Vol. 24 No. 1: March 2015

Editorial

CAP: a Novel Era to Better Quantitate Fatty Liver?

Sebastian Mueller

11-13
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Images of the Issue

Malignancy Presenting as Multiple Lesions in a Cirrhotic Liver: Not Always Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Wendy M. van der Deure, Elly P.J. Lugtenburg, Roy S. Dwarkasing, Katharina Biermann, Eric T.T.L. Tjwa

7
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Association between Chronic HCV Hepatitis, Membranoproliferative Glomerulopathy and Cutaneous Sarcoidosis

Laura Iliescu, Vlad Herlea, Letitia Toma, Carmen Orban

8
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Cocaine Capsules in the Colon: the Internal Concealment of Illicit Drugs

Daniel Trabulo, Susana Marques, Ermelinda Pedroso

9
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Right Upper Quadrant Pain in a Young Female

Nora Renz, Michael Baur, Felix Stickel

10
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Original Article

Prevalence of Anemia and Iron Deficiency in Romanian Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: a Prospective Multicenter Study

Alexandru Lupu, Mircea Diculescu, Razvan Diaconescu, Marcel Tantau, Alina Tantau, Ioana Visovan, Cristian Gheorghe, Cristina Lupei, Liana Gheorghe, Razvan Cerban, Roxana Vadan, Adrian Goldis

15-20
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Saccharomyces boulardii for the Prevention of Hospital Onset Clostridium difficile Infection

Elizabeth A. Flatley, Ashley M. Wilde, Michael D. Nailor

21-24
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Autoimmune Liver Diseases and Antiphospholipid Antibodies Positivity: a Meta-analysis of Literature Studies

Pasquale Ambrosino, Roberta Lupoli, Gaia Spadarella, Paolo Tarantino, Alessandro Di Minno, Luciano Tarantino, Matteo Nicola Dario Di Minno

25-34
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Controlled Attenuation Parameter Measured by Transient Elastography for the Non-invasive Assessment of Liver Steatosis: a Prospective Study

Monica Lupșor-Platon, Diana Feier, Horia Stefănescu, Attila Tamas, Emil Botan, Zeno Sparchez, Anca Maniu, Radu Badea

35-42
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Plasma Lipidomic Fingerprinting to Distinguish among Hepatitis C-related Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Liver Cirrhosis, and Chronic Hepatitis C using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry: a Pilot Study

Ana Maria Passos-Castilho, Edson Lo Turco, Maria Lúcia Ferraz, Carla Matos, Ivonete Silva, Edison Parise, Eduardo Pilau, Fabio Gozzo, Celso Granato

43-49
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Association between Portal Vein Thrombosis and Survival of Liver Transplant Recipients: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Observational Studies

Xingshun Qi, Junna Dai, Jia Jia, Weirong Ren, Man Yang, Hongyu Li, Daiming Fan, Xiaozhong Guo

51-59
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Serum Immunoreactive Collagen IV detected by Monoclonal Antibodies as a Marker of Severe Fibrosis in Patients with Non- Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Yuta Aida, Hiroshi Abe, Yoichi Tomita, Tomohisa Nagano, Nobuyoshi Seki, Tomonori Sugita, Munenori Itagaki, Haruya Ishiguro, Satoshi Sutoh, Yoshio Aizawa

61-68
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Diagnostic Performance of Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)/ Endoscopic Ultrasound – Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) Cytology in Solid and Cystic Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours

Vikramjit Mitra, Manu K. Nayar, John S. Leeds, Viney Wadehra, Beate Haugk, John Scott, Richard M. Charnley, Kofi W. Oppong

69-75
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The Lauren Classification Highlights the Role of Epithelialto- Mesenchymal Transition in Gastric Carcinogenesis: an Immunohistochemistry Study of the STAT3 and Adhesion Molecules Expression

Sergiu Susman, Raphaelle Barnoud, Frederique Bibeau, Francesco Borini, Marc Pocard, Ciprian Tomuleasa, Jean-Cristophe Sabourin

77-83
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Reviews

The Role of Colonoscopy in Managing Diverticular Disease of the Colon

Antonio Tursi

85-93
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A Systematic Review on Drugs Absorption Modifications after Eradication in Helicobacter pylori Positive Patients undergoing Replacement Therapy

Giulia Fiorini, John Martin Bland, Elizabeth Hughes, Valentina Castelli, Dino Vaira

95-100
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Case Reports

Primary Biliary Cirrhosis – Autoimmune Hepatitis Overlap Syndrome Associated with Dermatomyositis, Autoimmune Thyroiditis and Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Cristina Pamfil, Elisabeta Candrea, Emese Berki, Horațiu I. Popov, Pompilia I. Radu, Simona Rednic

101-104
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Open Biopsy guided by Endoscopic Ultrasonography from a Gastric Submucosal Tumor growing Outside the Stomach

Hirohito Mori, Hideki Kobara, Noriko Nishiyama, Shintaro Fujihara, Tsutomu Masaki

106-108
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Gangliocytic Paraganglioma: a Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Alina Boeriu, Daniela Dobru, Rareș Georgescu, Simona Mocan, Cristian Boeriu

