Substance use disorder has a damaging effect on the family members of alcoholics and drug users.On the other hand,the reactions and behaviours of family members may negatively influence a person with substance use dis...
Supported by The Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)funded by the Ministry of Education,Science and Technology(NRF-2010-0021482)to Suk KT
AIM:To evaluate the clinical characteristics of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage(NGIH)in patients with chronic kidney disease(CKD).METHODS:From 2003 to 2010,a total of 72 CKD patients(male n=52,72.2%;fema...
Supported by (in part) Grants from The American College of Gastroenterology (to Bonkovsky HL and Thapar M);NIH/NIAAA P60-AA003510 (to Hesselbrock V and Covault J);NIH/NIAAA U10-008401 (to Hesselbrock V);NCRR M01RR006192;NIH/NIDDK 5R01 DK 38825 (to Bonkovsky HL)
AIM: To assess whether DNA methylation patterns in chronic alcoholics are different from non-alcoholic sibling controls. METHODS: We examined the methylation patterns in DNA samples from 25 chronic alcoholics and 22 m...
Background: Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is well established in Trinidad and serves as an indispensable modality in the rehabilitation of alcoholics. This study investigates the gender differences in socio-demographic ch...
MM: To evaluate the prevalence of HFE gene mutation and indices of disturbed iron homeostasis in alcoholics with and without liver disease. METHODS: One hundred and fifty-three heavy drinkers (defined as alcohol co...
INTRODUCTIONOf the three cardinal manifestations of chronic pancreatitis-pain,diabetes mellitus and steatorrhea,it is pain thatbrings the patient to the physician and is the most difficultto manage.The intractabale pa...