This is a selection of articles from the November 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Gastroenterology headlines.
The Short-Term Effects of Different Doses of Dexamethasone on the Numbers of some Bacteria in the Ileum
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Source: Digestive Diseases and Sciences - November 30, 2007 Tags: Digestive Diseases and Sciences Source Type: journals
Anti-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Antibodies in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
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Source: Digestive Diseases and Sciences - November 30, 2007 Tags: Digestive Diseases and Sciences Source Type: journals
Gastroparesis-Related Hospitalizations in the United States: Trends, Characteristics, and Outcomes, 1995–2004
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Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology - November 29, 2007 Tags: article ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS Source Type: journals
Inovio Biomedical Partner Tripep Treats First Subject In Phase I/II Study Of Novel Hepatitis C DNA Vaccine
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Source: Liver Disease / Hepatitis News From Medical News Today - November 29, 2007 Source Type: journals
Campylobacter and IFN[gamma] interact to cause a rapid loss of epithelial barrier integrity
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Source: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - November 29, 2007 Authors: Louisa E.N. Rees, Tristan A. Cogan, Amanda L. Dodson, Martin A. Birchall, Mick Bailey, Tom J. Humphrey Source Type: journals
Potential Options to Optimize Therapy of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease with Proton Pump Inhibitors
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Source: Digestion - November 28, 2007 Source Type: journals
Detection of Antisynthetic Mannoside Antibodies (AΣMA) Reveals Heterogeneity in the ASCA Response of Crohn's Disease Patients and Contributes to Differential Diagnosis, Stratification, and Prediction
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Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology - November 28, 2007 Tags: article ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS Source Type: journals
Capsule Endoscopy for Screening for Short-Segment Barrett's Esophagus
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Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology - November 28, 2007 Tags: article ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS Source Type: journals
Obstacles to Colorectal Cancer Screening in Chinese: A Study Based on the Health Belief Model
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Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology - November 28, 2007 Tags: article ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS Source Type: journals
Association Between Genetic Variants in the IL-23R Gene and Early-Onset Crohn's Disease: Results From a Case-Control and Family-Based Study Among Canadian Children
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Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology - November 28, 2007 Tags: article ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS Source Type: journals
Protective Effects of Diets Supplemented with Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Calcium Against Colorectal Tumor Formation
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Source: Digestive Diseases and Sciences - November 28, 2007 Tags: Digestive Diseases and Sciences Source Type: journals
AspenBio Pharma Pursues FDA 510(k) Application Pathway For Appendicitis Blood Test
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Source: GastroIntestinal News From Medical News Today - November 28, 2007 Source Type: journals
Peroxisome proliferators-activated alpha agonist treatment ameliorates hepatic damage in rats with obstructive jaundice: an experimental study
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Source: BMC Gastroenterology - November 28, 2007 Authors: Mehmet Cindoruk, Mustafa Kerem, Tarkan Karakan, Bulent Salman, Okan Akin, Murat Alper, Ozlem Erdem and Selahattin Unal Source Type: journals
Chemoprevention of colorectal cancer: why all the confusion?.
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Source: Current Opinion in Gastroenterology - November 27, 2007 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (65 K) Source Type: journals
Pathogenesis of Campylobacter.
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Source: Current Opinion in Gastroenterology - November 27, 2007 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (106 K) Source Type: journals
Mortality in Patients with and without Colectomy Admitted to Hospital for UC and Crohn's Disease
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Source: The Digital Atlas of Video Education - Gastroenterology - November 27, 2007 Authors: Dr A. Murugananthan,, St Mark's Hospital, UK Source Type: journals
Primary Prophylaxis of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Delays Hepatorenal Syndrome and Improves Survival in Cirrhosis
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Source: The Digital Atlas of Video Education - Gastroenterology - November 27, 2007 Authors: Dr Siew Ng, Specialist Registrar, St Mark's Hospital, UK Source Type: journals
Response to Colombo
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Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology - November 26, 2007 Tags: article LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Source Type: journals
Should the Quality of Preparation Impact Postcolonoscopy Follow-Up Recommendations?
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Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology - November 26, 2007 Tags: article ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS Source Type: journals
Towards a Nondualistic Approach to Multisystem Illness
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Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology - November 26, 2007 Tags: article ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS Source Type: journals
Health-Related Quality of Life During Natalizumab Maintenance Therapy for Crohn's Disease
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Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology - November 26, 2007 Tags: article ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS Source Type: journals
Continuing Medical Education: December 2007
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Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology - November 26, 2007 Tags: article CLINICAL REVIEWS Source Type: journals
Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding After Ingestion of Blister-Wrapped Tablet
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Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology - November 26, 2007 Tags: article LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Source Type: journals
Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy
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Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology - November 26, 2007 Tags: article THE RED SECTION Source Type: journals
Improving Transparency in Medical Journals
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Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology - November 26, 2007 Tags: article LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Source Type: journals
Metastatic Leiomyosarcoma Diagnosed on Routine Screening Colonoscopy
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Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology - November 26, 2007 Tags: article LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Source Type: journals
Coexistence of Pyoderma Gangrenosum and Sweet's Syndrome in a Patient With Ulcerative Colitis
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Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology - November 26, 2007 Tags: article LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Source Type: journals
The Changing Face of Clostridium difficile: What Treatment Options Remain?
