaruna, Suttiruk Jitraruch, Porawee Kodcharin, Dussadee Charoenpipop, Pim Suwannarat, Paneeya Pienvichit, Keiko Kobayashi and Duangrurdee Wattanasirichaigoon
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:141
  42. Asthmatics are known to have esophageal hypomotility. Vagal hypofunction and prolonged intra-esophageal acidification cause esophageal hypomotility. The contribution of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) and vagal ...

    Authors: D Lakmali Amarasiri, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, Anuradha S Dassanayake, Arjuna P de Silva, Channa D Ranasinha and H Janaka de Silva
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:140
  43. No study has compared the long-term prognoses of hepatitis C patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody-negative individuals and investigated the effects of interferon (IFN) treatment. To clarify the long-...

    Authors: Kazumi Yamasaki, Mayumi Tomohiro, Yumiko Nagao, Michio Sata, Toshiaki Shimoda, Kazuhiro Hirase and Satoshi Shirahama
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:139
  44. Bleeding following colonoscopic polypectomy is a common complication and has been reported to occur in up to 6.1% of patients. Several risk factors have been discussed but their overall contribution to post-po...

    Authors: Antony Pan, Martin Schlup, Ralf Lubcke, Annie Chou and Michael Schultz
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:138
  45. Despite genetic polymorphism in response to platinum/5-Fu chemotherapy in gastric cancer (GC) has been studied, data reported so far are conflicting and critical consideration is needed before translation to t...

    Authors: Zhen Wang, Jun-qiang Chen, Jin-lu Liu, Xin-gan Qin and Yuan Huang
    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:137

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