109-112
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Paroxysmal Postprandial Atrial Fibrilation Suppressed by Laparoscopic Repair of a Giant Paraesophageal Hernia Compressing the Left Atrium

Daniel A. Cristian, Alin S. Constantin, Mariana Barbu, Dan Spătaru, Traean Burcoș, Florin A. Grama

113-116
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Romanian APP Corner

Romanian Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency

Cristian Gheorghe, Andrada Seicean, Adrian Saftoiu, Marcel Tantau, Eugen Dumitru, Mariana Jinga, Lucian Negreanu, Bogdan Mateescu, Liana Gheorghe, Mihai Ciocirlan, Cristina Cijevschi, Gabriel Constantinescu, Simona Dima, Mircea Diculescu

117-123
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Letters

The relationship between inflammatory bowel disease and type 1 diabetes mellitus: a study of relative prevalence in comparison with population controls

Hugo A Penny, John S. Leeds, Matthew Kurien, Anastasios Averginos, Andrew D. Hopper, Marios Hadjivassiliou, Solomon Tesfaye, David S. Sanders

125-130
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Does anatomical distribution of colorectal polyps show a rightward shift? Analysis of 2,372 colorectal polyps in 1,558 patients from Turkey

Salih Boga, Ali Riza Koksal, Huseyin Alkim, Meltem Ergun, Mehmet Bayram, Ayse Aysim Ozagari, Canan Alkim

125-130
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Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in Crohn’s disease patients predicts sustained response to infliximab 52-week therapy

Marcin K. Wlodarczyk, Aleksandra E. Sobolewska, Krystyna Stec-Michalska, Jakub J. Fichna, Maria E. Wisniewska-Jarosinska

125-130
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Appendiceal mucocele in ulcerative colitis: a rare association and a crucial preoperative diagnosis

Massimo Tonolini

125-130
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Comment to the article Gastric Cat Scratch - an Upper Endoscopy Finding?

Tarık Akar, Gökhan Dindar, Kemal Karagözoğlu, Dilek Malkoç, Selim Aydemir

125-130
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Reply

Tânia Maria Meira Carvalho, Vitor Manuel Filipe Pereira Fernandes, João Manuel Avelar Lopes de Freitas

125-130
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Full Issue

Editorial

CAP: a Novel Era to Better Quantitate Fatty Liver?

Images of the Issue

Malignancy Presenting as Multiple Lesions in a Cirrhotic Liver: Not Always Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Association between Chronic HCV Hepatitis, Membranoproliferative Glomerulopathy and Cutaneous Sarcoidosis

Cocaine Capsules in the Colon: the Internal Concealment of Illicit Drugs

Right Upper Quadrant Pain in a Young Female

Original Article

Prevalence of Anemia and Iron Deficiency in Romanian Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: a Prospective Multicenter Study

Saccharomyces boulardii for the Prevention of Hospital Onset Clostridium difficile Infection

Autoimmune Liver Diseases and Antiphospholipid Antibodies Positivity: a Meta-analysis of Literature Studies

Diagnostic Accuracy of Controlled Attenuation Parameter Measured by Transient Elastography for the Non-invasive Assessment of Liver Steatosis: a Prospective Study

Plasma Lipidomic Fingerprinting to Distinguish among Hepatitis C-related Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Liver Cirrhosis, and Chronic Hepatitis C using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry: a Pilot Study

Association between Portal Vein Thrombosis and Survival of Liver Transplant Recipients: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Observational Studies

Serum Immunoreactive Collagen IV detected by Monoclonal Antibodies as a Marker of Severe Fibrosis in Patients with Non- Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Diagnostic Performance of Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)/ Endoscopic Ultrasound – Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) Cytology in Solid and Cystic Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours

The Lauren Classification Highlights the Role of Epithelialto- Mesenchymal Transition in Gastric Carcinogenesis: an Immunohistochemistry Study of the STAT3 and Adhesion Molecules Expression

Reviews

The Role of Colonoscopy in Managing Diverticular Disease of the Colon

A Systematic Review on Drugs Absorption Modifications after Eradication in Helicobacter pylori Positive Patients undergoing Replacement Therapy

Case Reports

Primary Biliary Cirrhosis – Autoimmune Hepatitis Overlap Syndrome Associated with Dermatomyositis, Autoimmune Thyroiditis and Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Open Biopsy guided by Endoscopic Ultrasonography from a Gastric Submucosal Tumor growing Outside the Stomach

Gangliocytic Paraganglioma: a Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Paroxysmal Postprandial Atrial Fibrilation Suppressed by Laparoscopic Repair of a Giant Paraesophageal Hernia Compressing the Left Atrium

Romanian APP Corner

Romanian Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency

Letters

The relationship between inflammatory bowel disease and type 1 diabetes mellitus: a study of relative prevalence in comparison with population controls

Does anatomical distribution of colorectal polyps show a rightward shift? Analysis of 2,372 colorectal polyps in 1,558 patients from Turkey

Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in Crohn’s disease patients predicts sustained response to infliximab 52-week therapy

Appendiceal mucocele in ulcerative colitis: a rare association and a crucial preoperative diagnosis

Comment to the article Gastric Cat Scratch - an Upper Endoscopy Finding?

Reply

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