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Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology - November 26, 2007 Tags: article ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS Source Type: journals
Rate of Adenoma Transition to Colorectal Cancer Strongly Age-Dependent
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Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - November 26, 2007 Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: journals
Letter to the Editor: Triticum moncoccum and celiac disease
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Source: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology - November 26, 2007 Authors: Kasarda, Donald D. Source Type: journals
Characteristics of ascitic fluid in cardiac ascites
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Source: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology - November 26, 2007 Authors: Christou, LeonidasEconomou, MichaelEconomou, GeorgiosKolettis, Theophilos M.Tsianos, Epameinondas V. Source Type: journals
Impact of observer variability on the usefulness of endoscopic images for the documentation of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
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Source: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology - November 26, 2007 Authors: Asfeldt, Anne MetteStraume, BjornPaulssen, Eyvind J. Source Type: journals
Biliary reflux and non-acid reflux are two distinct phenomena: A comparison between 24-hour multichannel intraesophageal impedance and bilirubin monitoring
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Source: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology - November 26, 2007 Authors: Pace, FabioSangaletti, OrnellaPallotta, StefanoMolteni, PaolaPorro, Gabriele Bianchi Source Type: journals
Strong activation of PAR-2 receptors: A common trigger for the development of gastrointestinal adenocarcinomas?
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Source: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology - November 26, 2007 Authors: Olbe, Lars Source Type: journals
Early surgery may benefit Crohn's disease patients
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Source: MedWire News - Gastroenterology - November 25, 2007 Source Type: journals
[Eosinophilic Esophagitis.]
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Source: Korean J Gastroenter... - November 25, 2007 Authors: Park H Tags: Korean J Gastroenterol Source Type: journals
[Esophageal Cancer with Esophageal Perforation.]
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Source: Korean J Gastroenter... - November 25, 2007 Authors: Park CH Tags: Korean J Gastroenterol Source Type: journals
[Ten Cases of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome.]
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Source: Korean J Gastroenter... - November 25, 2007 Authors: Chung HJ, Choi HY, Cho YJ, Han KH, Kim YD, Jung SM, Kim JU, Cheon GJ Tags: Korean J Gastroenterol Source Type: journals
[Mesenchymal Stem Cells within Tumor Stroma Promote Breast Cancer Metastasis.]
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Source: Korean J Gastroenter... - November 25, 2007 Authors: Jo YJ Tags: Korean J Gastroenterol Source Type: journals
Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Indication as a Predictor of Study Quality
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Source: Digestive Diseases and Sciences - November 23, 2007 Tags: Digestive Diseases and Sciences Source Type: journals
Colonosphincteric electromyographic responses to sacral root stimulation: evidence for a somatosympathetic reflex
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Source: Neurogastroenterology and Motility - November 22, 2007 Tags: article Original Articles Source Type: journals
Self-Assessment Quiz: Answers, Critiques, and References
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Source: Diseases of the Colon & Rectum - November 22, 2007 Tags: Diseases of the Colon & Rectum Source Type: journals
GNI Announces IND Approval In China For Novel Liver Disease Drug F351
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Source: Liver Disease / Hepatitis News From Medical News Today - November 22, 2007 Source Type: journals
Menetrier's disease coexisting with ulcerative colitis and sclerosing cholangitis.
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Source: Digestive and Liver Disease - November 22, 2007 Authors: Hatemi I, Caglar E, Aksoy D, Goksel S, Dobrucali A Tags: Dig Liver Dis Source Type: journals
Evaluation of leukocyte esterase and nitrite strip tests to detect spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotic patients.
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Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology - November 21, 2007 Authors: Torun S, Dolar E, Yilmaz Y, Keskin M, Kiyici M, Sinirtas M, Sarandol E, Gurel S, Nak SG, Gulten M Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: journals
Decreased expression of serotonin in the jejunum and increased numbers of mast cells in the terminal ileum in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
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Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology - November 21, 2007 Authors: Wang SH, Dong L, Luo JY, Gong J, Li L, Lu XL, Han SP Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: journals
DNA methyltransferase 3B promoter polymorphism and its susceptibility to primary hepatocellular carcinoma in the Chinese Han nationality population: A case-control study.
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Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology - November 21, 2007 Authors: Wu Y, Lin JS Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: journals
Mycophenolate mofetil for drug-induced vanishing bile duct syndrome.
