Objective.To study the effect of HLA DQ2,dietary history and development of coeliac disease(CD) on the induction of antibody response to wheat gliadin and cow’s milk,beta-lactoglobulin between 1 and 2.5 years of age ...
Objective.According to epidemiological studies,smoking habit is strongly associated with inflammatory bowel disease.Non-smokers,and especially recent ex-smokers,have an increased risk of ulcerative colitis(UC) .Conver...
Objective.Health-related quality of life(HRQoL) is an important measure of inflammatory bowel disease(IBD) health outcome.The Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire(IBDQ) comprising 32 items grouped into four dimens...
Objective.To describe the prevalence of hepatitis B virus(HBV) and hepatitis C virus(HCV) infection and the associated risk factors in a prison population.Material and methods.In this cross-sectional study,from Novemb...
Objective.Capsule endoscopy(CE) is approved for the eval-uation of obscure gastrointestinal(GI) bleeding and its use has increased in the assessment of patients with various small-bowel disorders.The yield of CE for i...
BACKGROUND:The identification of mutations in germ-line DNA mismatch-repair genes at the time of diagnosis of colorectal cancer is important in the management of the disease.METHODS:Without preselection and regardless...
BACKGROUND:A regimen of epirubicin,cisplatin,and infused fluorouracil(ECF) improves survival among patients with incurable locally advanced or metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma.We assessed whether the addition of a pe...
Background:Neurogenin-3(NEUROG3) is expressed in endocrine progenitor cells and is required for endocrine-cell development in the pancreas and intestine.The NEUROG3 gene(NEUROG3) is therefore a candidate for the cause...
We aimed to assess technical feasibility,clinical applicability,and diagnostic yield of videocapsule endoscopy(VCE) in a large group of unselected patients.VCE was performed with the Given Imaging swallowable capsule....
Our purpose was to compare fluoroscopy time during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ERCP) between endoscopists with different levels of experience.We performed a cross-sectional analysis of 269 consecuti...