Gastroenterology News & Articles

141 CXCL10 antagonism and plasma sDPPIV correlate with increasing liver disease in chronic HCV genotype 4 infected patients Cytokine, May 22, 2013

142 A case of perianal mucinous adenocarcinoma arising from an anorectal fistula successfully resected after preoperative radiotherapy Full Text Case Reports in Gastroenterology, May 22, 2013

143 Pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasm with sarcomatous stroma metastasizing to liver: a case report and review of literature Full Text World Journal of Surgical Oncology, May 22, 2013    Review Article

144 Ganglioneuroma in the papilla of Vater with neurofibromatosis type 1: report of a case Surgery Today, May 22, 2013

145 Acquired hemophilia A caused by factor VIII inhibitors: report of a case Surgery Today, May 22, 2013

146 A Test-based Strategy Is More Cost Effective Than Empiric Dose Escalation for Patients With Crohns Disease Who Lose Responsiveness to Infliximab Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology , May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

147 Statins Are Associated With Reduced Risk of Esophageal Cancer, Particularly in Patients With Barretts Esophagus: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology , May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

148 Therapy for Hepatitis C Virus Infection Increases Survival of Patients With Pretreatment Anemia Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology , May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

149 Longitudinal comparison between MRI, MRS and histology-determined steatosis in NAFLD patients at two-time points in a randomized trial Hepatology, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

150 Association of General and Central Obesity and Atopic and Nonatopic Asthma in US Adults Journal of Asthma, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

151 Early Parenteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients With Short-term Relative Contraindications to Early Enteral Nutrition: A Randomized Controlled Trial Full Text JAMA, May 21, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Clinical Article

152 A randomized trial comparing monthly ibandronate and weekly alendronate for osteoporosis in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis Hepatology, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

153 Surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, May 21, 2013    Review Article

154 Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Impact of Isolated Antibody to Hepatitis B Core Antigen and Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in HIV-1-Infected Pregnant Women Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

155 Long Term Inflammation and Glucocorticoid Therapy Impair Skeletal Modeling during Growth in Childhood Crohn Disease Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, May 21, 2013

156 Acid suppressive drugs and gastric cancer: A meta-analysis of observational studies Full Text World Journal of Gastroenterology, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

157 Anastomotic leakage as an outcome measure for quality of colorectal cancer surgery BMJ Quality & Safety, May 21, 2013    Review Article

158 Using Whole Disease Modeling to Inform Resource Allocation Decisions: Economic Evaluation of a Clinical Guideline for Colorectal Cancer Using a Single Model Value in Health, May 21, 2013    Clinical Guideline

159 Comparison of WHO Classifications (2004, 2010), the Hochwald Grading System, and AJCC and ENETS Staging Systems in Predicting Prognosis in Locoregional Well-differentiated Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors American Journal of Surgical Pathology , May 21, 2013    Review Article

160 Effects of Facilitated Team Meetings and Learning Collaboratives on Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in Primary Care Practices: A Cluster Randomized Trial Full Text Annals of Family Medicine, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

1 Systematic review: pentoxifylline for the treatment of severe alcoholic hepatitis Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, April 3, 2013    Review Article

2 Risk of Colorectal Cancer After Colonoscopy Compared With Flexible Sigmoidoscopy or No Lower Endoscopy Among Older Patients in the United States, 1998-2005 Mayo Clinic Proceedings, April 11, 2013

3 Probiotics in the management of irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, February 20, 2013

4 Meta-analysis: peri-operative anti-TNF treatment and post-operative complications in patients with inflammatory bowel disease Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, April 18, 2013

5 Low allopurinol doses are sufficient to optimize azathioprine therapy in inflammatory bowel disease patients with inadequate thiopurine metabolite concentrations European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, April 25, 2013

6 Statins in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Steatohepatitis: Updated Review Current Atherosclerosis Reports, January 21, 2013    Review Article

7 Ischemic Colitis with Type I Interferons Used in the Treatment of Hepatitis C and Multiple Sclerosis: An Evaluation from the Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System and Review of the Literature Annals of Pharmacotherapy, April 3, 2013    Review Article

8 Association Between Sex Hormones and Colorectal Cancer Risk in Men and Women Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology , April 5, 2013

9 Comparison of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Five Different Stool Antigen Tests for the Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection Helicobacter, April 5, 2013

10 Five-year follow-up of 263 cases of functional bowel disorder World Journal of Gastroenterology, March 29, 2013    Free full text

11 Relationship of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease With Cholecystectomy in the US Population The American Journal of Gastroenterology, April 11, 2013

12 Meta-analysis: colonoscopic post-polypectomy bleeding in patients on continued clopidogrel therapy Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, April 12, 2013    Review Article

13 Clinical utility of newly developed immunoassays for serum concentrations of adalimumab and anti-adalimumab antibodies in patients with Crohns disease Journal of Gastroenterology, April 15, 2013

14 Meta-analysis: pegylated interferon -2a achieves higher early virological responses than -2b in chronic hepatitis C Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, April 16, 2013

15 Psychotherapy for inflammatory bowel disease: A review and update Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, March 25, 2013    Review Article

16 Association between adherence to concomitant proton pump inhibitor therapy in current NSAID users and upper gastrointestinal complications European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, April 18, 2013

17 Once-daily budesonide MMX in active, mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis: results from the randomised CORE II study Gut, March 6, 2013

18 Characterization of virologic escape in hepatitis C virus genotype 1b patients treated with the direct-acting antivirals daclatasvir and asunaprevir Journal of Hepatology, April 8, 2013

19 Statin therapy improves response to interferon alfa and ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C: a systematic review and meta-analysis Antiviral Research , April 23, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Review Article

20 Preoperative use of anti-TNF therapy and postoperative complications in inflammatory bowel diseases: A meta-analysis Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, March 27, 2013