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Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology - November 21, 2007 Authors: Jakab SS, West AB, Meighan DM, Brown RS, Hale WB Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: journals
Carcinoembryonic antigen-producing adrenal adenoma resected using combined lateral and anterior transperitoneal laparoscopic surgery.
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Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology - November 21, 2007 Authors: Hori T, Taniguchi K, Kurata M, Nakamura K, Kato K, Ogura Y, Iwasaki M, Okamoto S, Yamakado K, Yagi S, Iida T, Kato T, Saito K, Wang L, Kawarada Y, Uemoto S Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: journals
Heterotopic pancreas in the stomach: A case report and literature review.
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Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology - November 21, 2007 Authors: Christodoulidis G, Zacharoulis D, Barbanis S, Katsogridakis E, Hatzitheofilou K Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: journals
Epidermal growth factor receptor antibody plus recombinant human endostatin in treatment of hepatic metastases after remnant gastric cancer resection.
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Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology - November 21, 2007 Authors: Sun L, Ye HY, Zhang YH, Guan YS, Wu H Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: journals
Independent Predictors of Steatohepatitis and Fibrosis in Asian Indian Patients with Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
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Source: Digestive Diseases and Sciences - November 21, 2007 Tags: Digestive Diseases and Sciences Source Type: journals
Alterations in the Density of Interstitial Cells of Cajal in Achalasia
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Source: Digestive Diseases and Sciences - November 21, 2007 Tags: Digestive Diseases and Sciences Source Type: journals
Self-Assessment Quiz: Answers, Critiques, and References
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Source: Diseases of the Colon & Rectum - November 21, 2007 Tags: Diseases of the Colon & Rectum Source Type: journals
Prexige (Lumiracoxib) Licence Has Been Suspended, UK
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Source: Liver Disease / Hepatitis News From Medical News Today - November 21, 2007 Source Type: journals
Manipulation of food intake and weight dynamics using retrograde neural gastric electrical stimulation in a chronic canine model
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Source: Neurogastroenterology and Motility - November 21, 2007 Tags: article Original Articles Source Type: journals
Transcriptional activation of the human claudin-18 gene promoter through two AP-1 motifs in PMA-stimulated MKN45 gastric cancer cells.
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Source: Am J Physiol Gastroi... - November 21, 2007 Authors: Yano K, Imaeda T, Niimi T Tags: Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol Source Type: journals
HEPATOCYTE-NUCLEAR-FACTOR-4ALPHA PROMOTES DIFFERENTIATION OF INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELLS IN A CO-CULTURE SYSTEM.
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Source: Am J Physiol Gastroi... - November 21, 2007 Authors: Lussier CR, Babeu JP, Auclair BA, Perreault N, Boudreau F Tags: Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol Source Type: journals
Management of Hilar Biliary Strictures
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Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology - November 20, 2007 Tags: article CLINICAL REVIEWS Source Type: journals
Endoscopic Biopsy Diagnosis of Acute Gastrointestinal Graft-Versus-Host Disease: Rectosigmoid Biopsies Are More Sensitive Than Upper Gastrointestinal Biopsies
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Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology - November 20, 2007 Tags: article ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS Source Type: journals
Overtubes in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
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Source: The American Journal of Gastroenterology - November 20, 2007 Tags: article CLINICAL REVIEWS Source Type: journals
Evolution of hepatitis C virus infection under host factor influence in an ethnically complex population
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Source: Liver International - November 20, 2007 Tags: article Clinical Studies Source Type: journals
Managing chronic hepatitis C in the difficult-to-treat patient
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Source: Liver International - November 20, 2007 Tags: article Review Article Source Type: journals
Changes in serum hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) levels associated with the emergence of YMDD mutants in HBeAg non-seroconverted patients during lamivudine therapy
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Source: Liver International - November 20, 2007 Tags: article Clinical Studies Source Type: journals
Esophagus - Endoscopic Repair of Acquired Esophageal Atresia
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Source: The Digital Atlas of Video Education - Gastroenterology - November 20, 2007 Authors: Klaus Gottlieb, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Washington, Anders Merg, MD, Surgical Oncology, University of Washington Source Type: journals
Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, June 16, 1997 and the ECCP Biennial Meeting, June 17–19, 1997
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Source: International Journal of Colorectal Disease - November 20, 2007 Tags: International Journal of Colorectal Disease Source Type: journals
N.Y. State Health Officials Inform 628 Patients About Doctor's Misuse Of Needles, Potential Infections, From 2000 To 2005
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Source: Liver Disease / Hepatitis News From Medical News Today - November 20, 2007 Source Type: journals
High hepatitis C viral load is associated with insulin resistance in patients with chronic hepatitis C
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Source: Liver International - November 20, 2007 Tags: article Clinical Studies Source Type: journals
Rodent models of partial hepatectomies*
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Source: Liver International - November 20, 2007 Tags: article Review Articles Source Type: journals
Prospective Acid Reflux Study of Iran (PARSI):
Methodology and study design